Learner Reviews & Feedback for Introduction to Game Design by California Institute of the Arts
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I really loved doing this course. Learnt how to make a simple game and make it really interesting! I loved how the easily the instructor was able to teach us and make us curious throughout the course.
The lecture videos from Professor Fran and his old friend were surprisingly entertaining. Kudos to the team because they were able to make it fun, informative, and engaging throughout the four weeks.
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By Leah O
•It was ok for what it was. It is a very brief introduction. Fun teacher, but very limited information.
By Jeffrey B
•Good introduction course. Perhaps a bit light on material... reviews from others are very helpful!
By Tulay M
•Course content is ok, but its hard to progress if all passing requirements are peer-grading only.
By Sergey F
•very simple, only some basics and a lot of "water" material. I don't see reasons to pay for this
By Daniel
•Very little content. Most of the value comes from working on games for the assignments.
By Dr. M N
•I was not able to unenroll it
By Paul B
•Fun course, not much depth.
By Maeve B
•This course, though fun, was not intensive at all. The main issue I have is probably with the Coursera structure itself. Many of your homework assignments are based off of if people can understand the instructions of the game- which, if you have mostly non-English speakers, sort of takes the homework from being "be creative and challenge yourself" to "make sure everything you write down is 3 words max or else the people GRADING you won't understand it". This is also true when looking at these students' games- when half of your grade depends on your clarity, these kids are ultimately at a disadvantage. I'm sure there were amazing games made by some of the non-English speaking students, but I wasn't able to understand and play many of them. It is fantastic that Coursera is open to everyone, but when your grades are based off of clarity of language, it gets tricky.
By Varsha A V
•The lectures tend to be a bit boring. However the hands on assignments give great insight into understanding the basic concepts of game design and narration.
By Rebekah c
•idk its not what i expected. i really want to start with actually making a computer game not a paper game
By Richard H
•The instructor is good but the amount of content is severely lacking compared to alternatives.
By Alexander P
•Not enough content for a paid course
By Keone M
•Enjoyable but limited content
By Emi S
•Feedback was very poor. Instruction is generally minimal and there is not a lot to learn from this course. The reason why this course works so poorly is the reliance on other enrolled individuals to provide important feedback. An alarming amount of student work I peer reviewed showed very little consideration for the project goals and one sentence descriptions. In addition, my work would sometimes receive one sentence feedback. There was absolutely no assurance that I would get constructive feedback. It's also possible to resubmit my work for a regrade, which can very easily be exploited. The worst students could complete this course in a single afternoon. This course needs an overhaul on evaluation.
By Benjamin B
•The content of the course was great, but forcing people to wait for peers to grade (which in my case took a week per assignment) is ridiculous and clearly just drags out time to make you pay more for the monthly subscription. Remove this feature or require fewer peers.
By Ivan D
•I went in this course with high expectations. After I watched all of the videos for the first week and saw the hilarious homework I quickly checked what this is about.
LESS THAN 3 HOURS OF VIDEOS! Not to mention paying, you will be better off with Extra Credits...
By Anton B
•Primitive and useless
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