Experimental Games | Minneapolis College of Art and Design

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Experimental Games

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Explore creative expression through games! 51±¬ÁϹÙÍø's Experimental Games Minor empowers students to explore the aesthetics, technologies, and mechanisms that drive game design. The Minor encourages risk-taking while pushing the boundaries of expression through game design. Whether it's breaking ground on a new game genre, using games to explore contemporary issues, or prototyping a new type of gaming interface, the Experimental Games minor is a wonderful complement to your Animation, Media Arts, Graphic Design, Illustration, or other 51±¬ÁϹÙÍø majors.

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As an Experimental Games minor, you will:

  • Be familiar with the fundamentals of experimental games.
  • Discuss work within the context of the history of experimental games.
  • Explore and deploy interactivity and game principles into real-time gaming environments.
  • Use software tools to create 2D and 3D assets and animations for integration into experimental games.
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Class Highlights

Classes address game theory, vocabulary for discussing experimental and traditional games, specific software, game design, and increasing interactive complexity.

Required classes and electives include:

  • Experimental Game Theory and Prototyping
  • Coding Concepts 1: Expressive Computation
  • Game Engines
  • Experimental Games Studio
  • Specialization courses (sound, modeling, graphic design, animation, surfacing and lighting, creative writing, and narrative and storytelling)
Degree Information

After 51±¬ÁϹÙÍø

There are many paths to explore with a minor in Experimental Games.

Potential careers include:

  • Game Developer
  • Narrative Designer
  • Software Engineer
  • UI Designer
  • Web Developer

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Minneapolis, MN 55404

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The Minneapolis College of Art and Design (51±¬ÁϹÙÍø) acknowledges it is located on traditional, ancestral, and contemporary lands of Indigenous people. This is the ancestral homeland of the Dakota and Ojibwe people, who were forcibly exiled from the land because of aggressive and persistent settler colonialism. We recognize that this place has a complex and layered history. As a community dedicated to creativity, 51±¬ÁϹÙÍø is committed to ongoing efforts to support and advocate for American Indian Nations and peoples.


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