Game Design Courses and Educational Resources

Hi All,

I’m trying to gather up all the courses, workshops (online or not) and Top books on Game Design. Mostly video games (Table top optional).

I’d really appreciate if everybody can contribute to this. I’m particularly interested in hands on/ online workshops.

The list:
Online course (video and multimedia based)

Books

  • The Art of Game Design - Schell

  • Agile Game Development with Scrum - Keith

  • The Mythical Man Month - Brooks

  • Game Mechanics : Advanced Game Design - Adams

  • Designing the User Experience of Game Development Tools- David Lightbown

  • The David author works inside Ubisoft as a user experience director. It is a very official and popular book.*

  • **Game Design Workshop -**Tracy Fullerton

  • A decent book, but especially good for classes and workshops because it’s designed around exercises.*

  • Level Up! The Guide to Great Video Game Design - Scott Rogers

  • Excellent, practical, hands-on book on game design that’s also a fun and enter*

Video tuts on Youtube and similar sites

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The Art of Game Design - Schell
Agile Game Development with Scrum - Keith
The Mythical Man Month - Brooks
Game Mechanics : Advanced Game Design - Adams

I use “Designing the User Experience of Game Development Tools” by David Lightbown book. The David author works inside Ubisoft as a user experience director. It is a very official and popular book.

Thanks. These resources are invaluable.

Does anybody ever attended a one-to-one game design workshop kinda thing. Or in University or school?

Will you share the experience?

A couple more books:

Game Design Workshop, Tracy Fullerton
A decent book, but especially good for classes and workshops because it’s designed around exercises.

Level Up! The Guide to Great Video Game Design, Scott Rogers
Excellent, practical, hands-on book on game design that’s also a fun and entertaining read.

Check out the youtube vids list.

Looking for more contribution in this list.