Spring 2027

Graphic Design for Games

Graphic Design for Games explores digital and non-digital games, teaching critical analysis, historical context, and design techniques for creating meaningful interactive experiences.

offering recorded4 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Rachel Truitt

Summary

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2019: 3.67 GPA, 77.8% A/AB (n=9 letter grades); Fall 2020: 3.85 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=13 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.81 GPA, 87.5% A/AB (n=16 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Develop the vocabulary and critical understanding to describe and analyze the components of games and gameplay experiences.

  • Develop a game idea from concept to playable, and analogue prototype.

  • Use common methods for documenting game designs.

  • Communicate game ideas through scratches, prototype, development and presentation.

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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(ART 102 or 107),ART 346 and 438

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Professors

Spring 2027

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2025: 3.81 GPA, 87.5% A/AB (n=16 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

RACHEL TRUITT is recorded teaching in Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2019: 3.67 GPA, 77.8% A/AB (n=9 letter grades); Fall 2020: 3.85 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=13 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.81 GPA, 87.5% A/AB (n=16 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Digital and non-digital games
  • Critical vocabulary and historical context of games
  • Creating meaningful play and interactive experiences
  • Prototyping game concepts

Skills

  • Analyze games and gameplay using critical vocabulary and historical context.
  • Develop game concepts into playable and analogue prototypes.
  • Document game designs using common methods.
  • Communicate game ideas through sketches, prototypes, development, and presentations.

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ART 563 · Spring 2027

Graphic Design for Games

Recorded 2026-10-29
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-29

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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