Learn Encounter Design!

Learn Encounter Design!, available at $39.99, has an average rating of 4.56, with 7 lectures, based on 9 reviews, and has 80 subscribers.

You will learn about Game design process Encounter Design (via D&D 5th Edition) This course is ideal for individuals who are Beginner designers or D&D Dungeon Masters! It is particularly useful for Beginner designers or D&D Dungeon Masters!.

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Summary

Title: Learn Encounter Design!

Price: $39.99

Average Rating: 4.56

Number of Lectures: 7

Number of Published Lectures: 7

Number of Curriculum Items: 7

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 7

Original Price: CA$24.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

Who Should Attend

Target Audiences

This course will take you through the basics of encounter design and lay out a framework that allows you to build encounters like a pro designer! If you don’t know D&D well, that’s okay! Some of the examples might not make sense, but the basic theory is applicable to any game.

This is all about creating intensity curves to define the dynamics of your encounter. You then take that curve and map player experience onto the curve, and determine game mechanics that then accomplish the curve. By using this framework in this way, you’ll immediately level up your ability to think about design in a huge way!

Dungeons & Dragons (and other tabletop games) are an excellent place to start if you’re learning how to design. The craft of game design is itself a deeply nuanced and intricate skill that needs to be built over time with patience and practice. While scripting is necessary to know if you’re creating video games, that part of development is also complicated and can often make it harder to focus on improving as a designer.

Designing for Dungeons & Dragons has much less barrier to entry. If you know the basics of the game, you can start designing and iterating right away!

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction to Combat Curves

Lecture 1: Introduction to Combat Curves

Chapter 2: Section 2: Combat Curve Examples

Lecture 1: Lecture 2: Comat Curve Examples: "The Surprise"

Lecture 2: Lecture 4: Combat Curve Examples: "The Heroic"

Lecture 3: Lecture 3: Combat Curve Examples: "The Mini-Boss"

Lecture 4: Lecture 5: Combat Curve Examples: "Against the Wall"

Lecture 5: Lecture 6: Combat Curve Examples: "The Big Boss"

Chapter 3: Section 3: Create Your Own

Lecture 1: Lecture 7: How to Make a Combat Curve

Instructors

Cory Rodis
Game Design Instructor

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