Fall 2023 (co-taught with Dave Culyba)

Affectionally known as "BVW," this is a venerable first-semester course for all entering ETC Masters students. Essentially, we split the incoming student body into groups of five and then ask them to create a number of different interactive experiences that are designed to test their teamwork and technical skills.

Spring 2024

Spring 2023 (co-taught with Dave Culyba)

Originally designed and taught by Jesse Schell, this one of the core game design courses at ETC, intended for students who are considering game design as a career. I aim to teach the principles and practices of professional game designers, with a specific focus on game system design and simulating different work contexts (content design, big AAA design team, solo indie/freelance gigs) that new designers might find themselves in.

Spring 2024 (co-taught with Robert "Zach" Zacharias)

This is a new mini-course for the first half of Spring 2024, taught in collaboration with the head of IDeATe's Physical Computing Lab. This time, the theme of the course will be electro-mechanical games -- the pre-digital arcade games, from the pinball era and before, that laid the foundation for later video games. Our goal is to build a couple of arcade machines to showcase at spring Carnival.

Fall 2022

Originally designed by Jonaya Kemper, I stepped in last minute to teach this course during my first semester at CMU. It was a great opportunity to share a medium and scene that I love with a group of undergraduate and graduate students.