Week 2 — Game Pitches

GAME 1303 · Tuesday, September 1, 2026 · 9:00 AM – 1:50 PM

Everyone pitches. Three minutes each, two minutes of questions. By the end of today the whole room knows what everyone is making — including me, which is how the rest of the semester gets weighted.

This week at a glance

Block	Time	What happens
Lecture	9:00 – 10:15	Game Pitches
Critique	10:30 – 11:45	Milestone 1 — Game Pitch — reviewed live
Lab	12:00 – 1:50	Work on your semester project

Before class

Rehearse with a timer, twice. Three minutes is much shorter than it sounds.
Prepare one reference image to have on screen.
Decide your track: 2D, Puzzle, Narrative, 3D, or VR. You say it out loud in the pitch.
Prepare one real open question for your Q&A — that's where the free design help lives.

Lecture topics

Section	Topics
001 — Unity 6.x	Project organization and folder conventions · Version control with GitHub · Naming standards and asset hygiene
002 — Unreal 5.8	Content Browser organization · Version control · Naming standards and asset hygiene

Milestone — Game Pitch

5 pts · live in class · 3 min + 2 min Q&A

Full brief: Milestone 1 — Game Pitch

No new exercise is assigned this week. The exercise block becomes live review.

Lab goals

Set up version control for your project.
Start acting on the feedback from your pitch.
Begin your One Sheet — it's due Week 4 and your pitch is most of it.

Due this week

What	When	Points
Milestone 1 — Game Pitch	in class	5 pts

Run the matching tab of the course checklist before you submit. Every box on it is a graded criterion.

Next week

Ex 2 — The Verb. You'll build the single core mechanic your game is about. Come knowing which verb yours is.