Week 16 — Post Mortem

GAME 1303 · Tuesday, December 8, 2026 · 9:00 AM – 1:50 PM

The last class. Everyone presents what actually happened while making their game — honestly, including the parts that went badly. Sixteen post mortems in one afternoon is the densest design education available.

This week at a glance

Block	Time	What happens
Lecture	9:00 – 10:15	Post Mortem
Critique	10:30 – 11:45	Milestone 6 — Post Mortem — reviewed live
Lab	12:00 – 1:50	Work on your semester project

Before class

Have your game open and running before class starts. Five minutes is short.
Three specific things that went right, three that went wrong — each with its decision and its cost.
Reference your Ex 10 playtest data. You already wrote those notes.
Written retro submitted: 2–4 pages, scope accounting, time breakdown.

Lecture topics

Section	Topics
001 — Unity 6.x	Wrap · Portfolio and reels · Next courses · fin
002 — Unreal 5.8	Wrap · Portfolio and reels · Next courses · fin

Milestone — Post Mortem

5 pts · 5-minute presentation + written retrospective

Full brief: Milestone 6 — Post Mortem

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

Lab goals

Presentations run through the class period.
Listen to everyone else's. Most of the useful things you learn today will come from someone else's mistakes.

Due this week

What	When	Points
Milestone 6 — Post Mortem	start of class	5 pts

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

Next week

That's the course. If you want to keep going: game jams, the next courses in the program, and the industry meetups you've been getting extra credit at. Keep building things.