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<P STYLE="color: #666666; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;"><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: bold;">Game Design: An Introduction</SPAN></P>
<P STYLE="color: #666666; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 15px;"><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: bold;">Brian Smith, Ph.DStudent in Computer Science at Columbia University</SPAN></SPAN><BR><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 14px;"><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: bold;"><A HREF="http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~brian/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-CKE-SAVED-HREF="http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~brian/" REL="nofollow">View Brian's Website</A></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P STYLE="color: #666666; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;"><EM>Abstract</EM><BR><BR>As digital (and non-digital)gamesbecome ever more ubiquitous in our culture, the study ofgamedesignand the creation of interactive experiences is becoming increasingly important tocommunities beyond the gaming industry. In this talk, I will discuss the fundamental principles ofgamedesign, give an overview of thegamedevelopment process and how it relates to software engineering, and, if time permits, present short case studies on AI, simulation and scripting, dynamic difficulty adjustment, drama, and learning ingames.</P>
<P STYLE="color: #666666; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;"><EM>Bio</EM><BR><BR>Brian Smith is a Ph.D. student in Computer Science at Columbia University. He is a member of both theComputer Vision Laboratory and the Computer Graphics & User Interfaces Laboratory, and his research combines computer vision, ubiquitous computing, augmented reality, and game design to help technology fit into the bigger picture of people's everyday lives. He has been awarded Columbia Engineering's Extraordinary Teaching Assistant Award, the NDSEG Fellowship, and a fellowship from Columbia's Center for Technology, Innovation, and Community Engagement</P>
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