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Week 1 Recap + Your First Game Concept Exercise
Consolidate Week 1 and define your first game concept — the one you'll build over this course.
Email subject:Week 1 Recap + Your First Game Concept Exercise
Topics Covered
- •Week 1 summary: landscape → engine → process → your skills → AI tools → asset pipeline
- •The concept exercise: write a one-sentence pitch. Format: 'A [genre] game where you [core verb] to [goal]'
- •Good examples: 'A puzzle game where you rotate gravity to guide a ball to the exit.' / 'A narrative game where you make choices that change the ending across 5 chapters.'
- •Scope filter: can one person build the core mechanic in 2 weeks? If no, cut scope in half.
- •Platform filter: casual puzzle → mobile first. Story-driven → desktop first. Action → both with care.
- •Next week: AI tools hands-on — you'll generate your first art, audio, and code with AI