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Welcome to Computer Science 283: Effective Use of Myths and Facts in Computer Games. In this course you will create a video game concept base in a mythological, historical or other imaginary setting.

Unit 1—The Setting: A Sense of Time and Place

Pong
Asteroids
Zork
Project Gutenberg
creative commons
GNU licenses
Gamasutra
Paladin
E. M. Welsh
Game Skinny
MVC Develop
Second Life
Gimp
Flickr
Free Stock Images
99 Designs
Mashable
University of Toronto Library
Pinterest
Scribble Maps
Smart Draw
YouTube: “Inkarnate – Let’s Make a Fantasy Map! (free version)”
YouTube: “Fantasy World Building using Cartography (Map Making) Apps”
Worldspinner
Azgaar’s Fantasy Map Generator
Free Virtual World Online
Purdue Online Writing Lab

Unit 2—The Characters: Playable and Non-Playable

Pixabay
Well-Storied
The Writer's Cookbook
Reader's Digest
Writer's Digest
wikiHow
Newgrounds
The Character Creator
Avatar Maker
Reddit
Doll Divine
Azalea's Dress Up Dolls
Rinmaru Games

Unit 3—Interactive Objects and World Elements

TVTropes
IGN
Complex
Wikipedia: Video Game Items
Games Radar +
Wikipedia: Gaming
Mendeley
KnightCite

Unit 4—The Timeline and Story

sciforums
The Write Practice
wikiHow: “How to Write a Good Story”
YouTube: “How to Write a Great Short Story”
The Write Life
Paladin
E. M. Welsh