Game Design Workshop

The Game Design Workshop started in 2014 in USP (University of São Paulo) and ESPM (Superior School of Advertising and Marketing) bringing together students interested in game design, promoting study groups, workshops, and exercises related to game design and prototyping. Using primarily paper prototypes (for faster iteration), the GDW aims to familiarize its participants with game design concepts applicable to any game project, whether digital or not.

Since then, the course assumed many different formats, from a single session containing “just the basics” to multiple long sessions with challenges and a final project.