Özet:

It has become important to train students who can design and develop digital games and lead the industry with the increasing popularity of the gaming industry. For this purpose, digital game design departments have recently started to provide education at the undergraduate level. The aim of this study is to examine the learning styles and game dynamics preferences of digital game design students in terms of gender, grade level and academic achievement scores. One hundred and nine department students studying at a foundation university at the undergraduate level in the 2020-2021 academic year participated in the study. Learning styles inventory and game dynamics preference scales were used to collect data. Descriptive statistics, independent t-tests and correlation analysis were used in the analysis of the data. According to the findings, about half of the students have converger learning style. There was no significant difference between learning styles and gender. While male students mostly prefer “assault” game dynamics, female students prefer “building and managing” game dynamics more. There is a negative relationship between the students’ achievement score and their assault game dynamics preferences. All findings are expected to contribute to the development of digital game design department curricula, the inclusion of game dynamics preferences in student projects and to increase the interest of female students in the department.

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