Not really. The Duamond Age" is referenced as a template, but it is not required reading.The main components of the course are 1) writing a Ractive, 2) designing a Paper Theater for the Ractive, and 3) designing the set for the Paper Theater. The object is to continue the existing workflow for media with apropriate extensions for the Metaverse. The work is done in teams of 3 people with continuous reviews by team members. An underlying goal is to teach a collaborative media design process. Our view is that collaboration is the main leverage component of the Metaverse.