Week 8 2024 005b Five Levels [Platform Game]

October 7 - 11, 2024

005b GDF1 - Game Development Fundamentals 1:  Assignment: Five Levels [Platform Game]
Download: 5 Levels Templet

Objective: Creating 5 Interactive Levels.
Assignment: Five Levels [Platform Game]Details: Download the templet. Create 5 levels and 4 objects using Illustrator.

Week 8 2022 005b Five Levels [Platform Game]

Download: 5 Levels Templet

Week 7 2024 005a Platform Storyboard

Sept. 30 - 4, 2024

005a GDF1 - Game Development Fundamentals 1:  Assignment: Platform Game: Story
Download: Storyboard

Objective: Storyboard Game intro.

Assignment: Platform Game: Story.

Details: Create a story for your game explaining the why the game is being played. This could be a quest for treasure or a rescue mission or something else.

Download: Storyboard

Week 5 2024 Maze Game: Coding

 Sept. 16 - 20, 2024

Assignment: Maze Game: Coding Details: Export Graphics from Illustrator. Create a scratch account. Do not your csd email, use a personal email.

Exporting Artboards

1. File/Export

2. Click: Use Artboards 

3. Chose Resolution: Medium (72 ppi), Background color: Transparent.

How do you import graphics into scratch? 

1. Look for the upload icon.

2. Upload .png for transparent images.

Week 4 2024 Maze Game: Create

 September 9-13, 2024

Objective: Design a maze game layout. Assignment: Maze Game: Graphics & Coding Details: Create a maze game. Use Illustrator to create shapes to layout the board.

Include a background color, text that would fit your idea for your board game.

Include instructions on how to play the game. Download: maze_game_size_480x360.ai.zip 

Save As:  05_MazeGame_XX.ai

Export As:  05_MazeGame_XX.jpg

Example: First draft or your maze game.

STRAND 5: Game Design Production Cycle (54% -29 of 54 pts): Students will be able to create and develop a game, in one of the identified game genres (Action, Adventure, RPG, Simulation or Strategy), using the Game Design Production Cycle.

Standard 2: Pre-Production (Design) --Students will be able to design documents as part of the

Preproduction of the game.

Put together a "Game Design Document" (the overall blueprint) and include the following components:

Title

Week 3 2024 Board Game: Instructions

September 3 - 6, 2024

GDF1 - Game Development Fundamentals 1:  Assignment: Board Game: Strategy

Objective: Create Instructions on how to play your game.
Assignment: Board Game: Instructions & Game Name
Details: Create a new art board in Illustrator.  

Size: 12 x 12 inches.
Save As:  05_BoardGame_XX.ai
Export As:  05_BoardGame_XX.jpg

Example: First draft or your board game.

Week 2 2024 Board Game Pieces

August 26-30, 2024


Assignment: Board Game Pieces

Illustrator is a Vector based tool used to create logos, clip art, t-shirt designs, and many other graphics. Learned how to use the Selection Tool, Moving objects, creating rectangles, ellipses, changing color of the fill and stroke, Duplicating, rotating. Went over the Zoom tool, Align, and Pathfinder.

Week 1b 2024 Board Game

August 19 - 23, 2024

GDF1 - Game Development Fundamentals 1:  Assignment: Board Game: Strategy

Objective: Design a board game layout.
Assignment: Board Game: Strategy
Details: Create a board game. Use Illustrator to create shapes to layout the board. Include a background color, text that would fits your idea for your board game. Include instructions on how to play the game. 

Size: 12 x 12 inches.
Save As:  05_BoardGame_XX.ai
Export As:  05_BoardGame_XX.jpg

Example: First draft or your board game.