Thursday, October 23, 2025

Week 10 2025 005d Coding [Platform Game]

 October 20 - 23, 2025 




Objective: Coding Game 

Assignment: 005d Coding [Platform Game]

Details: Import graphics into Scratch. Block code to create movement. Include animation and at least one sound effect.

Download: 5 Levels Templet

Week 11 2023 005d Coding [Platform Game]

Thursday, October 16, 2025

Week 9 2025 Game Career Project

October 13 - 17, 2025 


Objective: Identify Game Careers
Assignment: Game Career Project
Details: Create a Google Slide. Chose gaming career and brainstorm idea's and create your own project. Document what you learn about the career you have chosen and show graphics of what your are creating. 



Primary Gaming Industry's job titles: 
Lead Programmer, Lead Designer, General Game Designer, Mechanics Designer, Level Designer/World Builder, User Interface (UI) Designer, Animator, Writer, Audio Director, Art Director, Project Manager, etc.

Example:





Monday, October 6, 2025

Week 8 2025 005c Animation [Platform Game]

 Oct. 6 - 10, 2025








Objective: Use sprites to create

Assignment: Animation: [Platform Game]
Details:
Download the template. Create 5 levels and 4 objects using Illustrator. Create multiple Sprites to create animation. 
Download: 5 Levels Templet



Wednesday, September 24, 2025

Week 7 2025 005b Five Levels [Platform Game]

September 30 - October 3, 2025

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.

005b Five Levels [Platform Game]


Download: 5 Levels Templet

Thursday, September 18, 2025

Week 5 2025 005a Platform Storyboard

Sept. 15 - 19, 2025 

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


Wednesday, September 10, 2025

Week 4 2025 Maze Game: Coding

 September 8 - 12, 2025 


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.


Tuesday, September 2, 2025

Week 3 2025 Maze Game: Create

 September 2-5, 2025 

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 2 2026 Board Game Pieces

August 24-28, 2026  Assignment: Board Game Pieces. Illustrator is a Vector based tool used to create logos, clip art, t-shirt designs, an...