Transcript Monday, July 3

Monday, July 3
Notes from the first class
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Games we play
• Brainstorm
• Genres
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What makes a game a game?
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Character
Scenario/Story/Plot
Map/Location
Music/Sounds
But all these are in a movie or book!
What makes a game different?
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Games
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Fun!!!
Interactive
Balance easy/hard = challenge = fun
Player has control
Player has goals
There are obstacles to goals
As you play, the game should get harder
as we LEARN to keep it fun
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Fun…
• Depends on having a challenge
• Cannot be too easy or too hard
• May be different for different people
• So we have to determine WHO our game
is for
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Game Process
• See other slides
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Our first game
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Go to GameMaker.nl
Download the free version
Download the Tutorial: first
Make your own game!
Be sure to save often.
Use your name in the name of your game
so you can find it again
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Our second game
• In teams of 2-3 people
• Choose a type:
– Maze, platform, or shooter
• Choose whether to:
– Make from scratch (by yourselves)
– Make from the examples
• If you do this you should change the game to make
it different
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Each team
• Introduce yourselves
• What is the name of your game?
• What kind of game are you making?
– Platform, Maze, Shooter, Other?
• Are you
– Making it from scratch?
– Modifying the example?
• What will be cool about your game?
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Each team presents…
• There are several shooter and platform games.
• Some teams are making their games from
scratch.
• Some cool themes:
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Protect the king
Surreal graphics
Damage slows down a plane, add a time limit…
Multiplayer
Etc.
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