WEEK 4 - Gaming Analysis
WEEK 4 - Gaming Analysis
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Overview
Topic: Platformer Games2D & 3D, Deconstruct Games
Topic: Platformer Games2D & 3D, Deconstruct Games
Key Terms:
Platformer Games
2D Games
3D Games
Acceleration
Life Bar
Gravity
Projectile
Collision
Strength/Life Mechanics
Genre
Plot/Storyline
Deconstruct
User Interface
LESSON 4.1 - Platform
LESSON 4.1 - Platform
In this set of activities, students will create their very own platformer game with MakeCode Arcade. Through step-by-step instructions, students will bring a monkey friend to life in a world filled with dangerous obstacles and collectible baubles.
TEKS 4A (4) Creativity and innovation--emerging technologies.
(A) evaluate how changes in technology throughout history have impacted various areas of study;
Learning Objective
I will create my own platformer game.
Success Criteria
I can code my sprite to jump
I can code winning, losing and point collecting to my game.
I can spawn platforms
ENGAGE
ENGAGE
EXPLORE
EXPLORE
Review
Review
History of Gaming
Pong to 3D
Game Consoles
Virtual Reality
What is a Platformer Game?
What is a Platformer Game?
Game Design Concepts
Movement
Acceleration
Gravity
Creation
Projectiles
Animation
Destruction
Life Bar
Levels
Level Design
Project
Project
As students progress through these projects, they will progressively build their game. They will witness the monkey’s evolution from a simple creature that can only move around to an animated jump and run master who can create its own platforms, blow up obstacles, and collect baubles across multiple worlds.
EXPLAIN
EXPLAIN
ELABORATE
ELABORATE
Set up your monkey’s side-to-side and jump movements.
Jungle Jump
Jungle Jump
Discussion Questions
Discussion Questions
What is a platformer game?
Explain the components make up a platformer game?
What kind of platformer game have you played?
Leaps and Bounds
Leaps and Bounds
Game Modification Ideas
As students work on Make it Your Own, we encourage them to plan out how they want to modify this game to best suit their interests. Consider the following questions:
What kind of world would I want to explore? Redesign the scene with your chosen environment!
What is an animal or creature that would fit in to this world? Replace the monkey with your chosen creature!
What kinds of obstacles would challenge my character? How can I creatively build them in?
When I explore this world, what supplies do I need? Replace the baubles with these supplies!
EVALUATE
EVALUATE
- What is a platformer game?
Explain the components make up a platformer game?
What kind of platformer game have you played?
LESSON 4.2 - 2D Games vs 3D
LESSON 4.2 - 2D Games vs 3D
Lesson Plan: 2D Games - Save the Forest
In this short set of activities, students code a game that recreates the conditions for a forest fire, and then code a fire-fighting airtanker plane to spray water and put out the flames!
TEKS 4A (4) Creativity and innovation--emerging technologies.
(A) evaluate how changes in technology throughout history have impacted various areas of study;
Learning Objective
I will be able to code a 2D Game
Success Criteria
I can code a 2d Game
I can explain the difference between 2D and 3D games
I can incorporate projectiles, collision and strength/life mechanics in my program
ENGAGE
ENGAGE
EXPLORE
EXPLORE
Review
Review
What is a platformer game?
What is a platformer game?
Explain the components make up a platformer game?
What kind of platformer game have you played?
Event & User Input
Event & User Input
Computer Science Concepts
Loops
Events
Variables
Tilemaps
Movement
Collisions
Projectiles
Animation
Sounds
Strength/Life Mechanics
As students progress through these projects, they will progressively build a game where their plane shoots water at flames to weaken them until they eventually extinguish.
EXPLAIN
EXPLAIN
ELABORATE
ELABORATE
Save the Forest!
Save the Forest!
In this learning path, students will learn how to use background images, music, and dialog boxes to build creative projects that send a message, tell a joke, or illustrate their thoughts.
Save the Forest 2D Game
Save the Forest 2D Game
Discussion Questions
Discussion Questions
What components makeup a 2D Game?
What is the difference between a 2D and 3D game?
What new coding concepts did you learn?
Join the Audience/The Biggest Star Project
Join the Audience/The Biggest Star Project
Game Modification Ideas
As students work on Keep Going, we encourage them to plan out ways they can dive even deeper using the full editor after opening their game using the [SAVE TO MY PROJECTS] button.
What other environment could my plane explore? Neighborhoods? The desert?
What could pop-up randomly instead of fires? Fish? Mice? Snowmen?
What could you move around instead of an airplane? A boat? A magnifying glass?
EVALUATE
EVALUATE
What components makeup a 2D Game?
What is the difference between a 2D and 3D game?
What new coding concepts did you learn?
What you like to improve with your 2D Forest Game?
LESSON 4.3 - Deconstruct a Game
LESSON 4.3 - Deconstruct a Game
Lesson Plan: Deconstructing a game
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TEKS 4A (4) Creativity and innovation--emerging technologies.
(A) evaluate how changes in technology throughout history have impacted various areas of study;
Learning Objective
I will be about to analyze a game by deconstructing the design and its structural components
Success Criteria
I can deconstruct the makeup of a video game
I can analyze a game by evaluating the genetics of the game
ENGAGE
ENGAGE
EXPLORE
EXPLORE
Review
Review
What components makeup a 2D Game?
What is the difference between a 2D and 3D game?
What new coding concepts did you learn?
What you like to improve with your 2D Forest Game?
Game Decomposition
Game Decomposition
Game Design Concepts
Characters
Genre
Plot/Storyline
Objective
User Interface
What is genre and how does it relate to video games?
How do you explain a games objective?
What are some examples of a storyline or Plot from a movie you have seen? How can you explain a video games storyline or plot?
What is a user interface? Can you identify and analyze how you interacted as a player?
EXPLAIN
EXPLAIN
ELABORATE
ELABORATE
How to Deconstruct A Game
How to Deconstruct A Game
Show students a video game at coolmathgames.com or a game of choice and as a whole class, walk through the analysis of the game using the Video Game Design "Deconstruct a Game" handout.
Whole Group Practice
Whole Group Practice
Copy of Video_Game_Design_TGREDU_Lesson_FNL 15.pdfDiscussion Questions
Discussion Questions
What is genre and how does it relate to video games?
How do you explain a games objective?
What are some examples of a storyline or Plot from a movie you have seen? How can you explain a video games storyline or plot?
What is a user interface? Can you identify and analyze how you interacted as a player?
Individual Game Deconstruct Analysis
Individual Game Deconstruct Analysis
After teacher led example, students are to choose an online video game of choice at coolmathgames.com and record their finding on their own Deconstruct a Game handout. - Click Make a Copy
EVALUATE
EVALUATE
How do you deconstruct a game?
How do you deconstruct a game?
How do you explain a games objective?
What are some examples of a storyline or Plot from a movie you have seen? How can you explain a video games storyline or plot?
What is a user interface? Can you identify and analyze how you interacted as a player?
Resources
Resources
Copy of Video_Game_Design_TGREDU_Lesson_FNL 15.pdfPage updated
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