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Unit 5: Exploring audio production and technology
Unit 6: Exploring visual production and technology
Unit 7: Exploring interactive media production and technology
What we're doing, how we're doing it and why we're doing it
What we're doing, how we're doing it and why we're doing it
Intent: To understand how to import and set up animations for games
Implementation: Through practical tasks and development.
Impact: Ability to have animations play when expected/needed
Industry: Most games will feature some some level of animation so this is a crucial skill to have an understanding of.
Soft skills: Creativity, attention to detail, problem-solving, patience, communication, adaptability. Maths (sizing, timing, frame rates), English (industry terminology)
Task 1 - Preparing for Art
Task 1 - Preparing for Art
What do I do?
Download the Bot Sprite Sheet
Follow the video
Get your game set up for art
Learn how to use the grid
Import images into Construct
Save your game!
On your google sites:
Evidence development (screenshots, gifs, videos, etc)
Reflection on progress (How are you finding the task? What is going well? What would make it even better?)
Bot Sprite Sheet.png
Task 2 - Platforms and Hitboxes
Task 2 - Platforms and Hitboxes
What do I do?
Follow the video
Learn how to make platforms to grid size
Learn how to set origin points
Learn about hitboxes
Learn how to set your hitboxes
Save your game!
On your google sites:
Evidence development (screenshots, gifs, videos, etc)
Reflection on progress (How are you finding the task? What is going well? What would make it even better?)
Task 3 - Animating Your Character
Task 3 - Animating Your Character
What do I do?
Follow the video
Learn how to import frames
Learn how to set up your animation
Save your game!
On your google sites:
Evidence development (screenshots, gifs, videos, etc)
Reflection on progress (How are you finding the task? What is going well? What would make it even better?)
Task 4 - Getting Animation to Play
Task 4 - Getting Animation to Play
What do I do?
Follow the video
Learn how to set up animations in the event sheet
Learn how mirroring works
Learn how to add a keyboard
Understand why we set origin points in certain ways
Save your game!
On your google sites:
Evidence development (screenshots, gifs, videos, etc)
Reflection on progress (How are you finding the task? What is going well? What would make it even better?)
You did it! Well done!
You did it! Well done!
Reflection:
Reflection:
- What happened?
- How did you feel?
- What were you thinking?
- How did things go?
- What might have helped?
- What might have hindered?
- What else could you have done?
- What have you learned?
- What can you change in the future?
- If the situation arose again what would you do?
- Anything you need to know or improve?
Extended Tasks:
Extended Tasks:
What do I do?
Take your spritesheet from last term
Import it into a Construct project
Get animations set up for your character
Document and reflect on your progress
Get playtests and feedback
Continue to add additional sprites and animations for your project (enemies, items, etc)
On your google sites:
Evidence development (screenshots, gifs, videos, etc)
Reflection on progress and feedback (How are you finding the task? What is going well? What would make it even better?)
Going Further
Want to develop your pixel art skills further? Excellent! There's a wealth of resources available. The best way to improve is through a combination of practice and study. Try tutorials, look at artists work you admire and try making pixel art using all manner of sprite sizes and palettes. Good luck!
Tutorials
Derek Yu's (Spelunky) has a fantastic pixel art tutorial, I've pinched some of it wholesale for this.
There's loads of tutorials on places like YouTube and twitch. Take everything taught with a pinch of salt, there's always exceptions to rules and not everyone making tutorials always has the experience or knowledge they claim but it's worth exploring and experimenting. Below are a couple I'd recommend:
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