Best Of

8th Grade

Below are my favorite programs to have been made by my eigth grade students over the years.

Special Effects Game

For this assignment, students were tasked with making a program that shows off their knowledge of adding special effects.

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Antonio E

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Sean R Lena S Azaliah E Isabella P Anna-Sophia P Jackson B Angelina R Dallin D Lily P Asher B Alexander F

Dance Music Video

For this project, students used multiple skills of animation to create a dance music video. The students should have animated the dancers, the camera, and even lights.

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Antonio E Hampton B

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Carter B Santiago L Lucas U Jessica R Haley W Maddox T Tyler M Ellie H Julian R Johoa P Maria C Haiden D

Junior Programmer Game

For this project, students were tasked to take a program that they wrote the code for in class and make it feel more like a real game.

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Hampton B

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Carter B Jace M Lucas U Sophia P Jessica R Lucas S Ellie H Jaylen V

Lighting Study

For this project, students were given an empty warehouse and were tasked to set a mood using advanced and realistic lighting effects.

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Gannon D

Sprite Pachinko

For this project, students used what they learned about 2D sprites and collision to make a pachinko inspired pinball game where the goal is to earn as many pinballs as possible.

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Hampton B Antonio E Simon N Aiden C Keenan G Everhett L Payten S Gannon D

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Carter B Alex K Santiago L Jace M Lance U Jessica R Haley W Gran'Twon R Jakub G Gavin B Maddox T Cameron C Ellie H Maria C Jaylen V Ashton K Griffin W

The Floor Is Lava

For this project, students used gravity, physics, and C# scripts to create a Slope style game where the goal is to reach the end of the map without falling off the track.

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Antonio E Ryker T

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Lucas S Gavin B Cameron C Ellie H Julian R Johoa P

First Unity Game

This first assignment was a "Crash & Learn" project. Before officially starting the Unity course and learning the ins and outs of the software, students got to pick between three beginner tutorials: the Kart Game, the 2D Platformer, and the FPS. Once they finished the tutorial, they were then tasked with customizing their game to make it their own.

Kart Game

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Anna-Sophia P Azaliah E Ja'Koby A Aretha V Dallin D Brayden D Lucas S Julian R Maria C Cassandra P

2D Platformer

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Lena S Avery M Clyde W Justice H Caiden D Piper M Gavin B Haiden D Jaylen V Yug P

FPS

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Everett P Adam B Tyra P Drayton W Isiah B Jackson B Ryan G Thy'mir L Will M Adrian P Miles C Asher B Johoa P Dakarai D

Video Game Trailer

For this end of semester project, students were to choose which game of theirs they were most proud of and wanted to promote. Then, they were to make a gameplay trailer to promote that game.

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Lena S Azaliah E Alex E Isabella P Audrey L Kiley S MacKenzie L Clyde W Asher B Lily P Logan S

Final Game

For this project, students were challenged to take everything they had learned to make the best game they could make. They were allowed to use tutorials and templates to get started but were then supposed to make their own game with it.

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Alex E Isabella P Azaliah E Audrey L Kiley S Jackson B Dallin D Alexander F Alex M Asher B Avery M Adam B

Third-Person Game

For this assignment, students were tasked with taking what they learned in this unit to create a third person style game where the player gets points by collecting objects.

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Sean R Lena S Azaliah E Kiley S Asher B Miles C Alexander F Lily P Dallin D Jackson B

Driving Course

For this assignment, students were given a few working cars and an empty space to build. They were tasked with using what they learned about coding 3D shapes and prefabs to build a fun driving course.