Video Game Design

Fall Semester

Week 1 - Introduction to Course

• Discuss course description (See Related Files).
• Display past work from students.
• Activate network accounts.
• Complete Course Info Sheet (See Related Files).

Week 2 - Introduction to Alice, Careers, & Water World

• Assignment - Individually, complete the career discovery packet: Video Game Tester (See Related Files).
• Explore Object Gallery.
• Demo - Objects, Object Editor Tools, Object Sub-Parts, and Methods. Students will receive time to create a world, use different objects, and methods to be used with those objects.
• Demo - "Drop Dummy at Camera"
• Assign flash drives.

Week 3 - Alice: Introduction to Alice & Water World

• Introduce Inserting a 3-D Text, Review Dummy Drop Demo, and Continue Working on Exercise #1.
• Assignment - Exercise #1 with grade sheet(See Related Files).
• Grade Exercise #1 (See Related Files for Rubric).

Week 4 - Alice: Properties & Open House

• Demo - Changing World's/Objects properties.
• Assignment - Exercise #2 with grade sheet (See Related Files).
• Review Properties Demo.

Week 5 - Alice: "If/Else" & Aliens

• Finish and Grade Exercise #2 (See Related Files).
• Demo - "If/Else" command, using a function, and set-up Ex #3.

Week 6 - Alice: Aliens

• Assignment - Exercise #3 with grade sheet (See Related Files).
• Finish and Grade Exercise #3 - Aliens.

Week 7 - Alice: Creating Methods & Events - Halloween

• Demo - Creating new methods and events.
• Review the demo from last class.
• Assignment - Exercise #4 with grade sheet (See Related Files).

Week 8 - Alice: Halloween

• Finish and Grade Exercise #4.

Week 9 - Alice: Career #2 & First Tutorial - Princess & The Dragon

• Assignment - Career Discovery - Animator. Complete the ten questions individually after reading about the job description of an Animator(See Related Files).
• Tutorial #1 - Princess & The Dragon - Part I - Complete the self-guided demo which reviews all of the concepts that have been discussed throughout the first 8 weeks (See Related Files).
• Tutorial #1 - Princess & The Dragon - Part II - Complete the self-guided demo which reviews all of the concepts that have been discussed throughout the first 8 weeks (See Related Files).

Week 10 - Alice: Princess & The Dragon

• Tutorial #1 - Princess & The Dragon - Part III - Complete the self-guided demo which reviews all of the concepts that have been discussed throughout the first 8 weeks (See Related Files).

Week 11 - Alice: Penguin & Kangaroo Tutorials

• Finish and Grade Princess and the Dragon (See Related Files)
• Review Grades - Hand Back Work.
• Tutorial #2 - Penguin - Complete the self-guided demo based on a Penguin and a Random Man which introduces functions (See Related Files).
• Tutorial #3 - Kangaroo - Complete the self-guided demo based on the Kangaroo and its friends exploring parameters and properties along with logic functions. Save your work as it will be graded. (See Related Files).

Week 12 - Alice

• No Classes (Snow Day), Did Not Meet.
• Have a Great Thanksgiving Break!!!

Week 13 - Alice Project #1 - Fairy Tale

• Finish and grade Kangaroo Tutorial (See Related Files for Grade Sheet).
• Assignment - Prior to programming Project #1, the students will be required to complete a story structure activity that must be approved (See Related Files).
• Assignment - Project #1 - Using the functions reviewed and taught in the demo, complete Project #1 which entails creating your own fairy tale involving a hero, villain(s), and a positive outcome (See Related Files).

Week 14 - Alice Project #1 - Fairy Tale

• Work on Project #1 (See Related Files)
• Discuss grade sheet and communication portion of the Project #1 (See Related Files).

Week 15 - Alice Project #1 - Fairy Tale

• Finish and Grade Project #1.

Week 16 - Alice: Career #3 & Timer Tutorial

• Assignment - Career Discovery - Video Game Designer. Complete the questions individually after reading about the job description of a Video Game Designer (See Related Files).
• Tutorial #4 - This demo allows you to discover the method to create a timer for your Alice World. Save this as "timer" as it will be graded (See Related Files).
• Grade Timer Tutorial (See Related Files).

Week 17 - Alice: Keeping Score & Introduction to the Final Project

• Recommendations for next year's courses.
• Tutorial #5 - This demo allows you to discover the method to keep track of score during your Alice World (See Related Files).
• Final Project - This is to be completed individually and it involves creating a design "Blueprint" on Word and a "Game" on Alice. This will make-up 20% of the final average for the class and must be completed by the end of the final day the class meets (See Related Files).

Week 18 - Final Project

• Grade Scoring Tutorial (See Related Files).
• Final Project - Begin work on the Design Document for the final project (See Related Files).
• Continue to work on Final Project.

Week 19 - Final Project

• Continue to work on Final Project.

Week 20 - Regents Week & Final Project Due

• Final Project is Due.
• Make-Up Work.
• Good Luck on Your Mid-Terms and Finals!!!

Spring Semester

Week 1 - Introduction to Course

• Discuss course description (See Related Files).
• Complete Course Info Sheet (See Related Files).
• Display past work from students.
• Explore Object Gallery.
• Assignment - Individually, complete the career discovery packet: Video Game Tester (See Related Files).
• Demo - Objects, Object Editor Tools, Object Sub-Parts, and Methods. Students will receive time to create a world, use different objects, and methods to be used with those objects.

Week 2 - Introduction to Alice and Exercise #1 with Demo - Camera Dummies & 3-D Text

• Demo - "Drop Dummy at Camera & Inserting 3-D Text"
• Assign Flash Drives
• Assignment - Exercise #1 with grade sheet(See Related Files).
• Grade Exercise #1 (See Related Files for Rubric).

Week 3 - Mid-Winter Break

• Enjoy Your Mid-Winter Break!!!
• Enjoy Your Break!

Week 4 - Finish Exercise #1

• Finish and Grade Exercise #1.

Week 5 - Exercise #2

• Demo - Properties.
• Assignment - Exercise #2 with Grade Sheet (See Related Files)
• Finish Exercise #2 (See Related Files).

Week 6 - Exercise #2 & Exercise #3

• Demo - "If/Else" and Vehicle Property.
• Assignment - Exercise #3 with Grade Sheet (See Related Files).

Week 7 - Exercise #4

• Demo - Creating Methods and Events.
• Assignment - Exercise #4 with Grade Sheet (See Related Files)

Week 8 - Exercise #4

• Finish and Grade Exercise #4 (See Related Files).

Week 9 - Career #2 - Animator

• Finish grading Exercise #4.
• Assignment - Career Discovery - Animator. Complete the ten questions individually after reading about the job desecription of an Animator(See Related Files).

Week 10 - Princess & The Dragon Tutorial

• Princess & The Dragon - Part I - Complete the self-guided demo which reviews all of the concepts that have been discussed throughout the first 9 weeks (See Related Files).
• Princess & The Dragon - Part II - Complete the self-guided demo which reviews all of the concepts that have been discussed throughout the first 9 weeks (See Related Files).
• Princess & The Dragon - Part III - Complete the self-guided demo which reviews all of the concepts that have been discussed throughout the first 9 weeks (See Related Files).

Week 11 - Penguin Tutorial

• Grade Princess and the Dragon (See Related Files).
• Individual Demo #2 - Penguin - Complete the self-guided demo based on a Penguin and a Random Man which introduces functions (See Related Files).
• Grade Penguin (See Related Files).

Week 12 - Project #1 - Fairy Tale

• Assignment - Project #1 - Using the functions reviewed and taught in the demo, complete Project #1 which entails creating your own fairy tale involving a hero, villian(s), and a positive outcome (See Related Files).

Week 13 - Project #1, Career #3, & Timer Tutorial

• Finish and Grade Project #1.
• Assignment - Career Discovery - Video Game Designer. Complete the seven questions individually after reading about the job description of a Video Game Designer (See Related Files).
• Individual Demo #5 - This demo allows you to discover the method to create a timer for your Alice World. Save this as "timer" as it will be graded (See Related Files).

Week 14 - Score Tutorial & Project #2

• Individual Demo #6 - This demo allows you to discover the method to keep track of score during your Alice World (See Related Files).
• Demo - Proximity Function In-Class.
• Assignment - Project #2 - Using the functions reviewed and taught in the demos, complete Project #2 which entails creating your own commercial for the class. This is a portion of the post-assessment (See Related Files).

Week 15 - Project #2

• Finish Project #2
• Demo - How to create a mov file from an Alice World.

Week 16 - Project #2, Career #4, & Final

• Assignment - Career Discovery - Video Game Writer. Complete the seven questions individually after reading about the job description of a Video Game Writer (See Related Files).
• Grade Project #2.
• Final Project - This is to be completed individually and it involves creating a design "Blueprint" on Word and a "Game" on Alice. This will make-up 20% of the final average for the class and must be completed by the end of the final day the class meets (See Related Files).