Day 1

Quiz - In your notebook

• 1. In your best words, how do you define what a game is?

  2. Take your best guess: How does Google make money?

  3. Write the values for these numbers. (the first one is an example)

     1. 35 in decimal = 100011 in binary

     2. 21 in decimal = ________ in binary

     3. 101101 in binary = __________ in decimal

     4. 255 in decimal = _________ in hexadecimal

Activities

• • Introductions - La Professora!

    • www.sherolchen.com

  • Ice Breaker!!

  • Passion Talks - in your notebook answer these three questions..

    • Past - Who have you been, what is your history, where are you from?

    • Present - What are you now, what do you do, what do you like?

    • Future - What would you like to accomplish with your life, what is your passion, what job or studies do you want to pursue?

  • What is Game Design?

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQvWMdWhFCc

  • Course website: chile.sherolchen.com

  • What you will learn about

    • • programming 

      • game design

      • game studies

      • paper prototyping

      • play testing

      • computer graphics

      • computer animations

      • computer algorithms

      • artificial intelligence

      • electrical engineering

      • arduinos

      • storytelling

      • YOURSELF!!

    • Projects

      • Interactive Fiction

      • Tangrams

      • Polyhedron

      • Animate a virtual friend/pet

      • Perler Beads

      • Scaling an image

      • Arduino

      • Board Game

      • Model City

      • Final Presentation Poster

      • Small game projects

    • Teamwork!

      • https://www.ted.com/talks/carol_dweck_the_power_of_believing_that_you_can_improve?language=es

      • peer feedback - How do we do this well?

    • Portfolio

    • Guest speakers

    • Course schedule

  • What is a game?!!

    • Narrative 

    • Paida

    • Ludus

  • Binary Numbers

Assignments

• • Wordpress Assignment - Click the link!

  • Blog Topic: Write a blog post about...

    • Explain how to convert 11011011 into a decimal number. Make sure you define what a binary number is and how it is different than a decimal number. You can use the internet, but link to what references helped you learn. Bonus points if you can draw your own diagram or explanations. What is Base 2 and Base 10? Which Base do humans use? Why do we use that one?

• Do a peer feedback on yourself. Let me know what you best feel your abilities are. 

  • HOMEWORK: Using one dice, design a game - Write down the rules for the game so you can test it out tomorrow. Fit everything on one page.

    • Give the name a name

    • Give the game a story

    • Give the game some mechanics

    • Give the game a winning condition