Henrico Virtual Academy

Artful Adventures: Crafting Heroes in Bloxels Games

Henrico Learner Profile (HLP) 6C Focus

6th Grade - Art

SOL/Standard  

ART 6.10 The student will investigate and explore how to create a narrative using time-based media.

ELA SOL: 7.5 

6.5. a) Describe the elements of narrative structure including setting, character development, plot structure, theme, and conflict.

6.7 The student will write narration, description, exposition, and persuasion. 

Learning Experience

Our students were charged with the challenge to design a video game based on a Hero’s Journey.  They each worked to write a storyline about a Hero and a quest to defeat a villain while they searched for something, be it an item or information.  The students built out their storyline, determining the characters, a description of their setting and quest, as well as, written messages the Hero would receive.  After writing their storyline, they were able to design from a scratch a video game that brought their story to life.  They were tasked to create original artwork to build a world of characters using 2D designs using a 13x13 grid.  

The project is completely student-owned since they created their own story idea and designed the video games from scratch.

What did the student(s) learn about this experience:

"In my opinion, the game was certainly, absolutely astonishing. I've always wanted to try coding to try to make a game of my own, and for us to have a project on that made me really excited about it. I don't think making a game could get much easier than that. It was really simple, but detailed if you want it to be. What I like most about it is that you can choose to use pre-made art pieces, or make your own. I was really proud of the end result of my game. Ultimately, my experience of Bloxels was great! An easy 10/10!" - Joshua

“​​I loved it, and the variety of games people did was GREAT. I really enjoyed it along with the fun time of discovering and playing around! IT WAS GREAT!!!!” - Sreeram

Additional Pictures, Media & Artifacts

The LEGEND OF PENNY

Adventures of
Bat-human

Oh No! You're Fired!?

Space Escape

Thank you to the innovators who helped make this experience possible: