AME Pathways to the Creative Economy

2015

www.ca-ameschools.net

Creating a Game

Design SequenceEaton

D. Michael PloorTeacher and AuthorHillsborough County Public Schools and Goodheart-Willcox Publishertraderdenon1@live.com

• Name: Mike Ploor

• Role: Teacher in Tampa, FL of

Video Game Design for High

School Students

• Strength: Author of Video

Game Design Foundations and

Microsoft & Adobe CORE

Certification Guides

• Project: Industry Certification

team for Unity Software

• Weakness: Take on too many

projects

• Status: Sun and Fun in

San Diego version 1.2

Who is this Character?

• Motivation: Bringing FUN and

EASY curriculum to create

future employable students

with HIGH TECH skills. Keep

high tech jobs in country!

• Purpose: Extend the student

enthusiasm from my classroom

to others in the USA.

• Methodology: Demonstrate

software and curriculum that

works.

• Evaluation: Laughter and

applause

Character Elements

Is this you writing your curriculum?

Serious COKE addiction

Is your curriculum meeting your needs?

Working Like an Animal?

Then you need . . .

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Character development, symbolism, storyboards

Environmental Design, Cultural Symbolism and Semiotics

Gravity, Force, Friction, Physics and Ballistics

Theme

Social Science Science

English

Geometry, Trigonometry, Probability, Fractions

and GraphingMath

Digital DesignColor, Contrast, Elements of Art, Principles of Design

Other STEM

Elective

Platform Game Design

Successfully Motivating Classroom Audience

Make it FUNIntegrate Student Interest

Build from one success to anotherAnimationsCharacter DevelopmentDrawingGamesCreating - - not just doing!Student becomes unteachable - independent

Integrating Office Technology•PowerPoint Games (Quiz show and Maze)

•Microsoft Word Asset construction (2D and 3D; Design Documents)

•Microsoft Excel Games (Crossword ,Tic-Tac-Toe, Battleship)

•Microsoft Paint or Open Office Draw

•Microsoft Clip Art

•Microsoft Sound Editor or Audacity

•Create Presentations, Brochures, Letters, Charts using Office products for marketing

MOS Industry

Certification

Activity 3-4:Physical Dexterity PuzzleObjective: Students will be able to construct a simple puzzle game. Students will

demonstrate hyperlink and mouse over game features. Students will use a variety of tools to build games. Students will understand the benefits of a physical dexterity training game.

Situation: The Really, Really Cool Game Company needs to create a few puzzlegames to teach users how to correctly use a stylus (digital pen) on a handheldorganizer. Your team will create a prototype sample puzzle to test the concept of ahand-eye coordination training game.

Each team member will create a different maze concept.

Click START to begin.

Follow the maze to get the cheese.

Avoid touching the

red or the cats.

Please Try Again

Winner !

More Examples

Battleship Array Programming Vector Drawing

Crop coin image to edge.Change line color to match coin.Rotate to 3D.

Clickteam Software•FREE to schools (The Games Factory 2 and MMF2)

•Object oriented programming

•Rapid Game Development

•Foundation for Visual Basic or C++

•Simple interface

•Step by step directions

•Builds as an executable file

•Build games as HTML 5, Android, iPhone, Xbox, etc.

•Post to your school website

•www.clickteam.com

Game

SamplesYear 1

Pivot

•Freeware

•Animation basics

•Simulate a 3D environment in a 2D plane

•Search for pivot stickfigure animator

• Pivot Software• Free download• Let’s Play (Pivot demonstration)• Active animation student example 1• Active animation student example 2• Student example with depth• 3D Animation with Blender

Animation Basics

Pivot Perspective Student Project

Blender

•Freeware

•New User Interface

•3D modeling and animation

•Built in Game Engine

•Python scripting language available

•www.blender.org

3D Graphics Rendering and Animation

3D Graphics with Lip Sync

Engine 001

•Visual programming modules

•Easy to use

•Rapid design

•RPG

•Action Games

•Artificial Intelligence

Visual Basic Programming

•Freeware

•Easy to learn and use

•Use – Visual Pinball – to create game quickly

Use to recruit students

Download and Play games from your school’s website

Insanity

• Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

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•Do not dumb down.•Make the learning process simpler and more effective•Reverse engineer from desired outcome•Scaffold learning to achieve objectives

Integrated STEM

BEST Practices

Daily Bellwork to give students daily reading review and application of concepts/terms

Integrated Reading Strategies

Anticipation Guides to give

Purpose for Reading

Think About It Activities to apply reading

Pre-Test and Post-TestMobile Device or Online

Step by Step Directions

Integrated Cooperative Strategies

Team Roles

Structure

Directions

Understanding

Learning Objective Defined

Educational Objectives with “Real World” Situations

Real Job Roles

Free Help Card

Eliminate IDK. Replace with I still need to learn how to do this.Teachable Moments are created.

Learning Enhanced with “Error Inclusion” Directions

Unlike other curriculum, I find value in errors. Without putting errors in the directions, students never learn how to problem solve for the solutions. That is why common errors are left in place, tested and then explained how to fix. Next time the students encounters a similar error, they will have tools to fix the problem and not rely on you to help.

Common CoreIntegrated

CTSO Event Prepand Portfolio Building

Download:Fusion 2.5 MACwww.clickteam.com/secure_downloads/MAC.cf2.edu.FETC.TCEA.zip

Fusion 2.5 Windowswww.clickteam.com/secure_downloads/Win_cf25setup_FETC_TCEA.zip

User: clickteamPassword: AB32#4c

Has the export modules built inExpires 5/1/2015

Mike Ploor Email: traderdenon1@live.com

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