1. Copyright 2006 Tiffany Barnes Monday, July 3 Notes from the first class

2. Copyright 2006 Tiffany Barnes Games we play Brainstorm Genres

3. Copyright 2006 Tiffany Barnes What makes a game a game? Character Scenario/Story/Plot Map/Location Music/Sounds But all these are in a movie or book! What makes a game different?

4. Copyright 2006 Tiffany Barnes Games Fun!!! Interactive Balance easy/hard = challenge = fun Player has control Player has goals There are obstacles to goals As you play, the game should get harder as we LEARN to keep it fun

5. Copyright 2006 Tiffany Barnes Fun… Depends on having a challenge Cannot be too easy or too hard May be different for different people So we have to determine WHO our game is for

6. Copyright 2006 Tiffany Barnes Game Process See other slides

7. Copyright 2006 Tiffany Barnes Our first game Go to GameMaker.nl Download the free version Download the Tutorial: first Make your own game! Be sure to save often. Use your name in the name of your game so you can find it again

8. Copyright 2006 Tiffany Barnes Our second game In teams of 2-3 people Choose a type: –Maze, platform, or shooter Choose whether to: –Make from scratch (by yourselves) –Make from the examples If you do this you should change the game to make it different

9. Copyright 2006 Tiffany Barnes Each team Introduce yourselves What is the name of your game? What kind of game are you making? –Platform, Maze, Shooter, Other? Are you –Making it from scratch? –Modifying the example? What will be cool about your game?

10. Copyright 2006 Tiffany Barnes Each team presents… There are several shooter and platform games. Some teams are making their games from scratch. Some cool themes: –Protect the king –Surreal graphics –Damage slows down a plane, add a time limit… –Multiplayer –Etc.