GAME DESIGN
Week 6 (August 1st - August 5th)
Instructor Corinne Takara
In this week, campers will explore the block programming tool Scratch and will create playful game controllers made of cardboard, fabric, pipe cleaners, modeling clay and an assortment of conductive materials. The working prototypes they will create and iterate upon will hook up to a computer via a MakeyMakey device to become game controllers or musical instruments. The Scratch games and toys they design will be showcased at the end of the week. Using Tinkercad, campers will also have the opportunity to design game dice or game figurines to be 3D printed.
Week Schedule
Day 1:
Instructor Corinne Takara
In this week, campers will explore the block programming tool Scratch and will create playful game controllers made of cardboard, fabric, pipe cleaners, modeling clay and an assortment of conductive materials. The working prototypes they will create and iterate upon will hook up to a computer via a MakeyMakey device to become game controllers or musical instruments. The Scratch games and toys they design will be showcased at the end of the week. Using Tinkercad, campers will also have the opportunity to design game dice or game figurines to be 3D printed.
Week Schedule
Day 1:
- Musical MakeyMakey Super Hero Badges
- Introduction to Scratch
- What makes a good video game? What makes a bad video game?
- (camp day photos) (additional photos)
- Rock, Paper, Scissors/ exercise in adding variables
- Scratch Maze Design
- Hero's Journey: Collaborative Brainstorm on a video game inspired by a Hero's Journey, Myth or Legend
- (camp day photos) (additional photos)
- Collaborative game controllers that reflect on a Myth or Legend
- Sharing concepts for game controllers
- Landscape of a Hero's Journey: Scratch lesson in creating scrolling seamless repeating backgrounds
- (camp day photos) (additional photos)
- Paper game controllers using graphite pencils and Makey Makeys
- Design of Myth Game journey in Scratch
- (camp day photos) (additional photos)
- Revisit what makes a good video game and what makes a bad video game from day 1
- Exploring Google Doodle Interactives
- Refinement of Myth Games and the creation of interactive toy/game controller for these games
- Camp Showcase
- (camp day photos) (additional photos)
