Presentation used for FETC 2015 workshop for Advanced Video Game Design. Software used to build games during workshop.

1. Advanced Game Design
D. Michael Ploor
Teacher and Author
Hillsborough County Public Schools and Goodheart-Willcox Publisher
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2. Who is this Character?

3. Character Elements

11. http://techland.time.com/2013/12/09/president-obama-celebrities-come-out-to-promote-computer-science/

12. Character development,
symbolism, storyboards
Environmental
Design, Cultural Symbolism
and Semiotics
Gravity, Force, Friction,
Physics and Ballistics
Social
Science
Science
English
Geometry, Trigonometry,
Probability, Fractions
and Graphing
Math
Digital Design
Color, Contrast, Elements of
Art, Principles of Design
Other
STEM
Elective
Platform
Game Design

14. Are we making students dependent?
Are we teaching the test?
Can students perform at a workforce ready level?
Challenge students
Do not make them dependent on your help!
Prepare them as life long learners
How do we do this?????

15. 4G Classroom
4G is a new educational model to provide project based
learning models into frequent use. Develops work place ready
skills and inspires success through strategies used to make
games addictive.
•Goal
•Gather
•Go
•Glory

16. 4G Classroom
Goal
• Objectives
• End Product
• What you are
expected to be able
to do?
• Were will students
be when finished? Achievement Based

17. 4G Classroom
Gather
• Required materials
• Skills
• Knowledge
• Training
(reading, modeling,
guided practice, etc.)
Loot Based

18. 4G Classroom
Go
• Get to work
• Creating the end product
• Manage and support the
process – not the people.
(independent practice,
team project, application
and synthesis level activity) Adventure Based

19. 4G Classroom
Glory
• Assessment
• Presentation
• Certification
(celebrate success,
track success,
establish self assessment skills,
inspire to outperform, etc.) Community Based

20. Successfully Motivating Classroom Audience
Make it FUNIntegrate Student Interest
Build from one success to another
Animations
Character Development
Drawing
Games
Creating - - not just doing!
Let the Bears forage on their own!
Student becomes unteachable - independent

21. 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

40. Activity 3-4:Physical Dexterity Puzzle
Objective: 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 puzzle
games to teach users how to correctly use a stylus (digital pen) on a handheld
organizer. Your team will create a prototype sample puzzle to test the concept of a
hand-eye coordination training game.
Each team member will create a different maze concept.

41. Click START to
begin.
Follow the
maze to get
the cheese.
Avoid
touching the
red or the
cats.

43. Please Try Again

44. Winner !

45. More Examples
Battleship Array Programming Vector Drawing

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

47. 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

64. Pivot
•Freeware
•Animation basics
•Simulate a 3D environment in a 2D plane
•Search for pivot stickfigure animator

65. • 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

66. Pivot Perspective Student Project

67. Blender
•Freeware
•New User Interface
•3D modeling and animation
•Built in Game Engine
•Python scripting language available
•www.blender.org

68. 3D Graphics Rendering
and Animation

69. 3D Graphics with Lip Sync

71. Engine 001
•Visual programming modules
•Easy to use
•Rapid design
•RPG
•Action Games
•Artificial Intelligence

75. Visual Basic Programming
•Freeware
•Easy to learn and use
•Use – Visual Pinball – to create game quickly

78. Use to recruit
students

79. Download and Play
games from your
school’s website

81. Insanity
• Insanity: doing the same thing over and over
again and expecting different results.
Read more:
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/
a/alberteins133991.html#ixzz1KgH3jq4T
•Do not dumb down.
•Make the learning process simpler and more effective
•Reverse engineer from desired outcome
•Scaffold learning to achieve objectives

82. Integrated STEM

83. BEST Practices
Daily Bellwork to give students daily
reading review and application of
concepts/terms

84. Integrated Reading Strategies
Anticipation
Guides to give
Purpose for
Reading
Think
About It
Activities
to apply
reading

85. Pre-Test and Post-Test
Mobile Device or Online

86. Step by Step Directions

87. Integrated Cooperative Strategies
Team
Roles
Structure
Directions
Understanding

88. Learning Objective Defined

89. Educational Objectives with
“Real World” Situations
Real Job
Roles
Free Help
Card

90. Eliminate IDK.

91. 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.

92. Common Core
Integrated

93. CTSO Event Prep
and Portfolio Building

94. Download:
Fusion 2.5 MAC
www.clickteam.com/secure_downloads/MAC.cf2.edu.FETC.TCEA.zip
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www.clickteam.com/secure_downloads/Win_cf25setup_FETC_TCEA.zip
User: clickteam
Password: AB32#4c
Has the export modules built in
Expires 5/1/2015

95. www.g-w.com/video-game-design