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Board Game Creation and Video Game Design Day 1

8/6/2012

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Board Game Creation Day 1

Students  completed the following projects
1. Reviewed professionally made and student-made games
2. Created a puzzle.

1. Reviewing Games
  • Students played professionally made games like Sorry!, Scrabble, and Guess Who?
  • Reflected on the positive and negative aspects of each game, as well as rated each game on a scale of 1-5 for four categories: Clarity of Rules, Appearance of Game, Functionality, and Fun.
  • Students played student made games from a previous Board Game Creation session.
  • Reflected on the positive and negative aspects of each game, as well as rated each game on a scale of 1-5 for four categories: Clarity of Rules, Appearance of Game, Functionality, and Fun.
2. Creating a Puzzle
  • Students were shown an example of a home-made puzzle, and were asked to draw their own picture and made their own puzzles out of card stock paper.


Video Game Design Day One

Students  completed the following projects
1. Video Game Reviews
2. Episodes 1 and 2 of Game Star Mechanic

1. Reviewing Games
  • Students played a series of video games
  • Evaluated games in an number of categories
  • Discussed the first element of video game design (rules)
  • Students came up with ideas on how to change rules of the video games to change the way they are played


2. Episodes 1 and 2 of Gamestar Mechanic
  • Registered for game accounts
  • Went through first 2 episodes of Gamestar Mechanic
  • Students earn elements for their video games by completing quests
  • The quests teach students different aspects of video game design


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