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Board Game Creation and Video Game Design Day Two

8/7/2012

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Board Game Creation Day 2

Students  completed the following projects
1. Interviewed Classmates
2. Board Game Design Outline
3. Game Planning

1. Classmate Interview
  • Students were paired with a partner and given a sheet of questions to ask.
  • After completing the sheet, they returned to the carpet to introduce their partner to the rest of the class.
  • They introduced their partners by selecting five answers their partners gave and reading them aloud.
2. Completing a Game Design Outline
  • Students were given a packet that asked questions outlining the basic elements of a board game, and were asked to answer these questions in order to design their game. 
  • They created their own game ideas, and started writing a set of rules for their respective games.
3. Game Planning
  • Students were given a draft board  to design the "board" part of their board games. 
  • They were asked to keep in mind the playability of their games as they designed their boards.\


Video Game Design Day 2

Students  completed the following projects
1. Game discussion
2. Card Sort
3. Elements of Video Games
4. Template Games

1. Game Discussion
  • Talked about their favorite games 
  • Discussed features of favorite games and what they would improve

2. Cart Sort
  • Played cart sort activity in groups to help learn names and concepts behind elements of the game
  • Matching game connected images in Gamestar to the terms used in the game

3. Elements of Video Game Design
  • Completed episodes 3,4 of Gamestar Mechanic and learned about the 5 elements of Video Game Design
  • Reviewed examples of the elements they found in the games they played


4. Template Games
  • Edited template games and changed one element
  • Students identified the element that was changed and discussed the effect it had on the game



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