SUMMARY

• Write your weekly summary here, last, at the end of the week…
  • Only one to two sentences
• DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS, AFTER YOU ARE DONE

PRACTICE ROOM (TUTORIALS)

• Unity
  • https://youtu.be/j48LtUkZRjU?list=PLPV2KyIb3jR5QFsefuO2RlAgWEz6EvVi6
    • They cover everything to the basics on how to make game objects all the way up to advanced graphics and dynamic lightings or even multiple peripheral support options such as controllers

 

CLASSROOM (THEORY & ANALYSIS)

The minimum viable product is the shell of the game you wish to accomplish so that your game doesn’t get muddled with all the extra stuff and then you can ship out and test what makes your game unique and if it even works.

Game Genres from the Simplest and Most Difficult to Create

1. 1. Racing Game
   2. Top-Down Shooter
   3. 2d Platformer
   4. Color Matching Puzzle Game
   5. 2D Puzzle Platformer
   6. 3D Platformer
   7. FPS
   8. JRPG
   9. Fighting Game
   10. Action Adventure
   11. Western RPG
   12. RTS

LAB (THEORY PRACTICED)

When designing a game you have to think about both sides of each aspect that you add in, what it adds to the game, and what it takes away. Maybe it enforces a certain style of play and suppresses another. Another key part is looking at the small parts that build the surroundings and the world.

OUTSIDE (CREATIVITY & THE BRAIN)

STUDIO (SONGWRITING)

• Set a timer
• Spend up to 30 minutes in this ‘room’
• Create 5 project ideas
• Enter at least five core game (i.e. product) ideas to be considered for your own game development later in the year
• These do not need to be very detailed ideas, just a few sentences to capture the main game concept
  • Write a detailed description of the game idea
  • Identify the game genre (detailed above in this post) for inspiration
  • Review  Robin’s 5 Original Ideas for inspiration
• DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS, AFTER YOU ARE DONE
• One
  • Top down maze game
• Two
  • Car racing game
• Three
  • 2D platformer
• Four
  • Cookie Clicker kinda of game but with cats
• Five
  • Simple 2d fighting game

WEEKLY ACTIVITY EVALUATION