Game Design – Week 8 – Logic, Flowcharts, and Coding

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When asked the most important thing I should teach my students, the MIT student I was interviewing simply stated , ‘ teach them logic.’ – Mr. Le Duc

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)

• Set a timer
• Spend up to 15 minutes in this ‘room’ on either ONE of the scripting languages below, Javascript or C#  (NOT BOTH)

PlayCanvas

• • https://www.sololearn.com/Course/JavaScript/
  • Write the latest lesson you have completed today

Unity

• • https://www.sololearn.com/Course/CSharp/
• Write the latest lesson you have completed today
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CLASSROOM (THEORY & ANALYSIS)

• Set a timer
• Spend up to 30 minutes in this ‘room’
• Watch Chicken Little Game Logic Flowchart

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• Watch Creating a Simple Flowchart in Diagrams.net (Draw.io) Tutorial

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• Write notes to help you remember the steps to creating a flowchart
  • These notes can be a bulleted list of information (6 to 12 things)
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Mr. Le Duc’s Flowchart Shape Guide

More Flowchart Creation Resources

• http://capitalcomtech.info/2017/02/28/design-elements-flowchart/
• Design Elements Flowcharts (PDF)

LAB (THEORY PRACTICED)

• Set a timer
• Spend up to 15 minutes in this ‘room’
• 
• Watch Mr. Le Duc’s How to Save Your Draw.io File to Your Google Drive Tutorial
• Try to create your own game flow for one of your game ideas
• Use Draw.io and save in your Google Drive
  • We will share these in class, soon
• Link your Draw.io file from your Google Drive
• Write a few sentences reflection about what you learned
• DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS, AFTER YOU ARE DONE

OUTSIDE (CREATIVITY & THE BRAIN)

• Set a timer
• Spend up to 35 minutes,
  • 20 minutes watching Elizabeth Gilbert
  • 15 minutes walking

• Watch Elizabeth Gilbert discuss creativity and genius
• Go for a walk outside and think about what she said, if you can safely
• Write anything you found interesting and useful in your reflection
• DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS, AFTER YOU ARE DONE

STUDIO (GAME DESIGN)

• Set a timer
• Spend up to 60 minutes in this ‘room’ on either ONE of the game engines below, (NOT BOTH)

PlayCanvas

• Start Daniel Wood’s, PlayCanvas Tutorial 1 – Getting started with PlayCanvas
• For extra support, explore PlayCanvas Tutorials: https://developer.playcanvas.com/en/tutorials/
• Work for no more than 60 minutes
• DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS, AFTER YOU ARE DONE

Unity

• Start the Unity tutorials
  • https://learn.unity.com/course/beginner-design-unity-game-development-course
• Work for no more than 60 minutes
• DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS, AFTER YOU ARE DONE

WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED

• Tell your daily story here!  Highlight what you learned and enjoyed most and at least one problem you solved. Problem-solving is one of the most important skills you need in life. Employers want to know HOW you get stuff done as much as WHAT you got done.
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WEEKLY ACTIVITY EVALUATION

• • Spend 3 minutes on this activity
  • Give feedback on this week’s class Content and Process
    • Fill in the Weekly Activity Evaluation
  • The data you submit helps you demonstrate 21st Century Employability Skills
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