Game Design – Week 11 – Updating Workflow – Mind Like Water

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“‘Be shapeless and formless.. like water’ (Bruce Lee)” by Akinini.com is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

“Have a mind like water.”

― David Allen,  GTD

SUMMARY

• Write your weekly summary here, last, at the end of the week…
  • Only one to two sentences of WHAT YOU DID
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PRACTICE ROOM (TUTORIALS)

• Set a timer for 30 minutes in this ‘room’
  • Continue with either ONE of the scripting languages below, Javascript (Construct 3 / PlayCanvas) or C# (Unity)  (NOT BOTH)

Construct 3 / PlayCanvas – Javascript

• https://www.sololearn.com/Course/JavaScript/
• Write the latest lesson you have completed this week
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Unity – C#

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CLASSROOM (THEORY & ANALYSIS)

• Set a timer
• Spend 15 minutes in this ‘room’
• Read Why Use Construct?
• Explore some games made with Construct 3 at The Showcase Page
• Read this page: Contruct.net
  • Learn about the basics of Construct 3
• Write a couple sentence description of what you learned
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LAB (THEORY PRACTICED)

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• Spend up to 15 minutes
• Take the guided tour
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OUTSIDE (PRODUCTIVITY & THE BRAIN)

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• Spend 30 minutes in this ‘room’

• Review this infographic for 5 minutes (Click for larger PDF version)
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• Go for a 15-minute walk, if it is safe to do so 
  • Reflect on how you structure your day to maximize your production of the  D.O.S.E. happiness brain chemicals
• Writing a small paragraph reflection for 10 minutes
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STUDIO (CREATIVITY)

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• Spend up to 45 minutes
• Make something to share on Thursday (3rd Period) or Friday (4th Period)
• Write a couple sentence description of what you made
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CONTROL ROOM (PRODUCTION)

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• Spend up to 15 minutes in this ‘room’
• Publish your work from Construct.net to our Schoology Construct 3 Discussion Board
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WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED

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• In one or two sentences, describe a PROBLEM YOU SOLVED
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WEEKLY ACTIVITY EVALUATION

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  • Fill in the Weekly Activity Evaluation
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