FINAL PRESENTATIONS

Today you will present your (completed?) game to the rest of the group.
I hope this is the first of many successful games that you program in the future!

E Barr

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Not long to go now!

OK lads, you should have your Game Logo completed by now.
Upload the final version to your blog and I will download it and print it on transfer paper for next week.
You should spend your time this afternoon completing the game itself.
You will have to give a brief presentation about your game (no more than 5 mins) on Mon 5th Dec which will be recorded and displayed on Parent's Night.
You must wear your T-Shirt / baseball cap / shirt with the logo ironed on!
You will be given a copy of your presentation on CD to keep.
Do not worry if the game isn't finished! You can still give a good presentation about the idea you had and what you would do if you had more time.
If your game is almost finished you can start working on your Powerpoint presentation.

Enjoy!

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Monday 14th November

Hope you all enjoyed the trip to UUC for the second talk given by Tony Kelly of Torc Interactive. Your first task today is to write up a brief account of the talk he gave in your blog.
Students will continue to work on their Game Logos (15 mins).
Upload a few draft versions of your logo to your blog so the rest of us can comment on them.
Transfer paper will be brought in next week so get plain white T-shirts or baseball caps for next week.
For the remainder of the class, continue to work on the development of your Game.
Remember : keep it SIMPLE & get it WORKING.

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Week 6

Right lads,
You should be fresh and invigorated after your trip to UUC!
This week I want you to harness your energy and spend approx 30 mins designing a logo for your game.
This could be the main character, or the title in fancy graphics.
You could use Word Autoshapes, Paint or Photoshop to produce 3 different drafts.
Don't worry about making a definite choice this week - just get the drafts drawn up.
When you are happy with your Logo design, I will distribute tshirt transfer paper for you to iron the logo onto a tshirt, (school?) shirt or baseball cap.
Later in the year you will give a presentation about your game (which will be recorded) during which you will wear this tshirt / baseball cap. Anyone who is keen enough may also wear their tshirt to the next UUC Games seminar on Nov 7th!

When you have completed 3 draft designs, work on at the actual game you have thought up.

Good luck!

Week 5

You should have thought up a game to work on with your partner(s) last week.
For the first 15 mins this week you must create a short 5 slide presentation about your intended game.
Include:

1. Background to the game (scenario, objective etc)
2. Main Character(s),
3. Enemy / Enemies
4. Game Environment (e.g. forest, castle, space, inner city)
5. Draw out a sample gameplay screen using autoshapes (or Paint / Photoshop if you prefer)

You will make a brief presentation about your proposed game, starting at 4pm

Take screenshots of your slides and upload them to your blogs.

After that you may begin working on the actual game! (Hint: keep the game simple for now. Better to complete a simple game, than get tied up and frustrated with an overly complicated one).

PS Ensure you get your permission slips back to me tomorrow morning ASAP.

The bus to the Games Programming Seminar will leave approx 3.40, or earlier if we are all there in time.