Instructions Go to the shared area and open a file Go to -> S:\ICT\My Teacher\Mr Crossan\Year 7\Catch the Clown Open the Catch the Clown file by double clicking You have 3 minutes – Enjoy!!!

Today we are learning to: Use Game Maker software – user interface Understand and create parts of a computer game – sprites, sounds & objects Learning Objectives

Game Maker – User Interface

Changing to simple mode

Games are made of Resources

1980’s 2010 What are sprites?

Create a Sprite

Sprite Properties Box

Let’s get started Open game maker software Switch to simple mode if you need to Create the Clown and Wall sprites using the resources in the shared area: S:\ICT\My Teacher\Mr Crossan\Year 7\Catch the Clown\Resources

Adding sounds We need to add sounds to our game the same way as we added the sprite We only add sounds as game resources for now Later we will learn how to control when sounds are played in our game

Creating Objects Sprites are on images. To make stuff move in our game we need to create objects We add control to our objects to create our game We need to objects – a wall that doesn’t move and the clown that does move.