1. GAMESTAR MECHANIC JR
Video Game Design Unit

2. ABOUT VIDEO GAMES
BrainPop Video Games

3. THE GOAL
Soon you will be creating your own video games but first you have to go to “Game Design School” (Gamestar Mechanic Jr.) to learn what goes into making a game.

4. WE WILL/I WILL
We will find simple design problems and find solutions by planning and testing variables.
I will work through the quests on GSMJ to practice the elements of game design.

5. EXPECTATIONS
This is not an arcade. Even though we are learning about video game design, we are still learning and the noise level should reflect that.
We are playing through the QUESTS only at this point
I do not want you to go home and do this until the end of class four.
Read and/or listen to directions.

6. LOG IN

8. QUESTS FOR DAY 1

9. SOCRATIVE- ROOM NAME: RAMLAB

10. GAMESTAR MECHANIC JR LESSON 2
Rules and Components

11. WE WILL/I WILL
We will find simple design problems and find solutions by planning and testing variables.
I will work through the quests on GSMJ to practice the elements of game design.

12. WHAT DID WE LEARN YESTERDAY?
Share with a partner and then we will share out together

13. RULES Sports games have rules- let’s think about basketball timers
Name some of the rules in basketball
Video Games have rules too
timers
health meters
space restrictions (can’t fall off a cliff without losing a life)

14. COMPONENTS
Components serve a purpose and make the game more interesting.
Think back to basketball and tell me some components of the game
the opposing team, 3-Point line, the ball, points, etc.

15. EXPECTATIONS
This is not an arcade. Even though we are learning about video game design, we are still learning and it the noise level should reflect that.
We are playing through the QUESTS only at this point and I do not want you to go home and do this until the end of class four.
Read and/or listen to directions.

16. LOG IN

17. QUEST DAY 2

18. SOCRATIVE- ROOM NAME: RAMLAB

19. GAMESTAR MECHANIC JR LESSON 3
Mechanics

20. WE WILL/I WILL
We will find simple design problems and find solutions by planning and testing variables.
I will work through the quests on GSMJ to practice the elements of game design.

21. WHAT DID WE DO LAST MONTH?

22. MECHANICS
What each player can do within a game
Think about basketball- what can a player do down the court with 30 seconds on the shot clock
Players can shoot, pass, play defense, and run the floor all within the rules of the game.

23. SPACE
Space comes into play in basketball when we are talking about how the floor is divided up (two sections separated by a mid-court line), the height of the goal (10 feet), 3 point line, Out of Bounds, etc.

24. SPACE
All games have a world in which they exist known as the space. It describes the look and feel of the game itself including:
Visual space
Barriers
Colors
Sounds
Lighting

25. EXPECTATIONS
This is not an arcade. Even though we are learning about video game design, we are still learning and it the noise level should reflect that.
We are playing through the QUESTS only at this point and I do not want you to go home and do this until the end of class four.
Read and/or listen to directions.

26. QUEST DAY 3

27. FIX THE GAME
This game cannot be won as it is designed right now. Using what you have learned about game design, give at least 3 problems with this game and suggest how each can be fixed with editing.

28. There are three things that make Puzzling Modern House unbeatable and I know all three!

29. Picture to refer back to
First sentence
Picture to refer back to
Start a post

30. GAMESTAR MECHANIC JR LESSON 4
Design your own game

31. EXPECTATIONS
This is not an arcade. Even though we are learning about video game design, we are still learning and it the noise level should reflect that.
Read and/or listen to directions.
You can now play at home if you would like to!

32. The 5 Basic Elements of Game Design
REVIEW
The 5 Basic Elements of Game Design

33. GOALS how does someone win at this game?
But not just about points- Think about how players can achieve the end goal and map that out. Is there only one way to win or can a player take multiple paths to achieve the end goal? Can more than one player win? Are you trying to get the player to learn something? Can players continue on after someone wins? Ask yourself these questions to really determine the goal of the game.

34. RULES
The rules are what guide a player through the game. It tells them what they can and cannot do in order to win. They not only describe how to play the game, but the rules also help shape the game play experience.

35. COMPONENTS
The characters and objects that exist in the game and how they are used to play the game
Bad guys
Heroes
Dice
Vehicles
mazes
They should serve a purpose to the game

36. MECHANICS
These are the actions that characters and other components can do, or have done to them, in the course of the gameplay.
Think them through. You can’t have your character break through a brick wall in one place and then be stopped by a piece of wood in the next area.

37. SPACE
All games have a world in which they exist known as the space. It describes the look and feel of the game itself including:
Visual space
Barriers
Colors
Sounds
Lighting

39. But play it to test it out and make sure it works as a real game
Make it