1. Career Tech : Game Design Welcome 1 st time Rookies and past Veterans to Career Tech : Game Design

2. Prepare to engage the widest variety of skill sets, including: Artists Writers Designers Testers Musicians

3. Explore many opportunities: Graphic novel style Intro/back/side stories Ambient/theme music Board/card/computer games Promotional posters Promotional website/forums Fan art/videos

4. Veterans You will have 8 weeks to design a demo project and a 5 slide promotional PowerPoint Your demo project can be an illustrated story, computer, board or card game Example

5. Enter an alien world where chaos reigns… Student Game Pitch Example : Attention Grabber

6. To combat this decay, sentient beings collect lower life forms to combine into single more competitive life forms. The global economy thrives on this industry spawning a plethora of tournaments & exotic pets To combat this decay, sentient beings collect lower life forms to combine into single more competitive life forms. The global economy thrives on this industry spawning a plethora of tournaments & exotic pets Student Game Pitch Example : Attention Grabber

7. Devolutia is a game of customizable & collectable alien animal life each consisting of 2-3 elements that can be reassembled into new forms. Mutagens and power up vegetation can be collected and applied to give increased abilities. A gruesome blender can be used to combine these basic life forms. Inspired by Pokemon + Mix Match Student Game Pitch Example : Clear Description with Game Idea Seeds

8. Rookies you will have 9 weeks of intensive exposure to game related media and techniques including: GameStorming ideas Graphic “cheats” Engine basics The Games Factory, 001 Music Web/blog/forum

9. Stage 2: Team Forming After Veterans present their project pitch Rookies will choose the team they wish to join AND the media type they will provide

10. Stage 3: Project Completion! Show & Rate all projects LAN Party with FREE food/drink/prizes 10 slots at each semester LAN Party with FREE food/drink/prizes will be up for grabs to the most productive team leaders/members!!!

11. Project Suggestions

12. Computer Game

13. Card Game

14. Board Game

15. Graphic Novel

16. Web – blog - forum

17. Go Team!