COMP150 Game Design LESSON #6: Digital Playtesting & Introduction to 2D and 3D Art Asset...

COMP150 Game Design

LESSON #6: Digital Playtesting & Introduction to 2D and 3D

Art Asset Production

TODAY:1. Digital Prototype Testing/Sharing.

2. Introduction to 2D Asset Production: Adobe Photoshop for Painting and Photo Manipulation

3. Introduction to 3D Asset Production: Autodesk Maya for basic 3D Object Modeling.

DIGITAL PLAYTESTING

SET UP (10 minutes):1. Teams Choose Tables

2. Set up game digital prototype on 3 laptops.

3. Decide initial Observers (1-2) and Players.

4. Discuss: 1-3 points/instructions to share with visiting players? Write them down!

DIGITAL PLAYTESTING

PLAYTEST ROUND #1 (20 minutes):1. Observers stay to manage playtest, Players

find other games to play.

2. If team chose 1-3 instructions, give them.

3. Players attempt to play prototype (5-10 min). Observers take notes!

4. Players fill out questionnaire (5 minutes).

5. Time permitting, discuss answers.

DIGITAL PLAYTESTINGPLAYTEST ROUND #2 (20 minutes):

1. Switch roles: new Observers to stay and manage playtest, new Players find other games

to play.

2. If team chose 1-3 instructions, give them.

3. Players attempt to play prototype (5-10 min). Observers take notes!

4. Players fill out questionnaire (5 minutes).

5. Time permitting, discuss answers.

DIGITAL PLAYTESTING

TEAM MEETING (20 minutes):1. Convene at your team table to discuss

observations and questionnaire answers.

2. Discuss Production goals for the next week (next top priority Backlog items, potentially

influenced by tester experience/ observations) and divide work equitably.

PART 2: Digital Art Production1. Adobe Photoshop (monthly charge, available

in 122). Use a tablet (department has 15 Huon tablets/pens, also recommend Wacom Bamboo). 2 character sprites, background art, and VFX sprites: painting and photo manipulation. Also consider Sai or Gimp.

2. Autodesk Maya (free with .edu email at students.autodesk.com). Character, prop, environment modeling, surfacing, and animation.

Photoshop: 2D Art ProductionColor Scripts: Choose a Palette

Photoshop: 2D Art ProductionColor Scripts: Characters, Environment, VFX

Photoshop: 2D Art ProductionDrawing and Painting!

1. New file: 12”x12”, 72ppi

2. New Layer #1: [b] for brush, shrink with “[“, draw a quick/silly character.

3. Open 1_ColorScripts.PNG for color reference.

4. New Layer #2 (above): hold [Alt] to pick colors, paint 5-10 colors in a corner for a palette.

5. New Layer #3 (below): Paint Bucket fill with medium color. Paint skin and clothing colors, highlights and shadows with brush (make larger with “]”). Use 30% opacity with [Alt] color picking to blend.

Photoshop: 2D Art ProductionBlending Modes:

Change Saturation to Control Focus1. Open 2_DullPhoto.png.

2. [Ctrl]+[j] to duplicate layer.

3. Set Blending Mode to Overlay.

4. Set Opacity to 60%.

Photoshop: 2D Art ProductionPhoto Manipulation: Copy/Paste, Clone

Stamp, adjust Hue/Saturation, Edit/Transform

Maya: 3D Art Production: Interface

Maya: 3D Art Production: Interface

Maya: 3D Art Production: Channel Box

Maya: 3D Art Production: Modeling Tools

Maya: 3D Art Production: Hypershade #1

Maya: 3D Art Production: Hypershade #2

Maya: 3D Art Production: Hypershade #3

Maya: 3D Art Production: Book Case

Production Scheduling: Course Milestones

• Due Week 5: Paper Prototypes: “Fun”• Due Week 6: Digital Prototypes: “Quantity.”• Due Week 7: Full Playable Prototypes: “User Clarity.”• Due Week 9: Revised prototypes: “Fun.” • Due Week 12: Beta Complete: Art and Audio locked.• Due Week 14: Alpha Complete: Levels done, bugs

fixed.• Final Presentations: Playable Game and completed.

Marketing materials: Trailer, Website, Press Release, Icon, and Marketing Plan.

Due Next Week:HOMEWORK #6: Final Game, 2nd Digital Prototype TEAMS: 1. Divide Unity production work evenly (art can be

concepted, but stay as greybox for testing).2. Meet with your team at least twice to discuss

progress, solve problems, and consolidate build.3. Test clarity with at least two new players.4. Submit second digital build to class next week.Individually: Progress Report #2: Submit typed page: What you agreed to produce, what you accomplished, self-evaluation/related screenshots.

Have an Outstanding Week!

And don’t forget to email us with questions:

Instructor: JASON WISERJason.Wiser@Tufts.edu

Available an hour after class and daily email.

TA: MIKE SHAHMichael.Shah@Tufts.edu

Lab hours: Wednesdays 4:30-5:45