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SELECT A LESSON 1. A WORLD AND CHARACTERS 2. PATHS AND ENEMIES 4. USING PAGES TO CHANGE THE RULES 5. GAME ANALYSIS AND DESIGN 6-7. CREATING YOUR OWN GAME
SELECT A LESSON 1. A WORLD AND CHARACTERS 2. PATHS AND ENEMIES
4. USING PAGES TO CHANGE THE RULES 5. GAME ANALYSIS AND DESIGN 6-7.
CREATING YOUR OWN GAME 8. GAME TESTING AND EVALUATION 3. KODU
RACES
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Learning Objective(s) Learning Outcomes Understand how to use
the terrain tools and control a characters movement using Kodu Game
Lab. Good A world demonstrating different heights, types of terrain
and water. Collectable objects added to the world. Better Character
added to the world and controlled by the user. Best Score added to
keep track of the number of objects collected.
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Kodu Game Lab can be used with an Xbox 360 controller or a
mouse and keyboard. Using Kodu Game Lab Top left-hand side of
Kodu
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Create a world and include: Different heights Different terrain
Water (maybe a river running through the middle?) Add objects to
the world, including some that can be collected (ie, apples) Create
Your World
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Add a character to use as the main player. Program your
character to be controlled by the user: Program your character to
collect the objects when it bumps into them: (how could you add a
score to this?) Adding a Player
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Learning Outcomes Good A world demonstrating different heights,
types of terrain and water. Collectable objects added to the world.
Better Character added to the world and controlled by the user.
Best Score added to keep track of the number of objects
collected.
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Learning Objective(s) Learning Outcomes Understand how to add
different types of paths to a world and use these to control
enemies or NPCs within a game. Good Walls and roads added to the
world to make it look more realistic. Better Use a plain path to
control an enemy or NPCs movement. Best World Settings tweaked to
improve the overall appearance.
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Starter Activity In pairs put all of the When and Do
instructions together in the correct boxes to carry out each of the
tasks listed on the sheet.
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Answers
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Open the world you created last lesson. Add walls in suitable
places within your world. Add roads to move around the world and
maybe a bridge to go across the water? Adding Paths
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Add a plain path and an enemy to follow the path. Program the
enemy to follow the plain path and shoot at the user: Program the
player to shoot when a button (of your choice) is pressed.
EXTENSION: Find and have a look through the World Settings,
experiment with these to see what affect they have on the game.
Gameplay
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Learning Outcomes Good Walls and roads added to the world to
make it look more realistic. Better Use a plain path to control an
enemy or NPCs movement. Best World Settings tweaked to improve the
overall appearance.
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Learning Objective(s) Learning Outcomes Understand how to
combine programming and design skills learnt so far to use paths
and opponents within a racing game. Good Basic racing game that is
won when the player reaches the end. Better Opponent added that
races against the player by following a path. Best Game Over
displayed when enemy reaches the end first.
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Use the terrain tools to create a race track (think about
racing games you may have played before). Choose a character for
the main player and add controls so they can move around the track.
Add an opponent to race against they will need to follow a path.
Kodu Races
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Learning Outcomes Good Basic racing game that is won when the
player reaches the end. Better Opponent added that races against
the player by following a path. Best Game Over displayed when enemy
reaches the end first.
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Learning Objective(s) Learning Outcomes Understand how
different pages can be used to change behaviour of objects within a
game. Good Additional objects added to the racing game that act as
speed boosts, using pages to change the speed. Better Areas of land
used to slow down the racers using different pages. Best Finished
racing game that is visually appealing and includes some extra
features of your own.
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Open your racing game from last lesson. Add objects around your
race track to use as speed boosts. Add a new page of Kode to your
character so that his/her speed increases for a set amount of time
when they bump into the chosen object. EXTENSION: Think of
additional features you could add to your racing game (think of
racing games youve played before). Speed Boosts
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Choose one of the games from the guide sheet and create it
using Kodu Game Lab. Homework
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Learning Outcomes Good Additional objects added to the racing
game that act as speed boosts, using pages to change the speed.
Better Areas of land used to slow down the racers using different
pages. Best Finished racing game that is visually appealing and
includes some extra features of your own.
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Learning Objective(s) Learning Outcomes Be able to use previous
knowledge of games to produce a concept idea and plan for own
computer game. Good Decide on a game idea and produce a plan of how
this will look. Better Plan the background story and characters to
the game. Best Completed game documentation which clearly covers
all features of the game in detail.
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System Lifecycle Identify Analyse Evaluate DesignImplement
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Genre is the style of game you are going to make. Name some
examples. Game Genres Action Puzzle Role Play Educational Strategy
Sports Adventure
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Male or female? Eight or eighty? Casual or hard-core gamer?
Audience
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Think of three ideas for your game. For each idea write down
the following: Genre Setting Audience Heres one example: Game
Ideas
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Choose your favourite idea and think about how this would work
as a game, ask yourself the following: How will it look? What is
the storyline? What characters could you use? You have 30 seconds
of SILENT thinking time Designing the Game
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click the stopwatch to start the timer
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In pairs you are going to tell your partner about your game
idea. You will have 30 seconds each to explain your idea. The
person with the shortest hair goes first... Share your Ideas with a
Timed Pair Share
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Open the Game Design Template and fill in all of the sections
to plan out your game. Here are a few of the characters to give you
some inspiration: Design Documentation
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Look up Kodu Video Guides on YouTube and note down at least
three programming techniques you have not used before. (Try to pick
out techniques that will help you to create the game you have
designed). Homework
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Learning Outcomes Good Decide on a game idea and produce a plan
of how this will look. Better Plan the background story and
characters to the game. Best Completed game documentation which
clearly covers all features of the game in detail.
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Learning Objective(s) Learning Outcomes Understand how to
combine programming techniques learnt in Kodu Game Lab to produce a
game to meet a chosen design. Good Own game created using Kodu Game
Lab. Better Own game created that matches the design documentation
(some bits may not work as planned). Best Own game completed using
a range of programming techniques and works as expected.
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Use your game documentation to create the game you have
designed. Try to remember programming techniques you have already
used (look at your previous games if you need to.) If you get stuck
ask a neighbour before putting your hand up. Creating Your Own
Game
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Learning Outcomes Good Own game created using Kodu Game Lab.
Better Own game created that matches the design documentation (some
bits may not work as planned). Best Own game completed using a
range of programming techniques and works as expected.
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Learning Objective(s) Learning Outcomes Understand the
importance of testing and reviewing a game to make it better. Good
Completed test table and fixed any errors highlighted as a result
of testing. Better Completed peer assessment sheet giving useful
feedback to a friend. Best Detailed evaluation explaining results
of testing, peer assessment and own opinions.
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Create a Test Table to check your game works properly (include
at least four additional tests of your own). Fix any problems with
your game. Test Table
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Ask a critical friend to play your game and complete a Peer
Assessment Sheet to give you their feedback. Underneath your Test
Table write an evaluation of your game. This should include: A
breakdown of what you have done The results of the testing Feedback
from your friend Your own opinions (what went well?, even better
if) Evaluating Your Game
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Learning Outcomes Good Completed test table and fixed any
errors highlighted as a result of testing. Better Completed peer
assessment sheet giving useful feedback to a friend. Best Detailed
evaluation explaining results of testing, peer assessment and own
opinions.
