Introduction to Video Game
Design
BBrewer Fall 2013
Ok Gamers…what is your favorite game?
• Open 5W graphic organizer from edmodo
• Find image of favorite game & insert
• Complete 5Ws
Pair and Share…
• Partner up with someone who has a
different favorite video game than you
• Use the Analyze Perspectives graphic
organizer on edmodo to determine why
you both like this video game!
Key Learning
Video game design
includes both
technological and
creative aspects.
Unit Essential Question
How can I use game
design software to
develop a video game?
Lesson Essential Question
What elements are
necessary to design and
create a video game?
Lesson Essential Question
How can I navigate Game
Maker Software?
Lesson Essential Question
What elements are needed
in game construction to
create a quality,
challenging video game?
Activate…
Thinking about the video games you
listed as your favorite yesterday…tell me
someone who is employed by the
company to design and create that game!
Vocabulary Words
Download vocabulary graphic organizer
from edmodo and save in your VGD file
folder.
Complete as we discuss elements
necessary to design and create video
games…
Designer –
person
involved in
development of
video game.
Artist – person
who creates
images and
graphics in a
video game.
Animated –
object
programmed to
move
Static – an object
that does not
move
Instance –
an exact
copy;
inherits
properties
of parent
object.
Sprite – a two
dimensional
image used in
a game.
Object – can
receive
programming.
Twodimensional
– only height
and width
dimensions
(X & Y
dimensions)
Room – where
you place game
objects to
create a scene.
Object Oriented – Each
item in the programming is
a container that can
interact with other objects.
User Interface – how the player (user) connects to
(interfaces with) the game.
???
Gaming Keyboard
Game Controller
Programming Language – similar to verbal
language like English or Spanish only it is a written
language that a computer can understand.
Bellwork
To Be Turned In:
1. Polices and Procedures Powerpoint
Bbrewer Shared Folder
1. Get to Know You Document Bbrewer
Shared Folder
2. Quiz edmodo – Policies and Procedures
Sounds – background
Create Sound:music or audio played as
part of an action. Can be
MP3, WAV or MIDI files.
Sound Effects – small
pieces of sound used in
programming.
Sample – short sound file.
Music – long sound file.
Logical Design Process
IF/THEN logic statement
Example:
IF the car collides with the ambulance,
THEN destroy the car.
Condition Event
– describes what
must exist
Action Event –
describes what
occurs if condition
is met.
Coding – the
process a
programmer
uses to record
the words and
symbols that
the computer
can
understand.
Compiling – the
process of
changing the
computer codes,
scripts and other
programming
into a file that
can run on a
computer.
Compare and Contrast
• Using the graphic organizer from
edmodo, compare and contrast these
two different game programming styles.
• How are they alike?
• How are they different?
Game Maker Software
Bellwork – Review Vocab
• “Quiz” today on vocabulary words in the form of
a crossword puzzle…complete on your own!
Bellwork – Review Crossword Puzzle
• Can you fill any more in – on your own???
• Class Contributions…
Activate – Toolbar Scavenger Hunt…
Label each icon from Game
Maker!
Menu Bar
Toolbar Identification:
1. Create a New Game
2. Open an Existing Game
3. Save Game
4. Create Standalone Executable File
5. Publish Finished Game on Website
6. Run Game
7. Run Game in Debug Mode
8. Create Sprite
9. Create Sound
10. Create Background
11. Create a Path
12. Create a Script
13. Create a Font
14. Create a Timeline
15. Create an Object
16. Create a Room
17. Change the Game Information
18. Change the Global Settings
19. Select Extension Packages
20. Upgrade to Game Maker Pro
21. Show Help
Toolbar
Leaves
Branch
Resource Tree
Room
Tabs
Save and Close
Object
Menu
Create a Room:
Room
Grid
Create a Sprite:
Name
Sprite
Assign image to sprite
Image of assigned sprite
Add and Name Objects:
Name
Object
Sprite
Menu
Programming
Events and
Actions:
IF <object> is/does <event>
THEN <action>
Object Action Options
Create Sound:
Name Sound
Load Sound File
Pro Edition…
Save and Close
Level and Score
Summary
Label Game Maker Screenshot