#11m2 #11n1 #11p1 To The Rescue - Favicon and Loading Screen

• LO1 - To understand the purpose of favicons and loading screens so that you can develop your own for use in your game
• OUTCOME - You will have created your own favicon and loading screen and added them into your game
  
  

• What is a favicon? What is it used for?

• What is a loading screen? What is used for?

• Extension: How would using these in your game improve it?

• Task 1 - Create a Favicon

  • Upload one of your character graphics to this site http://tools.dynamicdrive.com/favicon/ and it will turn it into a favicon for you
  • Save the favicon into Sites --> DA205SPB12 --> Game
  
  

  Task 2 - Add the favicon into your game

  
  

  1. Click on Global Game Settings

  

  
  

  2. Click on the loading tab and change the game icon

  

  
  

  
  

  Task 3 - Create a loading screen

  • Using either Adobe Fireworks or Adobe Photoshop create a loading screen for your game. It can be any size that you want

  
  

  
  

  Task 4 - Add your loading screen into your 

  1. Click on global game settings

  

  
  

  2. Choose show your own image and then click change image

  

• Plenary

  • Open your test plan and your game - ask a partner to play your game and record the feedback into your test plan
  • Blog about what you have learnt and achieved in today's lesson