Wednesday, 23 January 2013

#9m1 #9n5 Gamemaker Tutorial3 Lesson2

LO1 - To develop an awareness of the history of gaming
LO2 - To further develop your platform game



Task 1


  • Write a new post with the title: "The history of games consoles"
    • On your post write the names and years of release of as many consoles as you can find
    • What was the earliest games console released for home use?
    • How many of these have you played or owned?

  • Ext: what is your favourite game / console and why



The Advanced Platform Game
  • In today's lesson you will create a more advanced platform game. You must have completed tutorial 2 from last lesson before you attempt this game.
  • You will develop the simple platform game from our last tutorial by adding:
    • A human character
    • Enemies
    • Bonus Pickups
    • Shooting
    • More realistic looking platforms and backgrounds


  • Your finished game will look something like this




Use the tutorial on : File Store / Read / ICT / Mr Smith / Game Maker Tutorials / Tutorial 3 

You might want to copy the folder into your area

Extension: 
  1. Try creating new and increasingly hard levels
  2. Change the characters to graphics of your own
  3. Add new monsters that behave in new ways