Tuesday, 29 January 2013

#9m1 #9n5 Gamemaker Tutorial3 Lesson4

LO1 - To understand the potential impact of video games on the user
LO2 - To complete your platform game


Starter


  • Write a new post with the title: "The Impact of Video Games on Children"
    • What are the potential negative effects?
    • Do you agree with the findings of this report?
    • Do you feel that playing video games has had any impact on (positive or negative) on you?


  • Ext: What could be done to minimise and potential effects on children? Do you think anything should be done?


The Advanced Platform Game
  • Today is the final lesson to work on your platform game, by the end of it you should have:
    • A human character
    • Enemies
    • Bonus Pickups
    • Shooting
    • More realistic looking platforms and backgrounds
    • Ladders to climb
    • Spikes to "kill" the character


  • 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
Plenary

Write a new post telling me what you think you have learnt / achieved in this mini unit