Monday, 18 November 2013

#10p4 On A Mission - Promote It - Lesson 2 of 6



  • LO - To develop a promotional advert that makes use of well-chosen assets from the game to attract interest and persuade people to play your game
  • OUTCOME - You will have recorded video clips of your game and begun to create your advert using appropriate software



  • Use http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/ to record video clips of your game in action for your advert
  • Record at least 1 clip for each level of your game
  • Try to make the clips exciting and show as many different aspects of your game as you can


  • Top Tip 1 - when you have finished a clip click publish to video file
  • Top Tip 2 - choose windows media as the video type
  • Top Tip 3 - turn show mouse cursor off


Main Task Part 1

  • Collect / create any other assets you will need for your advert
    • PEGI Rating Sign
    • Music and / or voice over
    • Console logos
    • Quotes about your game

Main Task Part 2

  • Use Windows Moviemaker to create your promotional TV advert.
  • It must include:
    • A PEGI rating
    • Video clips of your game in action
    • Suitable music / voice overs
    • Comments and quotes about your game
    • A release date 
    • What console(s) it will be released on

  • If you need some help with movie make then use the YouTube Playlist below
  • You need to use the next button to scroll through the videos on this playlist.



  • Write a post on your blog telling me what you have learnt today



  • Attend a clinic if you need to complete your game / development log / assets table