ASM Game Design

Erik Brown, erik.brown@asmprograms.org

Meeting 4

 

Question

  1. Which MHA skill are you good at?
  2. Which MHA skill do you need to work on?

 


MC Schedule signup

 


Google accounts:
An email was sent to you with account credentials.
If you need help, contact supportteens@asmprograms.org

 


"Pending status"

This is different than "Pending enrollment" (you already took care of this).

This means that we are missing info/documents from you that we need to pay you.

Social security number: you can enter this in yourself, or have me help you.

Program Acknowledgement, Consent, and Release forms
(for parents/guardians)

These would have been sent to the adults already, but here are online copies:
PACR [PDF]
PACR (en Español) [PDF]

 


LVL2

 

Work session

You will have a progress presentation on Wed., Oct. 16

 

 

LVL1

 

Game designer websites

Send me the following for your websites:

  1. Your game designer name (it can be your given name, or a nickname, or a name you just prefer)
  2. Your tagline / slogan
  3. An image to decorate your page
  4. A background color* **
  5. A text color*

 

* Look up a "color picker" in your browser, choose a color, and give me the hex-code (#______).

** You can send me a background-image if you prefer.


My email: erik.brown@asmprograms.org

 


Piskel


piskelapp.com

Methods for creating your avatar in Piskel

  1. Drawing freehand
  2. Tracing your own drawing that you have digitized
  3. Tracing a downloaded image or photo

 


Glitch tools

Actual glitches — data bending — can be tricky and unpredictable. Fortunately, there are tools to create "glitchalikes" — adding effects to your image to make them look like damaged data.