Meeting 26
with help from Maria
MC: Jonathan
Schedule for this week
| Mon | Tues | Wed | Thurs | Fri |
| Game genres Design Team meetings |
Highlight: game design careers Design Team meetings |
World Domination | Game jam day (both programs) 1:30–2:30 pm [Small group meeting earlier in the day?] |
Final deadline for finished projects and materials for your sites |
Genre
Genre: type of form, style, and subject matter
Genres offer players expectations, prior to starting the game.
Zombie (-apocalypse) genre
This genre is sometimes added to existing games, as DLC's or spinoffs.
Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare DLC pack
Dead Souls — a Yakuza spinoff
Train Simulator: Trains vs. Zombies DLC
Examples of genre-busting (in film):
Fido (2006):
They Came Back (2004):
Design Team meetings
Group 1 meeting
10:00–10:45 a.m.
Koda, Miguel, Kenny, Andy
Thursday game jam ideas?
Game concept jam
Create an unlikely mixture of two game genres.
The protagonist must be an inanimate object.
Here's a Jamboard
Provide the following:
- Game title
- Storyline
- Explanation of gameplay
- Sketch of main character
- Sketch of game environment