ASM Advanced Game Design

Erik Brown

Meeting 4

MC: Noah

Tomorrow: Miguel

 


"Pending status"

Tax forms:
I-9 verification
W4 forms

Program Acknowledgement, Consent, and Release forms (for parents/guardians)
PACR [PDF]
PACR (en Español) [PDF]

Forms are processed by the downtown ASM office each Thursday — the wheels of bureaucracy turn slowly.

 


Google accounts:
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If you need help, contact supportteens@asmprograms.org

 

LVL2

 

Work session

Let's see a Progress Presentation on Friday, July 7.

 

 

LVL1

 

Your game designer websites
if you haven't done this already

Send me the following:

  1. Designer name (it can be your real name, a gamer name, or an invented name)
  2. Slogan/tagline
  3. A graphic
  4. A background color
  5. A text color


* Use hex# codes for color.
** You can send me a background image instead of a color, if you prefer.


 

Construct 3

Scirra website


Getting access to Construct 3:

  1. First, register yourself with your ASM Gmail account
  2. Go to editor.construct.net
  3. Click Free Edition (top right corner)
  4. Select Enter Access Code

 

Layout: design view for adding/positioning objects

Objects: programmatic "things" that can be manipulated by code

Objects in Construct 3:

  • the game itself (system object)
  • programmatic capabilities (such as mouse access, keyboard access, etc.)
  • background (tiles)
  • images (sprites)

Behaviors: capabilities added to objects

 

Crash course demo

Download game assets: crash-course-img.zip

This demo is also available on video on the C2: video tutorials page.

 


Platformer demo

This second tutorial will show you how to create a platformer game with multiple screens.

Download game assets: simple-platformer-img.zip

This demo is also available on video on the C2: video tutorials page.