ASM Advanced Game Design

Erik Brown

Meeting 7

MC: Hugo

Next Wednesday: Rafa

 


Reminder: 4th of July weekend

We'll meet again on Wednesday

 


"Pending status"

W4 and I-9 tax forms are no longer accepted on paper, or by regular email. The ASM Stipend Office will share links to secure, online forms where your social security # can be entered safely.

 


LVL2

 

Work session

Progress Presentation next Friday!
Keep in mind we only have 3 meetings next week.

 

 

LVL1

 

Game proposal

Completion time: approx. 1 week (5 meetings)

Write a proposal for an independent game you would like to build with Construct. Include a visual aid in your document — this can be a character sketch or a level design sketch.

The visual aid can be drawn on paper and photographed, or you can use digital tools like Piskel or Sketchpad

An example: Adriana

 


Finding game assets (graphics)

When you use search engines to find images, include "png" and in the search query. Then click Tools >> Color >> Transparent

Some resources

itch.io

OpenGameArt

CraftPix

MGG—Background Creator

More

 

Image editors

These are helpful if your game graphics include your own photography, or scanned/photographed drawings.

Pixlr

Fotor

Photopea

 

Glitch effects

PHOTOMOSH

ImageGlitcher

Glitchatron

 

Online painting

Computer operating systems tend to have some good built-in software, but here are some others.

Krita

MediBang Paint

 


Walking simulators

A reaction to the usual combat games

A brief history of the "walking simulator," gaming's most detested genre

Assassins Creed, Tourist/Discovery mode

Sixth Station
Based on the film Spirited Away, Hayao Miyazaki, 2001

 

Walking simulator demo

walking-simulator-img.zip