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Contents 1 Individual Assignments 1.1 PLAYING TO LEARN assignments 1.1.1 Comments 1.2 CHOOSING A TOPIC assignments 1.2.1 1. Explore Subjects, Topics and Concepts that Matter to You 1.2.2 2. Identify a Game Genre For Exploring Your Topic 1.2.3 3. Find Content Resources for Your Game Topic 1.2.4 Comments 1.3 MINI GAME assignments 1.3.1 Upload your Mini Game .SWF and .FLA files and embed them here. 1.3.2 Comments 1.4 IMAGINING YOUR GAME assignments 1.4.1 Create a one frame Flash movie containing your game idea. 1.4.2 Comments 1.5 OTHER assignments 1.5.1 Comments

Individual Assignments

The Bouncing Ball Chicken Joke - Part 1
Chicken Joke - Part 2 Tracing Project: The Fail Logo
Burnout Minigame - Part 1
Minigame with sound

PLAYING TO LEARN assignments

Pick two games you played before and write a review about each of them. Choose one professional and one student made game.

Make sure you include the following points in your reviews:

   * Name and purpose of the game
   * Describe it from a learner's point of view and a developer’s point of view
   * Design Analysis (Does it look good? Does it clearly illustrate the scientific the concept?)
   * Usability Analysis (Is it clear what you need to do as a user? Does it work well?)
   * Suggestions for improvement
   * 2-3 things that you would like to learn how to do (in terms of functionality, design or content) 

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CHOOSING A TOPIC assignments

1. Explore Subjects, Topics and Concepts that Matter to You

• Brainstorm specific topics and concepts in each subject area that you want to explore in a game. Think about something that is really hard to learn. How a game can help represent this complex concept, and explain it in a playful and experiential way.

• Now choose ONE Concept to Focus On: Computer Repair

• • What are the most important facts people should know about your topic?
  • What actions should people do in order to understand this topic?
  • What is a positive outcome that could happen if people learned more about this topic?

2. Identify a Game Genre For Exploring Your Topic

• Genre 1:
  • Why I chose it: It is a subject near and dear to my heart

• Genre 2:
  • Why I chose it: Cause everyone really needs to know computer repair basics

3. Find Content Resources for Your Game Topic

Find a set of online and real world resources where you can gather facts, images and sounds to use in your game.

• Facts:
  • URL:
  • Real world resource:

• Images:
  • URL:
  • Real world resource:

• Videos:
  • URL:
  • Real world resource:

• Sounds:
  • URL:
  • Real world resource:

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MINI GAME assignments

Upload your Mini Game .SWF and .FLA files and embed them here.

Each time you complete an assignment, upload the files again. Remember to rename your new file so you do not overwrite the old one. (You can add a number to the name, i.e. YourUsername_MiniGame_1.fla, YOurUsername_MiniGame_2.fla, etc.)

Working with Movie Clips

Intro to ActionScripting

Game Control Loop

Keyboard Control

Collision Detection

Keeping Score

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IMAGINING YOUR GAME assignments

Create a one frame Flash movie containing your game idea.

• In a text field, explain how the game will work. Describe its background or learning objective. Write enough to fill at least one screen, about 100-200 words. Make it fun!

• Upload your Game Idea .SWF and .FLA files and embed them here.

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OTHER assignments

Post or link to any other individual assignments you do here.

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