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Supreme Basketball

CIVICS GAME CONCEPT

Our game is about basketball. It is in the function part of the Civics framework. When playing this game, besides playing basketball, you will also be learning about civics.It will teach you about the First Amendment and what it means. There wil be a case and in the answer you must tell which one of the three possible answers was most impotant when dealing with the case.This game is fun and also educational.Children in the 4th and 5th grades will learn what they will need to know through in social studies class in the middle school. This game will have a basketball court, and there will be three answers to the case you read.You must use the arrow keys and drag the basketball to the correct answer. If you are right, you will be given points. If you are wrong, you will not win the game. In this game, if you are wrong, it will tell you why and give you the definition of why you are wrong.That way the player will understand the concept better and won't confused.

GAME PITCH

Intro screen: Supreme Basketball

Team Introduction

Cassie and Heather We both have worked together on our Paper Prototype. Then we both worked together on our Team Page. We are both going to work together on our game on Flash. Cassie: I will be the action person and the manager. Heather:I am going be the person who does all the animation and sounds.

Learning Topic

The subject of all the games is Civics. The subject of our game is The Judicial Branch of Government. With the Judicial Branch of government is the Supreme Court.

Audience

We are designing our game for the elementary kids. We want to design our game for the elementary kids because we did not know that when we were in elenementary school. It will help them in the future.

Game Play

The player sees the other justices on the basketball court. The rules of the game: you have to make a shot in the basketball goal, then you go though two games of basketball. Then, you will answer a case that involves two kids and their principals.

Fun Factor

This is the way the game is fun: you are playng basketball while you are still learning about Civics and the Judicial Branch of government. Which what we mean is after you play your two games of basketball, you will be answering the two cases. Then you win the game.

Smart Factor

Our game teaches about the Judical branch of goverment.It will teach you a little about what the first admenment. The kids could learn by playing it. The kids could learn about the Judicial Branch of government by the two cases at the end of each of the levels.

Style Factor

We will be using Flash for all of our graphic/animations. We will be using different sounds from different wedsites.

Originality Factor

What makes our game special is that there is a basketball court in the Supreme Court. Our game is going to be about the game basketball. You will play two games of basketball, and then you will answer one case. There are two levels like this.

Final Game

Media: Cassie_level_2.fla

PRESENTATION

Media: heather flash powerpoint1.fla

GAME DEMO

Media:Cassy_and_heather_games_put_together.fla

Game Presentation Power Point: Media:Cassie_Heather_powerpoint.game.ppt‎

PAPER PROTOTYPE

Date of Paper Prototype: October 2009
This paper prototyping explains a lot about this game.But there are a few things that we had to take away because the time we had left to get it done.The paper prototype says that you will get to chose a character. Well, we saw no reason for even putting people in here because on the game you have the ball court and then you have to drag the ball to where you think the right answer is, and if you choose the right answer, then there will be a sign the pops up that says you have won this game.It also says you will shoot the basketball. It was much eaiser to make it to where you just drag the basketball to the correct answer.At the beginning we noticed that it said there will be a basketball shade in and out which would mean that it was loading we changed that to a regular loading scene.It shows that after reading the case you must choose who said you want to be on .Well, it isn't like that anymore we made it where after reading the case. You have three answers, and you have to pick the one that our game deals with the most.We only had time to do one complete level.

RESEARCH

List 3 sources you used to research your game:
Source:http://www.ourcourts.org/flashgames/1/index.html

What you learned:Well I learned alot about the rights and how they work.That is why I started wanting to learn more abot rights beacuse I thought they where a very interresting thing to know about.
Why you chose this source:Well on the our courts website they had a few games that I really liked but there was this one game that really caught my eye and I really wanted to make a game like it.This game was called Do I have a right.Well thats what I did I made my cases similar to theirs.

Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution

What you learned:Well I learned what the first admenment is about and what it consist of.The First Amendment (Amendment I) to the United States Constitution is part of the Bill of Rights. The amendment prohibits the making of any law "respecting an establishment of religion", impeding the free exercise of religion, infringing on the freedom of speech, infringing on the freedom of the press, interfering with the right to peaceably assemble or prohibiting the petitioning for a governmental redress of grievanc.
Why you chose this source:I think I used this website because I really like wikipedia and I think it always has the right ansers ithelps me and I depend on it.

Source:http://www.constitution.org/billofr_.htm

What you learned:I learned alot about the bill of right and what they consist of and how they work.On September 25, 1789, the First Congress of the United States therefore proposed to the state legislatures 12 amendments to the Constitution that met arguments most frequently advanced against it. The first two proposed amendments, which concerned the number of constituents for each Representative and the compensation of Congressmen, were not ratified. Articles 3 to 12, however, ratified by three-fourths of the state legislatures, constitute the first 10 amendments of the Constitution, known as the Bill of Rights
Why you chose this source:I think that I chose this website because that it had alot of interrestin pics and facts and also some links.This website really helped me through out my game.

NARROWING THE TOPIC

The Topic of Your Game:

The topic of our game is to teach students about the first amendent.

Specific amendment/freedom/right/aspect of the journey/Cabinet member responsibilities you BOTH have decided to narrow your game to:

The first amendment. Freedom of speech and freedom of expression.

The title of the game you BOTH agreed upon. Explain how it reflects your topic:

Supreme Basketball because our game is based upon the Supreme Court.

Your storyline:

What role is the player going to assume to make this game fun? In our game this is how you will play. The basketball player will be the judge. The judge is the one who chooses who they think should win the case. There will be one case, for now. The first case is going to go something like this, Heather wears her favorite country music t-shirt, and the school says that the shirt is not allowed.The shirt is freedom of expression, because it is her favorite country t-shirt. So, Mr. Campbell askes her to change it and she refuses. So, there willbe facts to pop up, and rights for the judge to decide between. You must pick which side that you want to be on. After learning from the facts, the judge will get to play basketball. All of the cases reflect upon the first amendment. Then, they will choose who they think should win. Then at last, they win the game. Only if they choose the right side.

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IMAGINING YOUR GAME

Heather

Cassie

TEAM TIMELINE

Game Development Plan

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Team Member	Assignment	Notes and Progress	Deadline
Heather and Cassie	Score Keeping	We will need this tutorial for Scene 2	03/01/2010
Cassie and Heather	Sound Effects	We will need this for when the player makes a shot.	03/04/2010
Cassie and Heather	Timer	We will need this for the score board.	03/07/2010
Cassie and Heather	Special Effects	We will need this for the text	03/10/2010
Cassie and Heather	Coding "Enemies"	We will need this for the other player to move on its own.	03/13/2010
Cassie and Heather	Drag and Drop	We will need this for the answers for the cases.	03/16/2010

DESIGN PLAN

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How to Win/Lose and Point System

The player will have to play two games of basket ball on each level there is two levels.When the player gets a chance to shoot they will have one chance.They get two points everytime they get a basket.Ok well once they get through the first level (both games).There will be a case pop up and if you think lets say Mr.Campbell should win the case and you click him ok lets say you were right then you will win 20 points.If you are wrong you get 20 points took away.That is how you will loose and gain points by making baskets (2 Points),and the cases are worth (20 points each).

1. Describe this scene (What do you see?) The title scene is going to be the page that tells you what the name of the game is. The name of the game is The Branch Game. The background will be a black screen with a black and white basketball. When the basketball loads the basketball will get orange or gets color.

2. Describe the action in this scene (What is happening, how do you complete the activity here?) There is not much action on the Title page. The only action that we think is very important is the loading.

3. List of Assets for this scene: (Note: You may not need all these asset types.)

Background: The background is going to be a black screen with a black and white basketball.
Character(s): There are no characters on this screen. There are going to be people in the background or sidelines.
Object(s): There will be a basketball court. Along with the other thing that are on the sidelines, like the bleachers and the other people on the sidelines.
Animation(s): The animations will be the basketball moving in a circle like swirling.
Sound(s): The sounds will be the basketball swirling and the people on the sidelines.
Button(s): The buttons are going to be the PLAY button. You have to click on it to go on to the play the game. The HOW TO PLAY for the instructions. If ypu click on this button it will take you to a new screen with a text with the instructions.
Text: The only text that will be on the title page is the PLAY word on the button. If

Help Scene

1.You will see a back ground of like a solid color maybe orange .You will also see text that you will have to read. You will have buttons that say play and other things.

2.You will have to click the buttons. There will be PLAY button on the screen to go on to play the game. The player will have to choose a character and the age of the character. The scene will tell about the rules of the game and how many levels there are. The help screen will also tell the player how to get points to win the game. 3.

Background-The background is goanna be a basketball court.
Character(s)-There will not be any characters on the help scene.
Object(s)-There will be basketballs and basketball courts. There will also be chairs and bleachers.
Animation(s)-There won’t be any animations on the help scene.
Sound(s)-You will hear the loading sound which is goanna sound like a basketball bouncing.
Button(s)-There will be a play button that you will click to play.There will be character buttons as well.
Text –There will be a text that will be explaining how the game works. It will be the about the game text telling you how to play the Branch Game.

Game Scene 1: Level #1

1. Storyline in this scene: The player is going to be the judge in the game. He/she is going to be playing basketball. They have to make the basketball in the basket, to get 2 points. The player, the judge will solve the case at the end of the level. 2. Describe this scene (What do you see?) In the first level you will play two games of basketball then you will answer the cases at the end of each level. The question will like “What side are you going to join the plaintiff or defendant?” So this is what you will have to do, you will click on the side that you think should win then if you get the question right you will get twenty (20) points. As usual if you get the question wrong you will get twenty (20) points taken away. You will see a basketball court with all the characters on the court. All the people on the sidelines.

3. Describe the action in this scene (What is happening, how do you complete the activity here?) You will have action in this scene. You will have to make a basket in the goal. With the basketball you will have to make a shot to get to the question to get to the next level. 4. What the player has to do to get through this scene:

5. What the player has to know (facts/history/details of the case) to play successfully:

6. List of Assets for this scene: (Note: You may not need all these asset types.)

Background: The background is going to be a basketball court with all the character on it. Along with all the rest of the people on the sidelines.
Character(s): There will be characters on this scene. The characters are you and you other team mates.
Object(s): The objects will be the basketball and all the characters.
Animation(s): The characters will have to move and animated.
Sound(s): The sounds you will hear is the talking of all the characters and the other people on the sidelines.
Button(s): The only buttons you will have to push is the SPACE BAR.
Text: The text you will be seeing is after you play the two games of basketball is the case and the question.

Game Scene 2: Level #2

1. Storyline in this scene: The player is going to be the judge in the game. He/she is going to be playing basketball. They have to make the basketball in the basket, to get 2 points. The player, the judge will solve the case at the end of the level.

2. You will see players playing basketball.There will be basketballs.There will be a court.There will also be a score board that keeps your teams points.Then after the game you will see some text come up and two pictures with text under them the text will say Mr.Cambpwell and Cassy.That will be the two people and you will have to pick which side you will wanna be on.

3.There will be a basketball bouncing.There will be players running up and down the court.There will also be a score board to keep up with the points each team has home or guest.There will be the buttons you choose which side you are on the two sides.

4. What the player has to do to get through this scene:

5. What the player has to know (facts/history/details of the case) to play successfully:

6. List of Assets for this scene: (Note: You may not need all these asset types.)

Character(s)-There willl be the player you pick boy or girl.There will be your team and the other team.
Object(s)There will be a basketball.There will be a scorebord.There will also be people.
Animation(s):There will be a basketball bouncing.There will be people running and there will be a score board keeping up with your points.
Sound(s)There will be sounds like lets say people talking ,balls bouncing,and there will be the score board make a noise when each quater is up the noise will be like a boom.
Button(s)There will be a keys you will have to use to play the game.There will be next buttons once you finish the basketball games.There will also be the people buttons that you will have to pick on the case screen.
Text-The only text you will have will be the text on the case screen which means the text under the pictures and the text that asked you which side are you on cambpwell or cassy.Plandiff or Defindent

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GAME ASSETS AND OUR WORK

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