Game Maker Studio 1.4(Note we do not use version 2) – Download – Licence
Useful Game Maker resources: Shaun Spalding – Heartbeast
Topic 1 – Principles of games design
Week 1 – Unit Introduction and basic principles of games design
Task 1: Blogger / Google Drive setup
Task 2: Game Design Principles
Link to your game review
Week 2 – Game Engines and Gamemaker
Create your first game in gamemaker
Useful link: Game Engines – How do they Work?
Week 3 – Using Gamemaker
Continue developing your “Catch a clown Game”.
Week 4– Gameplay Styles
Week 5 – YOUR Gameplay styles group presentations
Week 6 – Creating a maze game in game maker
Week 7 – Finishing a maze game in game maker
Week 8 – Assignment 1 Hand in
Week 9 – Space Invaders Inspired Game
PP – Space Invaders Inspired Game
Week 10 – Finishing off Space Invaders
Week 11 – Creating a platform game
PP – Creating a platform game using Gamemaker
PP – Lesson Introduction to creating a platform game – No code
Week 12 – Completion of your platform game
Topic 2 – Understanding requirements and idea generation
Week 13-14 – Understanding the brief/Starting idea generation
PP – Intro to Term 2, the brief and idea generation
Docs: Game Ideas Template
Tools: MindMup 2 – Bubbl.us – Padlet
Week 15 – Finalising your ideas
Alternative to a hand drawn storyboard: StoryboardThat
Docs: Storyboard Template – Game Design Document Template
Assignment Briefs
Unit 72: Assignment 1(Brief) – Due: WC 20/11/17:
Upload here: Group A – Group B
Unit 72: Assignment 2(Brief) – Due: WC 05/11/17:
Upload here: Group A – Group B
Assignment 3 – The Pitch
Assignment 4 – Game Development
