Rename your SMBX folder with your team members names

Add your complete folder (the entire renamed SMBX folder) into DELAROSA DROPOFF

Turn in your hand drawn level with YOUR name on it

THIS WEEK

Mon - No English

Tues - English First

Wed - No English

Thur - English First

Fri - English Last 

Start off the day with the warm-up

Talk to me, how are things going in class, in school. You good? If not, is there something we can do to get things better or on track?

What Up? (besides the sky, planets, sun, etc)

My life is tremendously wacky right now because I have a son who is a high school senior and trying to play soccer at a university next year. For this reason, he plays on a team that trains Monday - Thursday in Merced, CA. My spouse is an attorney and does not get off work in time to take him to practice so the responsibility falls on me. I am part of a car pool so I drive twice a week (usually Mondays and Wednesdays. We don't get home till about 10:30pm so it is a LONG day. 

The weekend is equally bonkers because as I mentioned above because all of his games start at 9:00am (which means we have to be there at 8am) and they are in Merced, San Francisco, Napa, Sacramento, San Jose, Modesto, Walnut Creek, Santa Rosa, Portland and Seattle so we are on the road every weekend. Lot's of cheap motels, meals and expensive gas. There is never a weekend where I am not driving out of town at least once and often it is twice so life has no chill till June.

As for class, I am pretty happy with the quality of students in the class, I just need to figure out how to get the best out of each of you.

What are you learning?

Presentation Skills

Why is it important?

A game developer may need to pitch a game to a publisher to get the green light to produce the game.

How do you show that you understand? What is the assignment?

Today you will work on a google slides to create a presentation on pitching/presenting your game. You will present on Wednesday

You will need to:

1. Introduce yourself

2. ​Explain overall what you were required to do, including software used

3. Present the artwork for your game

4. Talk about the process… ​step by step, what did you do?

5. Reflect on successes and challenges you had making your world

6. Demonstrate your game

7. Conclude the presentation in a thoughtful manner.

SCORING

4 Points - Each level is worth 1 points (Each level lasting at least 3 min and has an ending)

1 Point - Game Cover

1 Point - Warp

1 Point - Use of flags

1 Point - Use of layers and events

1 Point - Modifying NPCs

1 Point - Modifying sounds

5 points - Mapping of your levels and world - Each level and world must be storyboarded/planned out and drawn on paper. You are to plan out your level, not just go with the flow. This is NOT how a professional game dev works.

Total 15 Points

DUE TODAY!

If Mario is not showing up at the start of your world, watch the video below