Experience 4-H: Game Design
Groups of 3-5 young people in grades 6-12 are invited to create their own game to promote social awareness. Find a challenge in your community that your game will address. You don’t have to solve all the problems, bringing awareness is just as important!
Requirements:
Create a notebook using Evernote and submit the shared link to rhaselby@purdue.edu when finished
Notebook Guidelines
- The name of your game
- The name of each team member
- The county your team represents
- The name of your 4-H Volunteer-mentor
- What is your community challenge?
- What steps did you take to address this challenge?
- Who is the audience for your game?
- How did you decide who your audience should be?
- If your game addresses a problem, it likely has a plot.
- How do you handle the plot?
- What kind of emotions are you trying to reach?
- What steps did you take to think through what the plot should be?
- How will you convey the plot to your users?
- What does each character look like
- Do the important characters have an origin story?
- Does your main character have a personality? How do they act?
You can use any language however the product you turn in must be playable by someone outside your network.
- It is recommended that you start in Scratch or another block-based program.
- Your work must be commented.
- It is recommended that you use an online IDE (Integrated Development Environment) and you have a team login so that everyone can work together. Commenting will help identify who wrote each section of code.
- Make sure that your program is shared and the link is part of your notebook.
Dates to remember:
- Find your team - Jan 5 - Jan 25 (2-5 youth and 2 Adult volunteers)
- Work on your project - Jan 25 - March 1
- Kickoff - Jan 5th
- Online Q&A - Jan 19th
- Online Q&A - Feb 9th
- Submit digital notebook - April 1
Results announced at Gaming Convention at Purdue Fort Wayne April 9.
If your team is unable to attend, please join the results ceremony via zoom.
Tools/Sources
You can use any tools you’d like to solve coding problems or even find ideas. Sources must be cited.
Suggested sources:
- csfirst.withgoogle.com (has a game design pathway)
- scratch.mit.edu (tutorials are available for most concepts)
- gamedesigning.org/category/learn/
Clover Gaming Connection
Love games? Check out Indiana 4-H's Clover Gaming Connection. Talk with your local 4-H educator about starting a Clover Gaming experience near you!
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