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Wednesday, June 1st

Wednesday, June 1st

Class hours: 9:40 – 2:05
Mr. Bohmann
wbohmann@ewsd.org

Today’s Notes

  • June 9th is your last school day and Recognition Night. The event will be outside on the football field @ 6:30pm. You will receive 8 Tickets for your family
  • ALL missing work turned in by this Friday June 3rd at 2:05. That’s in 2 Days!
  • Today is an EHS A Day – EHS students, plan lunch accordingly
  • SLC Meeting for Ryan at 12noon.
  • Carter – Milton is not an early release today
  • Web Apprentice Certification Practice will continue this week – Test is June 7th
  • Mini Lessons – Ashton & Dan A. this morning

9:40 Attendance

9:45 Unity Mini Lessons

presenting in front of group

9:55 Game Testing Questions

Over the next two days you will have people test your game, or at least what you have built so far. Some of you are ready today to do testing, some will be in a better position tomorrow or Friday.

Testing works best when you know what you are testing. The UI? The Core Mechanic? The Storyline? …..

On a fresh Google Doc, create 3- 5 questions for your game testers. What do you want feedback on? What do you want to know to make improvements while still in the early stages of your game?

Maybe include one additional question – In this game I wish……

Share your Google Doc of questions so I can print for you this morning. I’ll make copies. I’ll place the copies under your game status on the whiteboard. You can ask your testers for feedback on specific parts of your game you want them to test. By the end of the week you will have feedback that you can use as maintenance for your game. (If you are on a team, work together to gather questions).

When you are complete with your questions, you may continue with your game development this morning.

10:35 Break

10:45 – 11:15 Game Studio Work time

DateWeekDeliverableSoftware Development Cycle
May 8th – 13thOneProject Intro, Game idea generation, pre-planningPlanning
May 16th – 20thTwoGame Design Document, Asset creation / CodingAnalysis / Design
May 23rd – May 27thThreeGUI, Movement, Core MechanicsDesign / Implementation
May 31st – Jun 3rdFourPrototype with game playTesting/Maintenance / Publishing
June 6thJune 6th Game Jam
software cycle

Take a look at the board. When you are ready to show me the evidence, I will update your “Game Status”


5 Minute Scrum Meetings / Update Trello Boards

Remember a good meeting is quick and on target. What am I working on today, What help do I need. Those are the questions you should be responding to in your group or individually.

11:15 CAWD 1 Visits – Game Studio Showcase

We have visitors today from CAWD1. The students will be the incoming class for CAWD2. Your task is simple. Show them your game / what you have been working on for your game (if your a team).

These students have never seen Unity nor do they know anything about C# programming. Give them a 3 minute overview of your project. Don’t sweat it, you are in dev mode. They are interested to learn what you have been making/coding. We’ll rotate every 3 minutes.

For some of you (Jack, Dan A. Owen) this is a great time to get some testing done and gather feedback.

Talking Points (if you need them)

  • My game is….
  • The core game mechanic is…..
  • The goal is to …..
  • This bit of code is cool because it does…..
  • I made this asset / texture / material / lighting / environment / sprite ……
  • I am proud of ….
  • I’d like this game to ……

11:55 Practice Run – Web Apprentice Certification

Accuracy score goal: 92%

You are excused for Lunch when you meet the accuracy goal and tell me the passphrase

12:15 Lunch

12:45 Focus on Literacy

book covers

1:05 Break

1:15 Production Time & Guided Support

CAWD Fun Games Studio work time (my fancy way of saying work with your game / game team

Game Testing Questions

See Whiteboard for deliverables

Overdue work

2:05 Dismissal

GAWD Instructors:

Matt Cronin

Will Bohmann

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A little about GAWD:

Serving high school students interested in Gaming, Animation, and Web Development in North Western Vermont.

Students continue at:

University of Vermont Ringling School of Art and Design Northeastern University Rochester Institute of Technology Concordia University

Students find careers at:

Dealer.com Union Street Media Rovers North Prudential Investments DockYard
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