Class Hours: 10:05 – 2:40
Mr. Cronin
Notes
- Pre Tech is not coming in today. Nothing to log out or prepare for – they will be coming tomorrow.
- Remember that you all end up in English after lunch today and tomorrow!
10:05 Attendance and Article
10:10 Adobe AM
Lets explore making UI elements. We will create in Illustrator / Photoshop and export / import to Unreal.
- Artboards
- PNG’s give us transparency and are ideal to use here.
- JPG’s don’t give transparency.
- GIF’s do but they are often far lower quality than PNG’s
Let’s make a little coin illustration to use for our coin game. This could be for Intro Screen branding, as well is in game interface design, such as showing visually we have 2 of 6 coins. We could alpha in / out the image (level of transparency) in UE depending on how many coins. Just a neat effect you see everywhere in UI design.
But to do that we have to create an easy to visually “read” UI element. We are going to build this in Illustrator so it has a clean, clear, visual message.
We will rebuild the UI element on the left in Illustrator, and if we get to Unreal we will do the Mini map as well, just throw it in so you can see how it works.
If we have time add to UE?
10:50 Morning Break (10 minutes)
11:00 GAWD Project: Multi Level Functionality
Check back to the Wednesday Dayplan for specifics.
11:35 A Gentleman in Moscow
A Gentleman in Moscow is a reader’s dream — a wonder-full, nuanced story full of wit, insight, and imagination.
Read along with Mr. Cronin. Improve literacy, word decoding, enjoy a nice story, and unplug from the world.
11:55 Lunch
- No food in the room / eat in the Cafe.
- You are welcome to return to the room when you have finished eating and work / hang out.
12:25 English
1:10 Afternoon Break
1:25 Speed Design
Speed Designs are 15 minute sprints in GAWD where we practice. It could be any medium – 3D, 2D, video, programming, etc.
1:40 Afternoon Practice & Production
Multi Level Functionality
- multiLevelGame.mp4
DH13: 2PT Architectural Design
- lastNameDH_13.jpg
Week 13 Agency
- lastNameAgency_1.jpg through lastNameAgency_3.jpg
2:15 Dailies
2:20 “19 Minutes”
Every day in GAWD will end with “19 Minutes” of silent reading. Closing down our day with silent reading provides many benefits:
- Improve Literacy Skills / Reading Stamina
- Create space for a small reading meditation where we can disconnect from the world and get lost in a story
- Unplug
At the end I will 3 students and ask for a 1 sentence explanation of what happened.
2:40 Dismissal
