Class Hours: 10:05 – 2:40
Mr. Cronin
Notes
- Thursday!
- Don’t forget you end up in English after lunch!
10:05 Attendance
10:10 Skills Production
Game Design Track / Mr. Cronin
Beta Testing Week
Previously we have worked on our Alpha testing, which is early days in a production, and uses internal team (GAWD students) to test. This week we are moving to Beta testing.
Beta testing in video game development is a phase where a nearly finished game is released to a group of real players so developers can find problems before the official launch.
The Beta Testing Process
Find a non-GAWD student to play your game. Tell them you will need about 5-10 minutes of your time. This can happen any time during GAWD production today, and tomorrow, up to the EOD.
Beta testing can’t happen during:
- class reading
- speed designs
- English
- etc – let’s use the time we have scheduled
If truly can’t think of 5 people to play your game (nobody believes that BTW), you are going to walk into the hallway smile at someone and get them in to play your game. Meet real people. Make eye contact.
Have them play the game, and I will hand them a clipboard and pen to give their feedback (no email or form, quick and easy with paper). When complete I get the clipboard, take your sheet, and give you a fresh one. I will be collating the information, so we have a single document that outlines the positives and negatives of your game through the Beta testing.
While your game is being played all team members should be watching the testing to see what works, what needs revision, what the player is doing, etc.
10:50 Morning Break (10 minutes)
11:00 Skills Production
11:35 1984
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984) is a dystopian novel by George Orwell that explores totalitarianism, mass surveillance, and the manipulation of truth through the story of Winston Smith in the superstate of Oceania, ruled by the omnipresent Party and its figurehead, Big Brother.
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
Web History/Copyright/Browsers in WordPress
- Nothing to upload, we will just go to your spot on the GAWD Dev Server.
DH26: Final Still Life
- lastNameDH_26.jpg
Week 26 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
