Monday, May 4th

Class Hours: 10:05 – 2:40
Mr. Bohmann | wbohmann@ewsd.org

10:05 Today’s Notes & Attendance

Week 30 – We made it to the thirties!
You have a sub today. Be Kind (as you all already are). If you need something technical for today, you can rely on each other and you also have access to Mr. Cronin.
Read the dayplan carefully – you have a deliverable due today – found in the GREEN BOX
Speed Design will be from Mr. Cronin – linked on the Heading
Reading will happen – in this room
No Dailies today – but speed design will be placed in dailies folder
May 7th: ASVAB Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery – If interested sign up with your CTE School Counselor!

10:10 Breakout Independent Game Build

Your Breakout Game is due on Friday, May 8th – that’s the end of the week!
We’ve done a lot of practice with programming, so you should have enough information to build a basic game of Breakout.

Core Deliverables for your game on Friday:

A game scene with all assets
A ball that breaks (destroys) bricks
A score that adds up and is visible on screen
A Win or Lose Condition (Killbox) and messaging (like you lost)
Custom sprites only for your game assets

It would be nice to have:

Sounds
Multiple Players / Health
Bricks that have different scoring
PowerUp or Invoke/Instantiate something
An Opening Splash screen when the game begins
Multiple Levels

This is an individual assignment. However, use each other to assist with your questions. All of you are trying to push the same boulder up the hill – maybe communicate with each other if you get stuck!

Sample Gameplay from Arkanoid you might use for Inspiration

TODAY’s Deliverable – The Minimum Viable Product (MVP) – DUE BY 2:45PM Today

You must submit a 30–60 second screen recording (.mp4) demonstrating that the physics engine and basic collision logic are functional for your breakout game. Dropbox is in Google Classroom.

The Video Deliverable Requirements
1. Movement: The paddle moving smoothly left and right.
2. Physics: The ball bouncing off the paddle and at least two walls.
3. Destroy: The ball hitting a brick and the brick successfully disappearing from the Hierarchy.

Graybox approach: This video of your MVP proves the physics and logic work before you spend all day on custom sprites” (which can often become a procrastination trap keeping you from coding).

Filename: MVP_Lastname.mp4

See how far you can get today with your game build and design!