Introduction to Game Development

Introduction to Game Development Grades: 6-8 Number of Students: Up to 99, 250, or Unlimited Number of Lessons: 2 Units Hours of Content: 30 Additional Resources: Syllabus   Highlights: This course is a great course for students with no prior coding experience to learn how to conceptualize, design, and make their very own games. This condensed game development course gets students learning by doing. Students learn the theory of game development as well as introductory computer science concepts by building interactive games that allow them to express their creativity.   Curriculum or Lesson Topics: Course Outline: JavaScript and Game Development Students create video game assets using pixel art software. Then they learn the fundamentals of JavaScript and how to utilize object-oriented programming to build a text adventure game. Game Mechanics and Control Structures Students utilize game mechanics to build player-oriented gameplay and leverage new data types, logical operators, conditionals, loops, and other coding concepts to build a word-guessing game.   Course Projects: Through a combination of follow-along projects and self-directed activities, students build a unique coding project portfolio demonstrating the skills and knowledge they acquire. Narrative Text Adventure A browser-based text adventure game to learn how to build and incorporate a unique game narrative using JavaScript. Play in Browser Word Guessing Game In this project, students build out a word-guessing game where a random word is chosen and the player is given the opportunity to guess letters. Play in Browser