Making Mobile Games (A presentation for the Girl Scouts)

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1. Making Mobile Games Entertainment Technology A presentation for the November 13, 2015
2. Who am I ? Patrick I make mobile apps (and games)
3. Four Steps 4 3 2 1
4. Idea Design Build Test Four Steps
5. Idea What should we make? •  What type of game? •  What is the gameplay like? •  Should we keep score? •  Can we play against our friends? •  How do you win?
6. Design What should it look like? •  Do we need a main character? •  What is the color theme? •  Do we need sounds effects? •  How does it behave? •  Make the player LOVE it!
7. Build Good evening, how are you? English! Quiz: What is this language?
8. Build Bonjour, j'adore l'école! French! Quiz: What is this language?
9. Build _.each(students, function(student) { student.setGrade('A'); }); JavaScript! Quiz: What is this language?
10. Build Make the app! •  Software programming •  Be very careful •  Test each little piece •  Use simulator •  Use real devices
11. Test Make sure it works correctly! •  Play with the game … a lot! •  Does it look like the design? •  Do buttons work correctly? •  Does scoring work correctly? •  Does it crash?
12. Who am I ? Patrick I make mobile apps (and games) Earlier I said …
13. Idea •  Educational kids game •  Kindergarten level •  Don’t keep score •  Single player •  Should be happy and fun! Mr. Edison
14. Design First version Final version Our main character: Mr. Edison (Capuchin monkey)
15. Design
16. Build
17. Test
19. Idea Design Build Test Summary Make sure it works correctly! Make it! What should it look like? What should we make?
20. Thank You