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Computer Game Development Laboratory
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Settlement A planet has been discovered, and
land is up for grabs. Who knows what wondrous
items may be found on this planet? Gold?
Artifacts? Weapons? Who knows? Throw your lot in
with our company, and youll be the first people
to settle on this new planet. Vacation Come to
the idyllic planet of Aephaan for a fun-filled
week of space tournaments, with a 200,000 prize
for the grand champion across all competitions,
with lesser prizes given to other winners. All
expenses paid for competitors still
participating. Exploration The newly discovered
molten planet Primordia offers a unique look into
how planets form and what they look like in the
early times. Any scientists concerned with this
field will want to buy a ticket now.
Game Missions written by Callum and Ben
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Computer Game Development Laboratory
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Kelly and Edward
Matthew, Ryan, Ellis
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Computer Game Development Laboratory
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Scratch (developed at the MIT Media Lab)
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Gameland to kids We have a problem!
Are your parents making your life miserable ...
restricting your time playing games and
socializing on the computer?   Why do parents 
think computers are bad for you?  How can
computers help you?
Your Mission
You must convince your parents to give you a
reasonable amount of time to learn the computer
skills you'll need to be a player in tomorrow's
high-tech world.   The world needs you to help
solve the messes your parents' generation have
created. 
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Why Are Computer Games Important?
Harvard Business School Press, Got
Game 1. Gamers are better at handling risk and
uncertainty, and believe taking measured risks is
the best way to get ahead. 2. Gamers are more
creative and have better problem solving habits.
3. Gamers are more sociable and have a greater
need for human relationships.
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Why Are Computer Games Important?

• Harvard Business School Press, Got Game
• 4. Gamers think of themselves as experts and want
  to tackle problems head-on.
• 5. Gamers arent discouraged by failure and
  believe each setback is just a chance to try
  again.
• 6. Gamers are more flexible about change.

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Why Are Computer Games Important?

• Harvard Business School Press, Got Game
• 7. Gamers are better at seeing problems from a
  deeper perspective.
• 8. Gamers are great at learning in informal ways.
• 9. Gamers are more globally oriented and out-ward
  looking.
• 10. Gamers are more confident and have a more
  positive out look on life.

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Why Can Computer Games Be Bad?
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Why Can Computer Games Be Bad?
1. You can be influenced by too much
violence. 2. Single player games can be
non-social. 3. Addiction to anything can be
dangerous. 4. There can be online predators.
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Types of Computer Games?
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Types of Computer Games?

• Shoot Half-Life, Astroids
• Role playing World of Warcraft, Pokemon
• Strategy Starcraft
• Race Viper Racing
• Sport Fantasy Football, FIFA World Cup
• Simulation Sim City, Tycoon
• Chance Black Jack
• Adventure Mario Brothers

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Simulation / Role Playing Games

• Imagine you want to fly an airplane.
• Imagine you want to understand how an ant colony
  work.
• Imagine you want to be a billionaire lemonade
  stand owner.
• Let the games begin!

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Rocket Works The objective is to win fame,
fortune, power and love running a smoking hot
Rocket Works company. You earn or lose money
based on the choices you make running your
company.
Founder, CEO, Chief Dude
Bank Galaxy
Investors pledge 1M to Rocket Works. (your
starting capital)
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Rocket Works Story Line Use the ARROW KEYS to
move your character around the game maps.
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Rocket Works Story Line To start, you choose a
mission, ticket price, promotion budget,
astronaut crew, food, entertainment and fuel..
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Rocket Works Story Line On launch day you find
out how many people sign up for your expedition
and therefore what your ticket revenue, expenses
and profit / loss are. (High ticket price means
more profit/fewer customers. High promo budget
means more expense but more customers. The
astronaut crew determines how successful youll
be at random mission challenges.)
Build-It-Yourself Launch Pad
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Rocket Works Story Line When you launch the
rocket, many things can happen to increase or
decrease your profit. On your way to your
destination and back, you must navigate through
various game environments where

• You can navigate badly and crash.
• You can take much longer than planned burning too
  much fuel and supplies.
• You can run into aliens and get blasted.
• Your customers can have a bad experience and sue
  you.
• You can bring back exotic treasures, minerals,
  and spices of great value
• You can stop at a casino and win or lose money.
• You can claim new territory and expand your
  empire.
• You can be handsomely compensated for solving an
  important problem.
• You can ???

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Rocket Works Story Line When you return to
earth, all your earnings and loses are
calculated.
You continue to run missions until you become the
richest, smartest, most
Mission Report Balance Statement
famous, most powerful dude in the universe Or You
run out of money.
Financial History
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• Rocket Works Story Line
• Write a story line in your Power Point lab book
  about what you want to happen on your planet.
• Who?
• What?
• Where?
• Why?
• When?

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Rocket Works Graphics Your partners in the
rocket company
Callum, 11 Ben, 11 Chenery School Belmont, MA
Saul, 10 Concord Academy Summer Camp Concord, MA
Chloe, 9 BBN Cambridge, MA
Erica, 9 BBN Cambridge, MA
We invite you to help us create more storylines
and graphics. Join the Build-It-Yourself crew.
Email john_at_build-it-yourself.com.
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Rocket Works Graphics In your travels, youll
have to deal with these aliens!
Chloe, 9 Park School Cambridge, MA
Kelly, 10 Concord Academy Summer Camp Concord, MA
Jonathan, 10 Open Window School Bellevue, WA
We invite you to help us create more storylines
and graphics. Join the Build-It-Yourself crew.
Email john_at_build-it-yourself.com.
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Rocket Works Graphics And you may encounter
these space ships.
Matthew, Ryan Ellis Concord Academy Summer
Camp Concord, MA
Mark, Noah, Andrew Concord Academy Summer
Camp Concord, MA
Edward Kelly Concord Academy Summer
Camp Concord, MA
Callum, 11 Ben, 11 Chenery School Belmont, MA
We invite you to help us create more storylines
and graphics. Join the Build-It-Yourself crew.
Email john_at_build-it-yourself.com.
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• Rocket Works Graphics
• In your Power Point lab book
• Draw a character.
• Draw a planet.
• Draw a background that you see when you land on
  the planet.
• Draw animated frames for your character.
• Other options
• Space ship
• Astronaut or Crew member
• Treasures to bring home.
• ???

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• Rocket Works Sound Effects
• You must create your own far out sound effects.
• Set up a microphone and speaker
• Get a bunch of contraptions that make sounds.
• Use Audio Recorder to record short, (less than 5
  second) sound clips from the contraptions or from
  you and your team mates mouthing off.
• Edit the sound effects by deleting bad sections,
  contorting the sounds or adding sections.
• Play the sounds clip from Audio Recorder and
  record the sound effects in Scratch sprites.

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• Rocket Works Logic and Programming
• Make a character move across the screen when you
  press the right arrow.
• Import a background.
• Make a character say Hey there when it gets to
  the middle of the screen.
• Make a character move right, left, up, or down
  when you press the arrow keys.
• Add a second character and make the two
  characters have a dialog when the first character
  comes close to the second character.
• Animate the characters.
• Create two scenes and move back and forth between
  the scenes.

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