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Weisbrod Imaging : Game Design Blog
Sketches
Enemy Design
April 17, 2020

You need to sketch out your design for your enemy. Remember, just like we did for our player character, we need a front, side, and back view. I understand that many of you will not have color pencils at home, so these sketches can be in black and white. See below for examples of how these design can go. Also, remember to turn your paper sideways and divide it into three sections so that you can get all three views onto once side, if possible.

Follow the direction in teams to submit your designs in the Hand-In Folder in Teams.

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General Information
FREE Adobe Creative Cloud
March 24, 2020

So, our district has been able to get authorization for you as Penfield Students to download Adobe Apps for free for the next 2 months or so. Follow the directions below!

As a result of campus closure, student access to Adobe Creative Cloud in labs and classrooms is not available. Adobe has provided temporary at-home access for impacted students and educators, so that they can continue their work remotely. Please follow the instructions below to enable access to Creative Cloud Desktop Apps on your personal device

1. Visit https://creativecloud.adobe.com and use your school credentials to sign in.

2. If prompted, select Company or School Account and then enter your password. Or provide your credentials in your school’s login screen.

3. From the Creative Cloud website, browse for and download your desired app. Click Apps on the top of the page to view all apps.

For more information on how to download or install apps, see Download and Install Creative Cloud apps.

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IMPORTANT – Getting into Teams
March 23, 2020

For the remainder of the time while we are social distancing, we will need to use one method to communicate. During regular class operation, I really like my blogs, but they are just a one-way street. So this class will be moving on to Teams for the foreseeable future. Everyone NEEDS to get themselves logged onto Teams so that they can access the information that I will be giving out. I will probably stop using my website because Teams is great – it allows you to communicate with me, instead of just allowing me to communicate with you. For those of you who might need a little help, below is a video on how to get into Teams. I’ll be giving you more information as we go along, and it’ll be happening there!

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Class Info – School Closing
March 15, 2020

Hey everyone,

I’m sure you all know by now that schools in Monroe County have closed. I have setup classes in Microsoft’s “Teams” app for you all. You will need to go to the office 365 login page and use your Penfield student email address and your password to log in to Office 365. From there you can either open the browser version of Teams or download the app for your computer. You can also download the app on your cellphone.

I completely anticipate that these closing will last for quite some time, and that we are going to have to figure out how to make this class work online. I think that is VERY possible, but it will take some flexibility from everyone as we all figure out how this can work. Read on for more instructions:

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Designing Your Environments
September 12, 2019

Your next step is to design your environments. You need to sketch out your map, paying extra close attention to how the character is going to be directed through the map. You will need to design some kind of path so that your player understand where they need to go. Below are some examples of maps, both by former students and from the internet, to hopefully give you some inspiration. (But, as always, you are to do your own work!)

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Main Character Design
September 10, 2019

So, the next thing we are going to do is design our character. So think about your story and how the player character would look. You need to sketch your character from the front, side, and back. You will also need to add color, but you can do that in class. Get the outlines drawn for class, and I’ll have colored pencils in class tomorrow. Below are some examples of what you could do to plan out your character. The first few are from the internet, and at the end are ones from students in previous years.

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Welcome
Welcome to Game Design
September 2, 2019

Welcome to the Video Game Design Class blog.  This blog will be where I will be posting handout, assignment information, as well as recordings of any demonstrations that I do in class.  It will be a very important resource for you during the class, and you will want to visit regularly.

On the right, you will see a link that says “Subscribe.”   I want you to enter your email address so that the blog will automatically send you a notification whenever something important is posted.  Don’t worry too much – it won’t be emailing you every day.

Once you enter your email address on that page, then go to your email and find an email from my website (it may be in your junk mail folder), and in that email there will be a link.  Click on that link to confirm the subscription.  This is basically just verifying that you are a real person, not a spam program.

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