friday 8-08-08

Name your favorite game idea that the group came up with during discussion. Why is it your favorite idea? What was the basic idea of this game and how is it suppose to be played. What Controller would you use for it?

8-7-08

remember name and age:
Describe The Challenge and flow in your favorite game. How is the game challenging? How does the Game flow? How does the games challenge and flow affect your game play experience?

Agenda Wed, Aug. 6

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

1 pm Guided Game play - Dance games
3 pm Discussion with developers on dance games
3:45 Blog/Video Closet
4 pm Pirates testing End Game
4:50 Clean up

Blog: What makes a bad dance game bad?

Video Closet: What makes a dance game good and why? What is your favorite dance game and why?

Bad Dance Games, Wed, Aug. 6

What makes bad dance games bad? And Why?

Agenda, Tuesday, August 5

1 pm Guided Game Play -

2:30 Work on Presentations in groups

4 pm Guided Game play -
Video Closet/Blog

4:50 pm Clean Up

5:00 Dismissed


Video Closet: Imagine you got to choose to have one game what is it and why?

Blog: What was good about the games you got to play today? why was it good explain?

8-5-08

What was good about the games you played today? why was it good? Explain?

monday 8-4

What was your favorite game you played today? If it was "fun", what made it "fun"? Explain in detail.
REMEMBER YOUR NAME AND AGE!!!

Agenda, Session 5, Aug. 4, 2008

1 pm Guided Game Play - Educational games: Endless Ocean, Smarty Pants, Curios Village, Brain Age, Nutrition Decision, Food Detectives

2:30 Work on Presentations in groups

4 pm Guided Game play - more educational games
Video Closet/Blog

4:50 pm Clean Up

5 Dismissed


Video Closet: What makes an educational game fun? What makes an educational game boring?

Blog: What was your favorite game you played today? If it was "fun", what made it "fun"? Explain in detail.

Session 5, Monday, Aug.4

What was your favorite game you played in the lab today? If it was "fun" what made it "fun"? Explain in detail.

August 1,2008

What was your least favorite game you played today and why? Name 3 things you would improve and how you would improve them. Be specific.

July 31 2008

Whatdo you Think is the most important part of a game? Why? What do you think are the Parts of a game that keep people Interested and make it fun to play? why?

Thursday July 31, 2008

Describe the challenge and flow in your favorite game. How is the game challenging? How does the game flow? How does the game's challenge and flow affect your game play experience?

blog question

REMEMBER TO WRITE YOUR NAME FIRST AND LAST AND AGE!

What makes a game Fun and entertaining for you? why? Explain why?

July 30, 2008

Why are characters important in video games? What is your favorite type of video game character?

Session 5

which was your favorite NEW game and why?

July 29, 2008

Tell me about the game you tested with the developers today?
What was the game about? Who do you think the game was made for?
Why do you think this?

July 28 2008

Which was your favorite game you played today? Why? If it was "fun" what made it fun. Be specific.

Designing A Game

Who would you need on your team if you were designing a game at a video game company? Name at least 3 team members and what they would do to help you develop a game? Job Titles?

Most Important Part of a Game

What do you think is the most important part of a game? Why? What do you think are the parts of a game that keep people interested and make it fun to play? Why?

Exergames, Wednesday, July 23 Blog

What was your favorite exergame today and why? How did it get you moving? What was your least favorite exergame today and why?

Non-Standard Controllers

Which was your favorite non-standard controller you played today and with what game? Why was it your favorite? Which was your least favorite non-standard controller and with what game? Why was it your least favorite?

Test Post in title

this is my question in the body

Monday, June 16 summer session 2

Monday, June 16, 2008

Summer Session 1

Schedule Day 1


8:00 am Greet parents/kids, get forms (receipts, payment, consent), rating form, allergies, cell phone, check “in case of emergency” list

8:30 am Welcome (Barb/Rachel), Intro to Lab, Orientation, Overview of rules and

Expectations
8:45 am Ice Breaker - Interview each other

What are your likes and dislikes?

What do you hope to get out of the games lab? Why are you here?

What are your hobbies?

What’s your favorite food?

What’s your favorite subject?

Etc.

9:20 am Guided Game Play

Choose one game you have never played before

--Burnout

--Dormax 2 (DDR)

--Katamari Damacy

--Wii Ski

--Wii Boom Blox

--Mario Kart


10 am Snack/Discussion on game critique, followed by consultants critiquing their favorite game

Design Activity: Game critique

[Explain why they are doing this assignment; e.g., developers need to know what they think about games]

What is the name of the game you played this morning?
What is the purpose of the game? [objective, what is your goal when you play it?]
What would you do to improve this game?
Name 3 things you like about this game.
What age would you recommend this game to?

10:25 am Typologies assignment (assign for homework – each consultant gets 10 sheets of paper to take home and write down 10 games they have played at home or at a friend’s house – title of game and brief description on one side of the paper.)

10:30 am Video Closet

Introduce and model how to video closet, then let them respond to video closet question.

11.00 Guided game play
11:50am Clean up

12:00 pm Dismissal
No blog

Video Closet: What was your favorite game you played today and why?

Homework: Typology Activity – Write down 10 game titles and a brief description of each game on 10 sheets of paper. Bring back Tuesday.

Games Lab

Joshua 11 Grade 5

I learned that game developing is harder. My favorite part was playing games. My least was talking about them .

game lab

victor I'm 14 I'm in the 8th grade
What i learned about video games in the last two weeks was that It isn't as easy as it seems to design a video game. The coolest part of the games lab is that they let us play all there video games. The uncoolest part is that is only lasted two weeks.

games lab

jason,11,5
i learned games are supposed to be fun and not for competition.the best part is the games.no bad parts.

games lab

craig

12

7th
what i learn here was to cooperate on games and that if u blog and get all of the game info
out it fills cool to let other people look at your blogging
the least favorites was nothing.

Games Lab

Sonia
12
7th

i learned a lot in the games lab like i learned how to give a response about a game and I also learned a little bit on how people make games. My favorite part of the camp was probably playing guided game play because I love playing games that i have never played before then answering questions about them. My least favorite part of the camp was probably doing video closet every day because i don't like thew idea that i am on a camera.

Gamers Lab

Larry
12 Grade
7th
I learned different game concepts and other terms.I liked playing games and playing new games.I didn't like waiting cause it was boring,but it was fun.:P

game Lab

troy

13

7

i learned about game challenge. my favorite part is playing games. my least favorite part is blog . 

gamelab

I learned a bit about how people make games here in Games Lab. MY favorite part was having fun every day with basicly everything. My least favorite part was losing in games, but I didnt get too upset about that.

Emily
11
7th

Games Lab

Caleb 

13 

8th

I  learned about game flow these pass two weeks. My favorite part was the free game play time.

My least favorite part was that I have to wait for my mom to pick me up.

Game Lab

Travis

age 13

grade 8th

The best part of the Game Lab was to hang out with the developers and play games with them. It is really cool that they can spend their summer designing video games and getting to hand out with kids at the same time. The least favorite part was doing blogs and video closets because it wastes time but I know why we do it and it is to give the developer good feed back and it helps them in what they do. 

games lab

jameel,11,6th.
I learned about how to talk about a game design that you want to make with a group. it's not always easy agreeing on something.my favorite part was sketching the characters.I did not have a least favorite part.

game lab

Merrick

12

7th grade

i learned how people make video games and how long it takes to make it. my favorite part is the free video game time my least favorite part was the critiquing the video games. 

Game lab

Isa
11
5th
What i learned from the game is that everyone can play. My favorite part of the game lab was i got to try out new games and new system. My least favorite part of the the game lab is guided game play Because you play a game that you are picked to and there are already games in the system and you can't play the game that you want to.

Science Pirates

jameel,11 ,6th.
three things I liked about science pirates was : leading the monkey to the gems with fruit,I like killing the sea monster with crazy cannon balls, and I like talking to the pirates.I didn't like the long song the tikki guys sang.

summer session 1 June Friday 13 ,2008

Friday, June 13, 2008

Summer Session 1

Schedule Day 10

8:00 am Prepare for kids

8.30 am Guided game play / Set up for presentations

9.30 Practice PowerPoint presentations

10.30 Presentations begin

Any handouts?

Certificates

Remaining time Guided game play/Video Closet & Blog

11:30 Lunch

12:20 Clean Up

12:30 Dismissal


Blog Entry

Title:

Enter your first name, agenda grade.

Question: What did you learn in the Games Lab? What was your favorite part? What was your least favorite part?

Label: Summer session 1

Don't forget to have a teacher look over your blog entry before you post it!

Video Closet: Is there anything we could do differently in the games lab? What is it? Why?

science Pirates

jason,11,age5

i liked everything, how the science blended perfectly.i disliked nothing.

science pirates

Joshua 11 Grade 6
I liked the game play ,the intro and the curse. I didn't like The graphics , the game could go faster and there was no intro to tell what the fruit does.

Science Pirates

troy
13
7
..
Likes: the monkey because he is funny. the food because it is healthy. the challenge.
Dislikes: the pirates to choose from.

Science Pirates

Sonia  

12

7th

I liked pretty much everything about science pirates because i have played it before and it was really fun. but a few specific things that i liked were that you could just click on something and then you would go there, another one is that i love the monkey one because it gives you a little challenge, and then i like how it is less educational and more just fun.

Science Pirates

Caleb
13
8th

1 I liked that you had to use varibles, 2 I liked the colors, 3 I liked the characters.

I loved everything about the game.

Science Pirates

Travis
age 13
grade 8th

The three things I like about science pirates is that it makes you think what you are going to do and how to do it. Also the monkey temple is pretty cool and you try to get all the coins but some times you get frustrated. I though I was a very good and that I wouldn't change anything.

science pirates

i liked many things about science pirates. three of them were the having fun with being educated, science, and doing experiments. i only didn't like the errors. that was the only I disliked and hated.

Science Pirates

Larry
12 Grade 7th
I liked the game cause it had a monkey in it.Also I learned big words.I even liked the ghost.I didn't like that they talked to much, They only have three characters And It was kinda weird.It was weird cause pirates teaching science?That sounds weird.:P

science pirates

merrick

12

7th grade

i liked the puzzles on science pirates and the gun shooting and the ghosts

what i didnt like was the monkey took for ever and the sea monster was hard to beat and the talking was too long and you could,nt skip it.

Blog Entries

isa
11
5th
What i like about the science pirates is that you explore ,You do science ,and you talk. The tings i dont like about science pirates is that you dont Talk muck,don't explore as much, and Needs better science/It needs better description.

science pirates

craig
7th
12


The three things i like about it was
That it was challaging
And it tells u about science
And it kind of helps u on science

i had notthing about it that was bad

Summer Session 1 June Thurseday, 12 2008

Thursday, June 12, 2008

Summer Session 1

Schedule Day 9

8:00 am Prepare for kids

8.30 am Guided game play / Science Pirates/ Set up for presentations

Wii Fit on big screen

Wii SuperSmash Bros.

Wii Playground

Sonic the Hedgehog

DDR Extreme 2

9.00 Finish up PowerPoint presentations

Science Pirates Testing [one group tests; other group presents]

Remaining time Guided game play/Video Closet & Blog

11:50 Clean Up

12:00 Dismissal

Reminder: we end at 12.30pm on Friday!

Blog Entry

Title: Blog entries

Enter your first name, age, and grade.

Question: List 3 things you liked about the Science Pirates game you played today. List 3 things you didn’t like.

Label: Summer session 1

Don't forget to have a teacher look over your blog entry before you post it!

Video Closet: What did you think of using the video closet to answer questions about video games? What did you like? What did you dislike?

Blog entries

isa

11

5th

I don't like using the blogger is a wast of time and i don't like to type a lot .I think we should just do video closet 

blog entries

troy

13 

7

nothing really it gust seems like a question  it takes time  

Blog entries

Caleb

13

8th

I think that its a fun way to express how you feel about what you did that day. I like the way that you can say what you want without saying it out loud. I didn't dislike anything about it.

blog entries

jason,11,grade5
i think this is a bad way.i don't think at this time anything is good . i think everything is bad.
cause it takes too long,and it is harder to do then say it.

blog entries

victor I'm 14 years old and I.m in the 8th grade

what I think about using the blogs for answering questions is that it was cool.what I liked about the blog is that you could answer the question without anyone hearing your answer. I don't like the fact that it take forever to finish and post your blog

Blog entries

Joshua 11 Grade 5
I like writing the blogs. I think it is weird and tiring. I don't like it that much because blogs time consuming.

blog Entries

craig

12

7th

i dislike it because the question was hard it kept getting hard each day.

there was no reason i like it.

blog entries

merrick
12
7th grade
well it a lot less pressureing than the video closet but it takes more time to do. i liked blogging because theres no pressure . i dont like it because it takes forever to type.

Blog Entries

Travis
age 13
grade 8th

I really didn't like it because you have to do it every day. What I like about was that everyone could see what you wrote because then people could respond. What I didn't like was that you have to keep doing it and that gets kinda annoying and then it just gets boring.

Blog Entries

Larry

12 Grade 7th

I thought it was kinda fun because I like getting on the computer and I didn't like it sometimes cause I just didn't want to do it cause i didn't want to think and type. Also cause it hurts my fingers :(. 

what did you think of using blogs to answer questions

jameel,11,6th.

I think answering questions through blogs is a good experience. it was really cool getting to go on the computer an answer questions.I didn't dislike anything.

Blog Entries

Sonia
12
7th

I liked using blogs to answer questions about video games because it lets you really answer the questions the way you like and I like using it more then video closet because i don't like the feeling that I am on camera just like i don't like having pictures taken of me. I really liked everything about blogging because it was really fun and i got to blog every day. I also liked answering the interesting questions like this one.

summer session 1 wednesday, june 11

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Summer Session 1

Schedule Day 8

8:00 am Prepare for kids

8.30 Guided game play

Wii Fit

Wii Ski

Retro Games (Frogger, Mario Bro, space invaders, breakout, tetris, donkey kong, zombie, bubble, duck hunt, prince of Persia, Ivan Drago, etc.)

**Make up Video Closet: If you could offer 1 piece of advice to game developers on what kids like in a game, what would it be? Why?


9:30 Continue working on powerpoints [finish them up]

Set up for presentations!!!

Name tags, certificates, newsletter

Make sure pictures are scanned

Snack

PowerPoint presentation practice: do a run through, just like it will be on presentation day

Fix and polish PowerPoints

11:00ish Guided game play/Video Closet & Blog

11:50 Clean Up

12:00 Dismissal


Title: Blog entries

Enter your first name, age, and grade.

Question: What did you think of using blogs to answer questions about video games? What did you like? What did you dislike?

Label: Summer session 1

Don't forget to have a teacher look over your blog entry before you post it!


Video Closet: What is your favorite retro game you played today? What makes it your favorite? Which was your least favorite and why?

Characters

Joshua 11 Grade 5
I like the armor and the concept of him. The hardest part is drowing the armor.

characters

  jason,11,grade5

i like the ability to create something without someone bossing you around. .The hardest part in creating a character is the powers.Because all of the possibilities.  

characters

troy 

13 

7

what he looks is the most fun  like what he wears is the worst part  

character

craig

12

7th

i like to create my characters because i want him to be looking bad because when people are playing with a geek person its kind of weird.

the hardest part is drawing and copy your character on to the game.

characters

Caleb
13
8th

What I like about creating my own character is that I get to choose the age, the gender, the hight,
the hair, and all that. The hardest part of making the character is drawing it.

charaters

victor I'm 14 years old I'm in the 8th grade

What i like about creating my own character is when you get to see him/her when they're finished being drew up.To me the hardest part of creating a character is having to think of how he will look like. 

Chartacters

Isa

11

6th grade

What i like about creating a character is because it is fun and exciting. The hardest part about creating a character is having to think about it and what colors to chose.

charaters

characters

merrick
12
grade 7
in creating a character you get to choose or custimize what ever you want about him or her. well thinking about what it should look like is a hard part and the group arguments is a hard part too.

Characters

I liked  how I created the way the character had an adventure. The hardest part of creating her was how she acted, her name, and her age.

Emily

age 11

7th grader

Thank you for reading this, Emily.

Characters

Larry

12 Grade 7

I like it cause i like making characters and giving it a personality of its own.I Think the hardest part of creating it is drawing it cause I don't know how too make it how I want until I make it until I Actually draw it.:P

Characters

Travis
age 13
grade 8th

The part that I like about creating about my own character is that you get to add your own parts to the character that you want to change or add onto. The hardest part of creating your own character is that you have to be careful about the copyright problem because if you like a character from another game.... Oh-well? So that is the cool part of creating your own character.

Characters

Sonia 

12

7th 

The thing I like about creating our own character is that you can make it whatever you want and you can make it look like you if you want. i think the hardest part of creating your character is making it look realistic and just drawing it because i stink at drawing.

what do you like about creating your character.

jameel,11,6th.

I like making cool clothes for my character,and making weapons for him.the hardest part is drawing and sketching the character.

summer session1 Tuesday, June 10

Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Summer Session 1
Schedule Day 7
8:00 am Prepare for kids
8.30am Guided game play
Trauma center [Wii]
superman returns [XBox]
katamari [PS2]
avatar [Wii]
okani [PS2]
Loco Roco [PCP]
Master of Illusion [DS]
Curious Village [DS]
Pirates [PC where the exerbike is]
9: 30 Continue working on powerpoints (finish drawings for screen shot and character; SCAN)
Snack
PowerPoints should have:
Title page
Box
Description
Controller
Character
Screen shot
10:00 Chloe/Kent - Name tags, certificates, newsletter
11:00 Guided game play/Video Closet & Blog
11:50 Clean Up
12:00 Dismissal

Blog Entry
Title:
Enter your first name, age, and grade.
Question: What do you like about creating your character? What is the hardest part of creating your character?
Label: Summer session 1
Don't forget to have a teacher look over your blog entry before you post it!

Video Closet: Describe a game you have played that has a good mixture of challenge and flow OR describe a game that has a bad mixture of challenge and flow. How is the game challenging? How does the game flow? How does the game's challenge and flow affect your game play experience?

10 most important things in a game

Emily

11

7th

I think the ten most important things in a video game are 

1. How fun it is

2. how graphical it is (not how good graphics, if the content is appropriate or not)

3. Good story-line

4. good graphics (I dont really care about graphics, but most people do. most people wont buy a game with bad graphics.)

5. good controls

6. good actions

7. If the character actually talks or not

8.characters actually change clothes, especally depending on seasons, and change clothes every day.

9. house changes size.

10.house wallpaper, floor, furniture, etc. changes.

10 most important things in a game

jameel,11,6th.
I think the 10 most important things in a game is. action,story line, guns ,warfare,characters,blood,horror,villians,heroes,challenge.the most important thing is challenge,the least is blood.

10 most important things in a game

troy
13
7
1hero,
2villain,
3 controller,
4 characters ,
5 weapons ,
6places ,
7 manua
l8 fighting
9 war
10 rating
11funny

10 most important things in a game

jason,11,grade5
1.fun
1.non-educational
3.graphics
4.characters
5.controllers
6.how easy
7.kind of game
8.how much you exercize
9.a purpose
10.not bored
the most important thing is fun and non-ed and my least important is ed.

10 most important things in a game

Caleb

13

8th

1 difficulty, 2 how high you can jump, 3 colors, 4 characters, 5 feedback, 6 graphics, 7 controllers,

8 running speed, 9 sounds, 10 gameplay

10 most important things in a game

sonia, 12, and 7th 

1.Is it fun                                                                    Of the ten, i think that the most important out  

2.Is it challenging                                                   of them is that it is fun and the least important is    3.Is it teen rating                                                   what kind of genre it is.                                                 

4. Does it have good graphics

5. Does it have a free play mode

6. Exert game 

7. Is it a two player game

8. Has to be on either ps3 or ps2

9. Story mode must be interesting 

10. Must be action of racing 

10 most important things in a game

Joshua 11 Grade 5

1.Gameplay 2. Characters  3. Multiplayer 4. Graphics 5. Weapons 6. Villains 7. Levels 8. Vehicals  9. Main charictors 10. Buttons . The most important thing is the gameplay. The least is the buttons.    

10 most important things in a game

Travis
age 13
grade 8th

The ten most important part of a video game is the story line, characters, controls, graphics, adventure, fighting, fun, addicting, realistic, and educational. The most important is the story line because as I said before without the story line you have no game and there fore it is boring. The least important is educational because you can have some as long as it goes with the game if it doesn't go with the game then what is the point of having it in there.

10 most important things in a video game

victor I'm 14 years old and I'm in the 8th grade
1. the most important thing in a video game is the game design
2.the second most important part of a video game is the story of the game
3.the third most important part of a vdieo game would be on the type of game that it wil be
4.the fourth best thing of aq video game is the graphics of the game
5.the fith best thing of a video game is on how hcalanging the levels are
6.the sixth best thing of a video game is if the game is a learning game or not
7.the seveth best thing in a video game is thelength of each level
8.the eight best thing in a video game is the style of the game
9.the nineth best thing in a video game is if it has a lot of levels or not
10.the tenth thing in a video game is on the kind of rating of the game

10 most important things in a video game

10 most important things in a game

Larry 

12 Grade 7

1.Is it fun

2.Does it have a challenge 

3.Graphics

4.Feedback

5.Characters 

6. What Type of game

7.Controllers

8.Console

9. Not Boring 

10.Non-Educational 

The one that i would kick off the list that isn't important would be non educational because i don't care as long as I'm having fun I'm good. The most important thing is HAVING FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:P

10 most important parts of the game

Craig

12

7th

. manuel

.the cover

.the graphices

.description

.the rating

.instructions

.chars

.is it fun

.buy guns or swords

.upgrade 

i would say the rating is the most important

the 1 i would hate is the boring part

10 most important things in a game

merrick
12
7 grade
the ten most important things about a video game are the storyline the charicters the rating the where it takes place if it has action if it has good grafics if its challanging the enemies the console energetic or nonenergetic and the controler.the most important thing is the challang if its too hard or too easy. the enemies are the least important thing because it dosent matterwho you face.

Summer Session 1 agenda Monday, June 9

Monday, June 9, 2008

Summer Session 1

Schedule Day 6
8:00 am Prepare for kids

8.30 am Guided game play [NMSU games: Science Pirates, Food Detectives, Nutrition Decision, Eat Move Learn]

9.30 am Power Point Introduction

Start slides on exergame concept (slides for title page, description or objective, controller, intended audience)

Draw a screen shot

Snack

Create a character for your game. Design and draw the character. Write a few sentences describing your character, it's purpose/role in game, abililties and personality, etc.

11:00 Guided game play/Video Closet & Blog

11:50 Clean Up

12:00 Dismissal
Blog Entry

Title: 10 most important things in a game

Enter your first name, age, and grade.

Question: List the 10 most important things in a game. Of the 10, which is the most important? Which is the least important?

Label: Summer session 1

Don't forget to have a teacher look over your blog entry before you post it!

Video Closet: What are you going to design in your game that will make it fun, interesting, and challenging?

10 most important thing in a game

isa

11

5th

1. have fun

2. play fair 

3. Get better

4. don't throw a fit

5. read the manual 

6. Share 

7. use your imagination 

8. don't be mean

9. don't cuss

10. use cheats

I think have fun and play fair is the most important things out of all of these 10 things because it is how every can have. Don't cuss and use cheats are not important because They don't make it fun for every one else.  

important part of game 2

jameel,11,6th.

The most important part of the game I am developing is killing aliens with cool guns and other weapons. and you have to have fun and save master chief. 

important pat of game 2

victor I'm in 8th grade and I'm 13 years old
No todays discussion did not change my point of view for what I think the most important part of a game is the game concept.
The reason why i say that todays discussion didn't my point of view because to me the concept is the most important part of the game and todays discussion just backed it up. And to the video game that me and my class mates are designing I think the best part of the game would be the funny part of the game.

important part of game 2

craig

12

7th

The important part of the  im designing is that u can kill and go around the world and fight,battle do what ever u want to do. Like claw there face or cut there heads off.

important part of game 1

craog

12

7th

where u get to challeng people and upgrade your swords,guns ect" 

Important part of game 2

Joshua 11 Grade 5

No It Didn't change at all. The most important part of the game we are designing is the

 story.

important part of game 2

troy 

13

7

no nothing changed my thoughts from yesterday  saving master chief [the hero]   

important part of game 2

jason
11,grade5
non-educational,ed makes kids not want to play.no,ed determines if i want to play .ideas are the most important part when designing. the name of the gamei am designing.

Important part of game 2

Larry
12 Grade 7th
I think the most important part of a game is having fun. Cause if theirs no fun then why play it.
I want games too be fun and have a good challenge. Thats what makes it fun. It hasn't changed and i hope it doesn't. The most important part of our game we are designing is having fun.;P

game genere

craig

12

7th

my favoite game is mario and sonic olyimpics race because its challenging and fun also u get to play multi player and u get to play with with coms on easy or hard.

important part of game 2

Travis S.
age 13
grade 8th

The most important part of the game is the story line. The reason this is is because that if the story line is no good then the whole game will be bad because there is no point to the game then. The game were designing Assassin Creed 2 we are focusing on the characters and the story line to make it a little bit different because when you go off of sequels that you have tho pay attention to the copy write problem. The reason this is because Assassins Creed was the best game it had the best story line that made it a very good game. That is why the story line is the best part of the game.

important part of game2

merrick
12
7th grade
now i think the most important part of the game is the storyline because that can limit what you can do and what you cant do also if you cant beat a boss the story line wont let you do anything else
like me and travice are doing we are trying to make up the storyline

Important part of game 2

Sonia 

12

7th

The discussion today did not really change my answer. to me i still think that the most important part of a game is the story line and how fun it is. I think that because if you don;t have fun what is the point. And if it is to easy it is not fun which goes to rule number one.I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THE GAME THAT WE ARE DEVOLOPING IS THE STORYLINE.

Important part of 2

Caleb

13

8th

no it didn't really change the way I think about the importants in a game because they made me look at games a differently but my thoughts dindnt change. the controller is the most important 

part of the game.

Important part of game 2

The most important part of a game is how much fun it is for people to play. I think it always is. It does not neccicarily depend on graphics. I think the most important part of MY game is that I am working with someone else. I like everything about that game I am desining.

Thank you.


Emily, 11, 7th.

important part of game 2

isa

11

5th

No todays discussion diden't change WHAT I THINK ABOUT THE GAME. The most important part of my game  is to win. 

Summer session 1 agenda Friday, June 6

Friday, June 6, 2008
Summer Session 1
Schedule Day 5
Game lab ends at 12.30pm today!

8:00 am Prepare for kids
8:30 am Guided Game Play (Sims for PC, My Sims, Sims Castaway, Barbie for PC, Wii Mii [4 at a time taking terms])

9:30 am Assign groups for game design activity.
Brainstorm and pick one game for the group to design.
Design:
Game cover
--description of game (what is the objective? what's the point? what's the game play like? what sort of graphics does it have?)
--rating
--number of players
--console
Controller
--description of controller [what does it look like? how will it get people to exercise? what part of the body will it exercise?



10:15 am Snack/Discussion on 10 most important parts of a game
10:45 am Video Closet/Blog/Guided Game Play
11:30 am Lunch
11:50am Clean up
12:30 pm Dismissal

Video Closet: If you could offer 1 piece of advice to game developers on what kids like in a game, what would it be? Why?

Blog Entry
Title: Important part of game 2
Enter your first name, age, and grade.
Question: Let's revisit our blog question from yesterday (What do you think is the most important part of a game? Explain.) Did our discussion today change what you thought about what is important in a game? Explain. What is the most important part of the game you are designing?
Label: Summer session 1
Don't forget to have a teacher look over your blog entry before you post it!

Important part of game 1

Travis S.

age 13

grade 8th

The most important part of a game is the story line because if the story line is no good then what is the point of the game. The characters matter to but like the miis on the wii they have no arms and legs but you presive they are there. But without sertain things in the stoy line it stinks and is no good. If the game is no good no one will buy it and the company will lose money one a point less game. So the story line is the most important part of the game

important part of game 1

jason 11 grade5

summer session 1

i think the most important part is the objective,because other wise what is the point. wii ski on freestyle has no point,so whereis the point?

IMPORTANT PART OF GAME1

JAMEEL,11,6TH.
I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF A GAME IS THE OBJECTIVE.BECAUSE WITHOUT
AN OBJECTIVE YOU WOULDN'T BE DOING ANYTHING BUT RUNNING AROUND.THERE WOULD BE NO CHALLENGE!!!!

important part of a game 1

Merrick

12

grade 7

I think the most important part of the game would be the story line because what ever the story line wants you to do you have to do it even if you cant do it you have to find a way to get to the place or thing you need to do.

important part of game 1

troy

13

grade7

the controller becuse you would not be able to play wii controller is fun becuse you exsersis and work  

Importtant part of game 1

Caleb
13
8th

I think the most important part of a game is the difficulty of the game.
Because I like a good hard game, I would rather play old games because they don't tell you what to do and thats what makes them very challenging because you have to find all of the upgrades by yourself,and they usually don't give you a map and makes it even more difficult.

Important part of game 1

Joshua 11 Grade 6

 The ending because it tells the outcome. For example Halo Combat Evolved the end tells the beginning of halo 2.

Important part of the game

isa

5th

11

I think the most important part of the game is to have fun, get better ,and win. Why are these so important to me is because these three things help you get better at other games.

Important part of game 1

Larry
12 Grade 7

Well I think the most important part of the game is having fun.Also if you like something in real life and theirs a game like that you might like it. It's cause people like having fun and playing games they might like too do in real life or just something they like and not do it. A game that I liked was Mario and Sonic at the Olympics was fun that had good graphics and was really fun. It was cool cause they have real Olympic games and their fun and made me feel like I was in the Olympics.;P

important part of a game 1

victor I'm 14 years old and I'm in the 8th grade 

I think the most important thing of a video game would be the story line. The reason why I say that the story line is the most important part because without a good story line the game will get very boring and if it's boring the player will just not play it and when he goes to buy a new game he probably not buy that if it is the same concept as his last game so he won't get bored of playing that one to.

Important Part of game 1

Sonia
12
7th

To me the most important part of a game is the story mode. I think that because the story mode is what you are trying to beat. In the story mode i think it is more challenging than maybe playing free play because you are trying to get past a certain level and get to the next so that you can beat that one. Out of everything that is what i think is the most important.

Important part of game 1

Emily

11

7th


The most important part of a game is that it has to be either fun or educational or both, since no one would buy it if it wasn't fun. The developers need to know that, and some games are not interesting at all. The developers of these games need to know that, and they also need to not spend all the time on graphics. They need to spend more time on how you play the game, and the story line, etc. I also think Grand Theft auto vice city stories is a great example of a perfectly balanced game, it also lets you blow things up! I wish there were more games where I could blow things up. People should make more of those. I think games should be educational as well as fun because most games don't let people learn from them. Unless you want to be very violent. Then they let you.

Summer session 1 agenda Thurseday, June 5

Thursday, June 5, 2008
Summer Session 1
Schedule Day 4

8:30 Guided Game play [exergames]
9:30 Group Picture
10:00 Revisit guided game play from yesterday (check to make sure all 5 points have been thought of.); break up into 2 groups?

10:30 Snack/Discussion on the cover, controller, and screen design activity
Design Activity – After playing some of the exergames in the lab, think about what kind of exergame you would design for kids your age. What would the name be and how would you play it? What would the game look like and the controllers used to play the game? Each consultant uses 3 pieces of paper to design: 1) game cover 2) game controller (one that has not been done; one that does not exist) 3) screen shot (what would it look like onscreen while playing)
11:00 Video Closet & Blog & Design Activity
Reminder to write in full sentences in blog entries!
11:30 Game play

11:50 Clean Up
12:00 Dismissal

Blog Entry
Title: Important part of game 1
Enter your first name, age, and grade.
Question: What do you think is the most important part of a game? Why?
Label: Summer session 1
Don't forget to have a teacher look over your blog entry before you post it!

Video Closet: Why do you think game developers make games that stink or aren’t fun? How can you make sure games don’t stink while they are being developed?

Game Genre

Sonia 

12

grade 7th 

The genre that I like most is racing and action because in racing it gives you some competition and if you lose every other time you are going to want to play it again and try to get first place. In action games it makes you feel like you are really shooting that gun or really fighting in World War 2. I don't really like other genres because some of them are kind of boring and don't make you feel like you are there. 

game Genre

jameel,11,6th.my favorite type of genre is warfare.I love all the types of guns you get to use.and the danger around every corner.

plus I like killing people with the cool guns!I think the other genres just doesn't have enough ACTION!!!

game genre

troy 

13

7

fighting games because it is funny  wen you hit the computer.   i don,t like the other genres because you don,t hurt the computer

Games Genre

Larry
12
Grade 7
The genre games like are like music games and like games that are fun for my age. Its just that some other genres are boring for me and are all not that fun for me. Its boring cause the games are kind of kidish and I don't find them interesting.So when i play a game i have to like it or ill be bored with it. ;P

game genere

jason
11 grade5
my favorite genre is racing games because i get excited every time i pass a car, with other games i don't get that excitment because i don't get challged.
summer session 1

game genre

isa

6th

11

Well i like DDR because it has a large selection of songs and it tells you what the rating is. Some of the others just go straight to the game, they don't show you with difficulty there is. Like wii sports and MX they don't tell you what the difficulty level is. 

Game Genre

Travis  S.

age 13

grade 8th 

The genre of games I like the most is the fighting and the adventure games. The reason I like these kind of games is that they are fun to play and have a very clear purpose. Like the game Assassin Creed it is a fun fighting adventure game that has the best story line. Or something like Super Mario Galexy that is just fun adventure and has a lot of fun stuff to do. The reason I like these games over the others is that the others get boring after playing them 10 times so that is why I like adventure and fighting games. 

gamegenre

merrick 

12

9 grade

sportes because you get active and have fun at the same time well you really don't get active on the other genres but on the wii you get active no matter what  because you move around and makes you tired  or active

Game Genre

Emily
11
7th
I like simulation games the best, mainly Sims2, because you really can do whatever you want. The things wrong to me with other genres was you cant really do whatever you want. in Sims2 you can get them to have kids, you can download custom content, upload your custom content, etc.

Summer session 1,

Emily

Thank you to everyone who reads this.

Game Genre

Caleb

13

7th 

The game genre I liked the most is sports because these genres are usualy more like with stuff I

get active with. The other genres aren't as effective in the staying active catogory and I like staying active more than sitting still.

game genre

Victor I'm a 14 years old I'm in the eighth grade
The genre of games that i like to play was the sports genre .The reason that I like this genre is because i love almost all sports except for baseball.Another reason why i love the sports genre better is because i have been playing sports my whole life and it just grew on me. There really isn't any other reason it's just that I like the sports genre better.

Summer Session 1 Agenda Wednesday, June 4

Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Summer Session 1
Schedule Day 3

8:00 am Prepare for kids
8:30 am Guided Game Play (exergames – wii, eyetoy, dance pads, kilowatt, exerbike, wii ski)
9:30 am Multimedia Studio Tour
10:30 am Snack/Guided Game Play – players play one exergame in depth for at least 20 minutes. Take notes, and be ready to answer questions about the following:
1- Interface – How easy is it to use the game, and to navigate where you want to be?
2- Narrative – Is there a storyline? Does it affect the game?
3- Controllers – are they user friendly, could they be better?
4- Graphics – Good or Bad and why?
5- Challenge/Flow & Feedback – a good game increases in difficulty as the player increases in skill. It also gives regular feedback to the game to let him/her know how he/she is doing. How does the game increase challenge and provide feedback?
11:00 am Video Closet/Blog/Guided Game Play
11:50am Clean up
12:00 pm Dismissal

Video Closet: Why do you think game developers make games that stink or aren’t fun? How can you make sure games don’t stink while they are being developed?

Blog: What genre of games do you like the most, why, and what is wrong with the other genres?

Game Design Concepts Discussion Activity

Game Design Concepts Discussion Activity




Interface- How easy is it to navigate use the game?
Narrative- Is there a storyline? Does it affect your game play?
Controllers- Are they easy to use? Could they be better?
Graphics- are they good/bad? Do they affect your game play?
Challenge/ Flow- Does the game challenge you? Are you bored/ frustrated when you play the game? Do you want to keep playing the game? Does the game make sense? If not does it matter?

Feedback- Does the game give you feedback? If so do you want feedback? Why?

Summer Session 1 agenda Tuesday, June 3

Tuesday, June 2, 2008
Summer Session 1
Schedule Day 2

8:00 am Prepare for kids/Video Closet Makeup (Caleb, Larry, Emily)
8:30 am Welcome & Game Play (non-standard controllers – wii, eyetoy, dance pads, kilowatt, bongo drums, exerbike, wii ski, cross bow, rock band, guitar hero)
9:15 am Snack/Discussion/Typologies (4 groups of 3 (one of 4))
10:30 am Blog Introduction/Blogging
11:30 am Guided Game Play/Video Closet
11:50am Clean up
12:00 pm Dismissal

Video Closet: What do you think about the non-standard controllers? Which ones did you use and for what games? What makes them better or worse than standard controllers?

summer session 1 agenda Monday, June 2

Monday, June 2, 2008
Summer Session 1
Schedule Day 1

8:00 am Greet parents/kids, get forms (receipts, payment, consent), rating form, allergies, cell phone, check “in case of emergency” list
8:30 am Welcome (Barb/Rachel), Intro to Lab, Orientation, Overview of rules and
expectations
8:45 am Ice Breaker - Interview each other
9:20 am Guided Game Play/Game Testing with Developers - Choose one game you have never before
10 am Snack/Discussion on game critique, followed by consultants critiquing their favorite game
10:25 am Typologies assignment (assign for homework – each consultant to be provided with 10 sheets of paper to take home and write down 10 games they have played at home or at a friends house – title of game and brief description on one side of the paper.
10:30 am Introduce Video Closet/Blog (blog if there’s time) - Introduce and model how to blog and video closet, then let them blog for the first time. Have them respond to the video closet question while others are responding to the blog questions.
11:50am Clean up
12:00 pm Dismissal

Video Closet: What was your favorite game you played today and why?


Homework: Typology Activity – Write down 10 game titles and a brief description of each game on 10 sheets of paper. Bring back Tuesday.

Second day

Liz

Typology assignment
The kids in the 4 seemed to come up with similar categories, i.e., adventure, war, music, sports, racing. One interesting and different category was "Create a Something." Games in this category were Strong Hold 2 and Age of Mythology. Other categories included family, anime, action, horror, physical, science fiction, killing, arcade fighting, strategy, superhero, fighting, and gang-related. Only one group had an "unknown" category.

The kids did well with dividing the games into categories. They got a little ansy by the time we went over the last group's categories. Not surprising, because of the repetition of categories.

Video closet and blog
A lot of the kids asked what "non-standard controllers" meant although they had been playing with them all morning. I guess we need to be sure and explain this term!

Blog question:
Non-standard controllers
Which was your favorite non-standard controller you played and with what game? Why?
First day of blog; a big effort to get some of the kids to write more than 1 or 2 sentences.

Video closet question
Questions: What do you think about the non-standard controllers? Which ones did you use and for what games? What makes them better or worse than standard controllers?

non-standard

jason
11
grade 5
the wii remote and with momma cookout.I think it worked the best so i think it is the best.

non-Standard Controllers

troy

13

grade 7

guitar hero controllers because it was challenging it was challenging because i did not no how to uose it 

Non-Standard Controllers

isa

11

grade 6

The non standard  controller that i like is the wii. it is my favorite because it is like you are doing the game, like cooking and playing and shooting and aiming. 

Non-Standard Controllers

Victor Martinez i am 14 and I'm in the 8 grade
Today the best non-standard controller was the steering wheel and pedals for the game Burnout Revenge. The reason why I chose this non-standard controller was because when you raced it made you feel like you were in the race. When you used it it was very realistic because holding the steering wheel made it seem like you were the driver and not the person controlling the driver.

Non-standard Controller

Larry

12 Grade 7

My favorite non-standard controller was the guitar hero controller because it was like a guitar. Also because I play the guitar and it felt like I was better then when I play the real guitar. It also gave me more confidence then I usually have.;P

non-standard Controllers

Craig
12
grade 7
i would prefer the guitar because it was only 5 buttons and it looks cool and it was easy
to use. I like minimum buttons because it easier to use. It is easy today because i practice a couple of mouths ago .

non-standard controllers

Jameel Williams 11

my favorite non-standard controller was the wii controller and knunchuck because it was easy to handle and fun to use. it was fun because it was easy to aim and shoot. it was a good experience.

non-standerd controls

Emily

11

Grade 7

My favorite non-standard controller was the Wii remote, when I used it with Elebits. Elebits is an awesome game since you get to shoot these guys that look like mutant rabbits with antennas on their heads. They sometimes go on dressers, in drawers, and maybe in the fridge, but i haven't gotten past multiplayer lvl 1. It is very fun, and I hope everyone who plays it will enjoy it.  I also like it because you get to mess up rooms without getting in trouble, which happens in real life.

Thank you to whoever takes their time to read this, Emily.

Summer consultant, session 1

Non-standard controllers

Joshua-Non-Standard controller - Wii wheel Mario kart because of the design of the wheel the movements.The design of buttons are compact and easy to reach.The movement is the turning motion.
11
grade6

non-standard controllers

Travis

13

grade 8

My favorite non-standard controler was the guitar for the Guitar Hero. I just like the way it feels to have a semi realalistic controller. Also the bongo drums are pretty cool for the Game Cube because you can hit and use your hands our the sticks and it can read what sounds you make like clapping or hitting the sticks together so i like the idea of semi realistic controllers.

nonstanderd controlers

merrick
12
grade 7
the dance dance revolution controllers because you really get pumped and have a lot of fun not just siting down and pressing buttons all the time it is a little hard at first but you get used to it after a little bit .

Non-Standard Controllers

Sonia
12
grade 7

Today my favorite non- standard controller was the guitar for Guitar Hero. It was my favorite because I have played it before and it makes you feel like you are really playing a guitar. It is very realistic. Having the guitar controller with that game is better than just having a standard controller.

Non-Standard Controller

Caleb

13

Grade 8

My favorite Non Standard Controller game was Donkey Konga, because it picks up the beat and when you clap it picks that up to. I was amazed by that, and I thought the game was really fun.

I really liked this game because it was challenging to stay on beat.