Favicon

Starter - 5 minutes

• What is a favicon? What is it used for?

• What is a loading screen? What is used for?

• Extension: How would using these in your game improve it?

• You are going to create both this lesson!

Main Task - 50 minutes

• Task 1 - Create a Favicon

  • Upload one of your character graphics to this site http://tools.dynamicdrive.com/favicon/ and it will turn it into a favicon for you
  • Save the favicon into Sites --> DA205SPB12 --> Game
  
  

  Task 2 - Add the favicon into your game

  
  

  1. Click on Global Game Settings

  

  
  

  2. Click on the loading tab and change the game icon

  

  
  

  
  

  Task 3 - Create a loading screen

  • Using either Adobe Illustrator or Adobe Photoshop create a loading screen for your game. It can be any size that you want but 640x480pixels is recommended

  
  

  
  

  Task 4 - Add your loading screen into your 

  1. Click on global game settings

  

  
  

  2. Choose show your own image and then click change image

  

Plenary - 5 minutes

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