Thursday, 24 January 2013

Backgrounds


L/Os:
To be a Self ManagerTo gain a sound understanding of the basic graphic design skills needed to create sprites and backgrounds for your game


Starter

Try out this simple game and discuss what you like about it...



What makes it an effective game? Who is the target audience? What type of game is it? 


Main Tasks


Now that you have made your main characters, start creating your backgrounds in Adobe Illustrator. They can be any size but this example is 640x480 which is the default background size in GameMaker.





Elements to create:
  • Your sprites - remember that these must a) be 32X32 pixels in Adobe Illustrator b) have a transparent background and c) saved for the web (go to File - Save for web and devices + choose png-24)
  • Your Start page
  • Your Instructions page 
  • Your different level backgrounds
  • Your win/lose pages or highscore table page

Plenary


Blog about what you need to do next!

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