Game Development Lesson 1

• Computing
• Lower Secondary (Key Stage 3)

Game Development

Lets Rumble

Create a game concept pitch. I want your notes here. Some of you will pitch to the group. You have 5 mins. (NO established franchise use - must be original)

PITCH YOUR GAME

What problems did you have?

Breaking it down

With any large problem you face it is hard to tackle it face on.

One approach is to break the big problem in to several smaller ones

Each of these is easier to tackle and will lead to solving the bigger problem

In computing we call this DECOMPOSITION

Decomposition

Via Word (link):

Write a series of questions you think you need to answer to produce your game design pitch.

• eg What is the objective - What kind of game is it?
• You have 5 mins
• https://www.office.com/launch/word?auth=2 

Share some questions

Questions to Consider

1. What is the game about?
   
2. Who is the audience?
   
3. Is there a market for it? What’s the competition like?
   
4. Which platform will it be published on?
   
5. How will it be monetized? Will it be sold on a platform, or free to play with in-game purchases?
   
6. How long will it take to develop?
   
7. What staff and resources will it require?
   
8. What is the estimated budget?

Ranking importance

Some things are more important than others

Number your list of questions in order of rank

1 = most important and so on

RANK your questions now

Compare

Compare your ranking with a peer next to you

Are there any differences?

Who is right?

What is important?

Simply put - some stuff is more important to keep and include

Some stuff we can ignore

This is known as Abstraction in Computer Science

• Simplifying a problem by removing the unnecessary elements and focusing on what is important.

An everyday application

Lets apply decomposition and abstraction to an everyday issue

A family deciding to go to the cinema and watch a film together.

So What is Important?

There will be many opinions on this one but here is one

Task - Plot, Characters & Lore