Make your own lego game

In class exercise

Use this online game builder to build a lego game to (to some extent) apply Bernd Demer's theory of
Define the Peices ----> Legend ----> Context -----> Blueprint ------> Game


http://www.miniclip.com/games/lego-you-make-the-game/en/

Lev Manovich Language of New Media

Free download of Manovich's book:

http://andreknoerig.de/portfolio/03/bin/resources/manovich-langofnewmedia.pdf

Main Projects in dropbox so far with dates/times

Class - these are the main assignments I have in the dropbox on the mmedia/dcox/dirA/dropbox

And the above are assignments received at dcoxexploringgameworlds@gmail.com

Please email me again today with any links to projects to this address (even if you have already done so) to:


dcoxexploringgameworlds@gmail.com

A penalty will apply for late work.

Thanks

David Cox, Instructor, Game 100

Today's main project presentations

Michael Dizon
Nick Knight
Gina Hagen
Vernon Wong

Today's lecture

Imaginary Places, Strange Maps, and How Popular Culture Resonates Past Media
by Bernd Demer from GDC 2010

How Pac Man's ghosts decide what they are going to do

http://www.boingboing.net/2010/12/04/how-pac-mans-ghosts.html

Final Game projects due today

Please place items in dropbox - type Control (apple) K and type MMEDIA

Choose my folder - dcox and in there you will see a folder called "EXPLORING GAME WORLD ASSIGNMENTS FALL 2010" please place a folder with your assignments in this folder.

Email me with a link to any online PR or related game assignment materials online:

dcoxexploringgameworlds@gmail.com