Buy the text book

The following book will be the text book for Game 100:

Fundamentals of Game Design (2nd Edition) by Ernest Adams
ISBN-10: 0321643372

The book is on order with the CCSF bookstore and should be in stock later this week or next week.

Feel free to order online e.g. at Amazon.com or similar also - second hand copies of the book sell for much less than new which is $68.00

Hero Machine and Google Sketchup

Hero Machine - make your own hero

Google Sketchup use this to download 3D objects for use in your game design documents

Games Certificate Program Information

http://www.ccsf.edu/Departments?multimedia_Studies/conc_08.htm

Play Donkey Kong online

Play the game here

Types of Sound Effects for Sound workshop

Sound Effects:

Using Audacity and sounds from Freesound, create sound effects for your game which
do the following:

Contextual sound/Narrative sound
Focusing attention
Defining space
Establishing place
Creating environment
Emphasizing/Intensifying action
Setting pace
Symbolizing meaning
Unifying transitions

The Freesound Project

Freesound

The Freesound Project is a collaborative database of Creative Commons licensed sounds. Freesound focusses only on sound, not songs. This is what sets freesound apart from other splendid libraries like ccMixter.



USE FREESOUND IN COLLABORATION WITH AUDACITY TO TRY OUT SOUNDS FOR YOUR GAME DESIGNS

Audacity Tutorial - parts 1 & 2

Download Audacity from here (at home - its already on CCSF computers!)

Audacity Tutorial Part 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrPGMjZORCM&feature=related

Audacity Tutorial Part 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6txQRfptawE&feature=related