Unit 2

Friday, October 2, 2015

LESSON 1: Introduction to GameMaker

DOWNLOAD: GameMaker 8 Lite Edition
DOWNLOAD: GameMaker 8 Portable Edition
HANDOUT: Zipping and Unzipping Files
HANDOUT: Introduction to GameMaker
VIDEO: GameMaker Overview
WEBSITE: GameMaker User Manual
WEBSITE: The Graphical User Interface

Monday, October 5, 2015

LESSON 2: Sprites

WEBSITE: Loading Sprites
WEBSITE: Drawing Tools
WEBSITE: Editing Sprites
WEBSITE: Editing Subimages
VIDEO: Loading Sprites
VIDEO: More About Sprites
VIDEO: How to Use Spritesheets in GameMaker
WEBSITE: The Spriters Resource
HOMEWORK: Adding Sprites to Our Game

Tuesday, October 6, 2015

LESSON 3: Objects

WEBSITE: Defining Objects
VIDEO: Objects
HANDOUT: Adding Objects in GameMaker
HOMEWORK: Adding Objects to Our Game

Wednesday, October 7, 2015

LESSON 4: Events and Actions

WEBSITE: Events
WEBSITE: Actions
WEBSITE: Move Actions
WEBSITE: Defining Paths
VIDEO: Events
HANDOUT: Moving Objects and Setting Paths
HOMEWORK: Adding Events and Actions to Our Game

Thursday, October 8, 2015

LESSON 5: Rooms and Backgrounds

WEBSITE: Creating Rooms
WEBSITE: Backgrounds
VIDEO: Rooms
VIDEO: Backgrounds
HANDOUT: Rooms and Backgrounds
HOMEWORK: Adding a Room and Background to Our Game

Friday, October 9, 2015

LESSON 6: Sounds

WEBSITE: Sounds and Music
VIDEO: Adding Sounds
HANDOUT: Adding Sounds in GameMaker
HOMEWORK: Adding Sound and Music to Our Game

Monday, October 12, 2015

THANKSGIVING DAY: No classes scheduled

Tuesday, October 13, 2015

LESSON 7: The Collision Event

WEBSITE: Collision Events
WEBSITE: Editing Collision Masks
HANDOUT: Collision Events

Tuesday, October 13, 2015

LESSON 8: Alarms

WEBSITE: Alarm Events
TUTORIAL: How to Use Alarms in GameMaker
HANDOUT: Adding Alarms in GameMaker
HOMEWORK: Adding Alarms to Our Game

Wednesday, October 14, 2015

LESSON 9: Keyboard and Mouse Events

WEBSITE: Keyboard Events
WEBSITE: Mouse Events
HANDOUT: Adding Keyboard Events
HANDOUT: Adding Mouse Events

Thursday, October 15, 2015

LESSON 10: Keeping Score

WEBSITE: Score Actions
TUTORIAL: Health, Lives and Score
HANDOUT: How to Use Scores, Lives and Health

Friday, October 16, 2015

LESSON 11: Super Pong

ASSIGNMENT: Super Pong
DOWNLOAD: Super Pong Resources

Wednesday, October 21, 2015

LESSON 12: Unit Test Review

HANDOUT: Unit Test Review

Thursday, October 22, 2015

UNIT TEST: Introduction to GameMaker

END OF UNIT 2