Digital Media: Video Games

In Digital Media class this week we will be finishing and completing our Video Game then playing and critiquing all of them.  Below is the rubric we'll use to judge the video games so make sure you have a working link like this example from Alexa (screen shot's above): SCRATCH: Sweet Social Hour.

Using the rubric you'll score the 3 categories each of which have a max of 4pts (12pts would be a perfect score).  For clarification, in the game play the term "hard to play" means clarity not difficulty.

We all learned a great deal about designing characters, animating, and coding video games so now it's time to share the fun!  Below are a few of the student video games that were rated the highest in out BETA testing period so far this year, try them out:

Haunted   Swish or Miss   Zoo Day   Fighter Game   Sweet Social Hour   MrSpring

Because the class enjoyed the project so much we will try collaborating as a class on a video game next quarter to build our skills even further and continue learning about the process!

Digital Media: Lets make a Video Game

In Digital Media we have now done all the preparation creating characters and backgrounds, props, and animations so lets now actually make our Video Game!  We will be using SCRATCH to code, if you're an advanced coder and want to use something else just speak to me.  The game will be due on Wednesday November 27 (last day before Thanksgiving break) and should also be submitted to Scholastic Art & Writing Awards if you feel like it's complete by December 1.

We'll start by setting up an account and figuring out what we need to do to make our game a reality- there are many great tutorials on you tube available for people who have not coded before that can give you step by step instructions.  Here's a favorite below.

Digital Media: Art Trivia Code Game

In Digital Media class we are collaborating on creating and coding an Art Trivia Game that will aid Mr. needles Studio Art classes in studying artists. Below is a breakdown of the different art periods (levels) we'll cover and the artists each student will be responsible for.

Every student will create a question for each artist and include a school-appropriate image of their work. Billy will be doing all the structural coding and Amber will design the cover page. The final app is due for Beta testing beginning of next week in class on Monday morning May 22.

Renaissance

Erin- Leonardo da Vinci, Sandro Botticelli, Raphael

Romanticism

Aline- Francisco Goya, Eugene Delacroix, JMW Turner

Alexa- William Blake, John Constable, Sir Thomas Lawrence

Impressionism

Dan- Edouard Manet, Camille Pissaro, Berthe Morisot

Hanna- Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Mary Cassatt, Claude Monet

Expressionism

Ethan- Edvard Munch, Marc Chagall, Egon Schiele

Surrealism

Ben- MC Escher, Rene Magritte, Salvador Dali

Fauvism

Derek- Andre Derain, Henri Matisse, Raoul Dufy

Post Impressionism

Amber- Cover, Vincent van Gogh, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Hunter-Auguste Rodin, Amedeo Modigliani, Paul Cézanne

Cubism

Josh- Pablo Picasso, Fernand Leger, Piet Mondrian

Abstract Expressionism

Christian- Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Willem de Kooning

Pop Art

Jonathan- Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Rauschenberg, Andy Warhol

Stephen- David Hockney, Jeff Koons, Claes Oldenburg

Photorealism

Jack- Richard Estes, Ralph Goings, Chuck Close

Street Art

Michael- Banksy, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Swoon

Kelsey- Obey, Keith Haring, Os Gemeos, Mr. Brainwash

Nicholas- BLU, Cope2, Faile

Digital Media: Hour of Code Guest Speaker

Today in our Digital Media class we completed our Hour of Code projects and had a chance to hear from a Guest Speaker, a professional coder and app creator Mike Desmond.  Mr. Desmond shared his background and talked about some of the realities of the career in coding and also gave us some advice on our long term app projects.  We also learned some great information about coding languages such as JavaScript and Objective-C, the Stony Brook Innovation Lab, and the future of 3D printing!

Digital Media: Drawing with Code Zombies

We will continue our computer coding art workshop today using the Zombie Drawing Code.  Now that we've learned some of the basics it's time to get creative and be original.  Play with the code and use any of the variables to create your own art piece.  Your welcome to use Adobe Photoshop or apps such as Over and Vine in conjunction with the code but make sure it's a completely original work. The final digital artwork will be due at the end of class on Wednesday so Thursday and Friday we'll meet back downstairs in the classroom to critique and reflect on the work and what we learned.

The examples above and below that I made in class give you a sense of some of the variations that you can work with.  Above all: experiment, play, and have fun!