Logic, Flowcharts, and Coding

SUMMARY

• I had basketball workouts and I played video games.

PRACTICE ROOM (TUTORIALS)

• Set a timer
• Spend up to 15 minutes in this ‘room’ on either ONE of the scripting languages below, Javascript or C#  (NOT BOTH)

PlayCanvas

• https://www.sololearn.com/Course/JavaScript/
• You can make simple games with javascript. You can code a simple game called paddles. You have to know the dimensions for each object in the game to get the right sizes for everything.

CLASSROOM (THEORY & ANALYSIS)

• A flow chart is a chart to simplify things
• your first flow chart should not be that difficult
• your flow chart has to be in order
• the flow chart has to have a series of steps
• the steps have to make sense
• make sure to have an objective in the game

Mr. Le Duc’s Flowchart Shape Guide

More Flowchart Creation Resources

• http://capitalcomtech.info/2017/02/28/design-elements-flowchart/
• Design Elements Flowcharts (PDF)

LAB (THEORY PRACTICED)

• https://app.diagrams.net/#G1DMLJss_6FkP8H_S2-G9QacO1IEtgjJSn
• I need some practice on these but I understand that there are multiple commands that you need to put into the flow chart

OUTSIDE (CREATIVITY & THE BRAIN)

• Set a timer
• Spend up to 35 minutes,
  • 20 minutes watching Elizabeth Gilbert
  • 15 minutes walking

• Watch Elizabeth Gilbert discuss creativity and genius
• Go for a walk outside and think about what she said, if you can safely
• Write anything you found interesting and useful in your reflection
• DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS, AFTER YOU ARE DONE

STUDIO (GAME DESIGN)

• Set a timer
• Spend up to 60 minutes in this ‘room’ on either ONE of the game engines below, (NOT BOTH)

PlayCanvas

• Start Daniel Wood’s, PlayCanvas Tutorial 1 – Getting started with PlayCanvas
• For extra support, explore PlayCanvas Tutorials: https://developer.playcanvas.com/en/tutorials/
• Work for no more than 60 minutes
• DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS, AFTER YOU ARE DONE

Unity

• Start the Unity tutorials
  • https://learn.unity.com/course/beginner-design-unity-game-development-course
• Work for no more than 60 minutes
• DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS, AFTER YOU ARE DONE

WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED

• one thing that I learned is how games are thought up and how they are made and designed