For this summative task, you will:
- Develop a Design Specification
- Complete sketches in your notebook
- Create a storyboard for your game
- Compare the storyboard to the design spec
- Develop an inspiration board
Develop A Design Specification
See specification examples here.
The spec should outline your target audience, what the game will teach, some of the aesthetics and tools you will use to create.
Click on the “see inside” button to see the costumes.
I found this sneaky toast character using some of the resources below. Check them out!
The “next costume” block runs through all the costumes.
I also changed the direction to left right so it doesn’t walk on its head 🙂
Copyright and Fair Use
Everyone knows that copying and pasting text is plagiarism. Did you know that the same is true for images, videos, and audio? Using other people’s work without written permission is called copyright infringement.
Luckily there’s The Creative Commons
Image Types
The two main image file types on the internet are “.jpg” and “.png”
The image on the left is a jpg file with a background. On the right is a png file with no background.
This is helpful if you want to place it on your own background.
When searching for png files. Don’t take a screenshot of the png. This will result in an image with a checkered background. You will need to save the image.
See below for how to remove a background.
Upload content to Scratch
Go to Bevouliin Game art and download character files.
unzip the files
upload images
*Tip– You can select multiple images by holding the shift key.
Add these blocks to change costumes
Be proud of yourself!
Create an 8-bit style sprite
Resize your Piskel project for best results.
Three ways to make voices
- Read Loud?
Download the .mp3 files and upload to Scratch.
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You can use the “text to speech” block in Scratch to make voices, but it doesn’t sound great.
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The Scratch sound module, built into Scratch, is another way to record your voice. Find a quiet room when recording.
These can be used for free, but should be attributed. Downloading music from YouTube or any other website without written permission is considered copyright infringement (stealing).
Music for games
Audio Nauti
Pixabay Sound Effects
Trim mp3 files and use only what you need
Audio Trimmer
Here is an example of a speech bubble in use
“Thumbs Up”, by Paul, Licensed under CC by 2.0
This is how you attribute images on the Scratch project page
Develop Design Ideas
For this task, we will develop:
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sketches in our design book
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a storyboard for the game
Here are some examples of student sketches. They show that the student is thinking through the design possibilities.
Here is an example of a storyboard that uses “wireframing”. Other simple sketches can be used. It’s important to communicate what you SEE, HEAR, and the FUNCTION in each frame.
Develop Your Final Design
Communicate the overall visual appearance of your game with an Inspiration Board
Use the ColorZilla tool 
to pick a color from any webpage for use in other apps. The color hex number can be noted on your final design.
Install it below.
ColorZilla
Outline of overall visual appearance
I will use a cookie as the sprite that guides the TA in the game. The Villi are going to be simple shapes drawn in the Scratch costume panel. I will sketch some of my sprites myself but some will be found on Pixabay.com.
My colors will mainly be in earthy warm tones and reddish tones that match the digestion theme.
Familiarize yourself with the command terms below.
