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Storyboard Inspiration Board

Scratch Code Tips

 

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

Your grade will be based on the Assessment criteria posted on Managebac.
 
 
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.

Sneaky Toast

Click on the “see inside” button to see the costumes.

Custom 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.

& Public Domain Images

Bevouliin Game Art?
Pixabay gifs?
animatedimages.org?
Pixabay ?
Open Clipart ?
 
PNG Tree?
Unsplash?
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Upload content to Scratch

Go to Bevouliin Game Art and download character files.
unzip the files
upload images
*Tip- Ctrl + A to select all files in the folder.

Add these blocks to change costumes

Be proud of yourself!

Image Creator

Create an 8-bit style sprite

Resize your Piskel project for best results.

Image Editors

basic image editor

Online Image Editor  ?
Pixelate ?

Voices

Three ways to make voices
  1. Read Loud?
    Download the .mp3 files and upload to Scratch.

    https://design.KEVINLEECONRAD.COM/wp-content/uploads/welcome.mp3

  2. You can use the “text to speech” block in Scratch to make voices, but it doesn’t sound great.
  3. The Scratch sound module, built into Scratch, is another way to record your voice. Find a quiet room when recording.

Sound Effects & Music

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

Pixel Speech Bubble

Here is an example of a speech bubble in use

Screenshot 2015-01-28 10.17.21

Remove Background

Remove bg
Easy! Just upload your photo and the background gets removed.

Develop Design Ideas

For this task, we will develop:

  1. sketches in our design book
  2. a storyboard for the game

Here are some examples of student sketches. They show that the student is thinking through the design possibilities.

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Storyboarding

 
The storyboarding concept started at Walt Disney Studios in the 1930’s.
Here’s an example of a game storyboard.
 Here is an example of a storyboard. It’s important to communicate what you SEE, HEAR, and the FUNCTIONS in each frame.

 

List specific Scratch functions used in your game and reference the storyboard frames where they will be applied.

All storyboards must be handed in by the due date.
Develop Inspiration Board
Communicate the overall visual appearance of your game with an Inspiration Board
 

include sprites, backdrops, and colors from your chosen color palette in the board.

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.

 

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