Video Game Design/Developers

Hey guys, for this week's Monday Check-in, what has been your favorite piece of student work to date?

Mine was one of my early classes. A student in my analog design course took on a challenge from my book called "Luck-Tac-Toe" which does what the name implies, design a game of tic-tac-toe using some mechanism of chance. This challenge is often one of my least favorite, a lot of student phone this one in and tries to do some version of tic-tac-toe with dice.

This group used hidden information to turn tic-tac-toe into a blind-folded partner game with two teams trying to direct a blindfolded person on their team to pick up their markers and drop them in the correct spot. Absolutely brilliant.

Hey guys, for this week's Monday Check-in, what has been your favorite piece of student work to date?

Mine was one of my early classes. A student in my analog design course took on a challenge from my book called "Luck-Tac-Toe" which does what the name implies, design a game of tic-tac-toe using some mechanism of chance. This challenge is often one of my least favorite, a lot of student phone this one in and tries to do some version of tic-tac-toe with dice.

This group used hidden information to turn tic-tac-toe into a blind-folded partner game with two teams trying to direct a blindfolded person on their team to pick up their markers and drop them in the correct spot. Absolutely brilliant.

Hey guys, for this week's Monday Check-in, what has been your favorite piece of student work to date?

Mine was one of my early classes. A student in my analog design course took on a challenge from my book called "Luck-Tac-Toe" which does what the name implies, design a game of tic-tac-toe using some mechanism of chance. This challenge is often one of my least favorite, a lot of student phone this one in and tries to do some version of tic-tac-toe with dice.

This group used hidden information to turn tic-tac-toe into a blind-folded partner game with two teams trying to direct a blindfolded person on their team to pick up their markers and drop them in the correct spot. Absolutely brilliant.

A new one I wanted to share. While the rest of the class were learning Unity, I had one student who really wanted to learn Unreal Engine. I said ok, and stepped aside. He was so good at gathering information he needed, accessing resources and forums to answer questions, and frequently shared updates to his project. This has got to be one of the most complex projects my students have completed, and I am so proud of his work. 

Hey guys, for this week's Monday Check-in, what has been your favorite piece of student work to date?

Mine was one of my early classes. A student in my analog design course took on a challenge from my book called "Luck-Tac-Toe" which does what the name implies, design a game of tic-tac-toe using some mechanism of chance. This challenge is often one of my least favorite, a lot of student phone this one in and tries to do some version of tic-tac-toe with dice.

This group used hidden information to turn tic-tac-toe into a blind-folded partner game with two teams trying to direct a blindfolded person on their team to pick up their markers and drop them in the correct spot. Absolutely brilliant.

A new one I wanted to share. While the rest of the class were learning Unity, I had one student who really wanted to learn Unreal Engine. I said ok, and stepped aside. He was so good at gathering information he needed, accessing resources and forums to answer questions, and frequently shared updates to his project. This has got to be one of the most complex projects my students have completed, and I am so proud of his work. 

Hey guys, for this week's Monday Check-in, what has been your favorite piece of student work to date?

Mine was one of my early classes. A student in my analog design course took on a challenge from my book called "Luck-Tac-Toe" which does what the name implies, design a game of tic-tac-toe using some mechanism of chance. This challenge is often one of my least favorite, a lot of student phone this one in and tries to do some version of tic-tac-toe with dice.

This group used hidden information to turn tic-tac-toe into a blind-folded partner game with two teams trying to direct a blindfolded person on their team to pick up their markers and drop them in the correct spot. Absolutely brilliant.

A new one I wanted to share. While the rest of the class were learning Unity, I had one student who really wanted to learn Unreal Engine. I said ok, and stepped aside. He was so good at gathering information he needed, accessing resources and forums to answer questions, and frequently shared updates to his project. This has got to be one of the most complex projects my students have completed, and I am so proud of his work. 

Hey guys, for this week's Monday Check-in, what has been your favorite piece of student work to date?

Mine was one of my early classes. A student in my analog design course took on a challenge from my book called "Luck-Tac-Toe" which does what the name implies, design a game of tic-tac-toe using some mechanism of chance. This challenge is often one of my least favorite, a lot of student phone this one in and tries to do some version of tic-tac-toe with dice.

This group used hidden information to turn tic-tac-toe into a blind-folded partner game with two teams trying to direct a blindfolded person on their team to pick up their markers and drop them in the correct spot. Absolutely brilliant.

I pointed him in various directions of where to look for ideas or seek support. The rest he did all himself. I had him create some milestones/task list to help keep himself on track. Weekly updates on progress towards those milestones. He took a break for a few weeks once UE Fortnite came out and was toying around with that. He's a senior, and has no interest in a career in game development, but is tech savvy enough to manage on his own. Something to be said about seniors and their abilities compared to my freshman. Oy....my freshman...

A new one I wanted to share. While the rest of the class were learning Unity, I had one student who really wanted to learn Unreal Engine. I said ok, and stepped aside. He was so good at gathering information he needed, accessing resources and forums to answer questions, and frequently shared updates to his project. This has got to be one of the most complex projects my students have completed, and I am so proud of his work. 

Hey guys, for this week's Monday Check-in, what has been your favorite piece of student work to date?

Mine was one of my early classes. A student in my analog design course took on a challenge from my book called "Luck-Tac-Toe" which does what the name implies, design a game of tic-tac-toe using some mechanism of chance. This challenge is often one of my least favorite, a lot of student phone this one in and tries to do some version of tic-tac-toe with dice.

This group used hidden information to turn tic-tac-toe into a blind-folded partner game with two teams trying to direct a blindfolded person on their team to pick up their markers and drop them in the correct spot. Absolutely brilliant.