Weekly outline

  • General

    • Pong!

      For our first week, we will re-create a simple game do demonstrate the basics of creating an app using the Game Salad platform

      Monday - Introduction to the course, the Game Salad Platform, and making the Paddle Move

      Tuesday - Making the ball move and bounce

      Wednesday - Keeping track of score, lives, and replay

      Thursday - Enhancements, and publishing our game on the Game Salad site

      Pages: 4

    • Asteroids

      This week, we will recreate the classic Atari game Asteroids.  We will learn about using images, rotations, wrapping, spawning actors, firing bullets, and more.

      Monday - Getting the ship to move and fire

      Tuesday - Getting the Asteroids to move and blow up when hit by bullets

      Wednesday - Getting the enemy ship to show up and fire at us

      Thursday - Adding scores, lives and sound

      Friday - Publishing our games to the GameSalad website

      Files: 2Pages: 4

    • Race

      This week we will learn the basis of side scrolling games along with having our game get more difficult the better we do.

      Monday - Getting the background to scroll and the car to move

      Tuesday - Getting the enemy cars to spawn and crash into us

      Wednesday - Additional hazards (police) and 1-ups (gasoline)

      Thursday - Having the game get incrementally more difficult and adding sounds

      Friday - Publishing the game to the Game Salad site

      Files: 2Pages: 4