Game Design

Feeling Sprite-ful

100

The place where you would put the code that creates a character object at the beginning of the game. 

What is 'function setup(); {}'?

or 

what is the setup function?

200

This happens sixty times every second!

What is how often the draw function is called?

300

This code is declaring a variable called 'human' that might be used in more than one function. 

what is '_{let human;}'

400

Below this function you place a code that is constantly checking to see if the player has pressed a left or right arrow?

What is the draw function?

500

This code is how I turn mario into a new sprite!

what is '_{let mario = new Sprite();}'?

de-bugging-out

100

function main() {

consolelog(greetings!);

}

main();

_{function main() {}

_{console.log("Greetings!");}

_}

_main();

200

_{function main() {}

_{console.log(Something is wrong with this program...);}

_{consolelog(Can you find the errors?);}

_}

What is;

_{function main() {}

_{console.log("Something is wrong with this program...");}

_{console.log("Can you find the errors?");}

_}

300

This was the first ever bug in a computer system, which gave computer errors their name.

What is a moth?

400

function draw(); {

let box = new sprite();

box.x = 100

box.y = 100

what is 

function setup() {

let box = new Sprite();

box.x = 100

box.y = 100

}

500

The part of the draw function that keeps sprites from creating multiple copies repeatedly. 

What is '_clear();'?

Think like a programmer

100

The act of taking a subject and breaking it down into its smaller parts or actions. 

What is Decomposition?

200

The steps that you follow to complete a task or solve a problem. 

What is an Algorithm?

300

This is the space on the screen where graphics can be displayed and interacted with by users.

What is the canvas?

400

Named after 19th-century mathematician George Boole, this type of variable can hold only one of two possible values; True or Not true.

What is a Boolean Variable?

500

The ability to recognize and define repeatable steps and find solutions.

What is Pattern Recognition? 

Use a Commanding Voice

100

The proper function to call to print to the screen. 

What is 'console.log("Your Message");'?

200

The code that prints out the phrase "I like to go bird watching" where 'bird watching' is a string variable for a 'hobby'.

what is 

_{let hobby = "bird watching";}

_{console.log("I like to go " + hobby);}

300

The command used to create a new canvas.

what is '_{new Canvas(00, 00)}'?

400

This dot notation will turn our new sprite 'ball' into a circle. 

what is 'ball.diameter = xx'?

or

what is 'ball.radius = xx'?

500

This code will change the background of our canvas green!

what is _{background('green')}?

Unpacking the Game

100

The overall player experience during a game. 

What is Gameplay?

200

These video perspectives share the same points of view from literature.  

What is First and Third Person Perspective?

300

The limits or abilities that define what a player can or cannot do during a game. 

What are Game Mechanics?

400

The pieces or objects that are used to play a game. 

What are game components?

500

The overall objective or challenge of a game.

What are game elements?