Schedule

Create a Trello board for your atmosphere assignment. Make sure it's public. Post it to the Atmosphere Trellos spreadsheet. Create a color palette with coolors (or some other tool), export it, and post it in a card in Trello.

Create a landscape in Vertex Meadow that reflects your assigned prompt. Export it, upload it to netlify or itch.io and post the link to Trello. Audio is not required, although practicing the process for including it is a good idea.

Prototype review. I'll come around and take a look at what you've made so far and answer questions.

Make sure you post your assignment to your Trello with a post-mortem.

Read the assignment and post a thread in Course Materials > World Building > Bitsy Research on Blackboard.

Read the assignment and post a thread in Course Materials > World Building > Bitsy Proposals on Blackboard.

Choose from one of your proposals and start working in Bitsy. Design your space. Think about the setting for the world you'd like to create. Make your rooms and let the player navigate between them. Consider your color palette. Be prepared to show me what you've done.

Prepare a playtest build of your prototype. Make sure you've incorporated any essential story elements and have enough content to test and get feedback on your idea. Post your build in a thread in Course Materials > World Building (Bitsy) on Blackboard. Upload your bitsy HTML page to netlify or itch.io.

Read the requirements and post a thread in Course Materials > World Building (Bitsy) on Blackboard.

Read the requirements and post a thread in Course Materials > Puzzle/Level Design (Puzzlescript) on Blackboard.

Complete the given tutorial. While you can keep exploring if you'd like, only the first page is required. I'd encourage you to start playing around with the tool.

Read the requirements and post a thread in Course Materials > Puzzle/Level Design (Puzzlescript) on Blackboard.

Read the requirements and post a thread in Course Materials > Puzzle/Level Design (Puzzlescript) on Blackboard.

Prepare a playtest build. Aim to have at least 7 levels. Make sure you're incrementally introducing your player to the rules in your first few levels. Also make sure you have a few challenging ones. Post your build in a thread in Course Materials > Puzzle/Level Design (Puzzlescript) on Blackboard with survey questions as specified there.

Read the requirements and post a thread in Puzzle/Level Design (Puzzlescript) on Blackboard.

Read the assignment and post a thread in Course Materials > Interactive Stories (Twine) > Interactive Storytelling Research on Blackboard.

Brainstorm three ideas and post in a thread in Course Materials > Interactive Stories (Twine) > Interactive Story Brainstorming on Blackboard. See Blackboard for expectations.

Create an outline and post it to a thread in Course Materials > Interactive Stories (Twine) > Interactive Story Outline on Blackboard. See Blackboard for expectations.

Begin filling in your story and bring it to class. I will be looking at it next class. I'd recommend getting the majority of your story written before next class since there will be playtesting next week.

Prepare a playtest build. Make sure you've incorporated any essential story elements and have enough content to test and get feedback on your idea. Post your build in a thread in Course Materials > Interactive Stories (Twine) on Blackboard. Upload your Twine or ChoiceScript HTML page to netlify or itch.io.

Read the requirements and post a thread in Interactive Stories (Twine) on Blackboard.

Read the requirements and post a thread in Final Projects on Blackboard.

The survey was emailed to you (search for "class climate" or "evaluations"). Forward me the confirmation (or screen shot of confirmation) to get the credit.

Be prepared to show the work you've done for your project in the last week. Consider your proposed timeline. Are you on schedule? If not, what's the new plan?

Prepare a playtest build for your final game. Post your build to itch.io and include the link in a thread in Course Materials > Final Projects on Blackboard. Add survey questions, following the directions in Blackboard.

The survey was emailed to you (search for "class climate" or "evaluations"). Forward me the confirmation (or screen shot of confirmation) to get the credit.

The survey was emailed to you (search for "class climate" or "evaluations"). Forward me the confirmation (or screen shot of confirmation) to get the credit.

Be prepared to show the work you've done for your project in the last week. Consider your proposed timeline. Are you on schedule? If not, what's the new plan?