Description
This elective is designed to develop skills that will enable students to design interactive games. Software tools covered include Adobe, Photoshop, Illustrator, Audition and Game Maker Studio 2. This course is designed as preparation for further studies in information technology.
Unit Topics
Students will plan and design 2D sprite based computer games using Game Master Studio 2. They will create their own graphics in Photoshop and Illustrator and some in Audition.
Skill Development
Presenting, editing, marketing, creativity, critical thinking, problem solving and reasoning, create folio of images/animations using tutorials, design and build websites using HTML, design and build computer games short tests/quizzes.
Possible Assessment Tasks
Create folio of images/animations using tutorials, short tests/quizzes, design and build computer games using Game Master Studio 2.
Activities/Camps/Excursions
Computer games.
Career Options
VCE Media or VCE Computing – leads to Computer programming, Database Management systems, Network Management, Web Page Developer, Applications Developer, Games programmer, Animator, Software Engineer, Systems Administrator.
Year 10