Intro to Game Making — VIVO Media Arts

Tell interactive stories by designing game worlds with artist Jae Lew.

Registration closes September 23.

4 hours total, online // $36, or $20 with any VIVO Producer Membership

**Pay-what-you-can rate available.

Sat Sept 25, 1pm to 5pm

(Pacific Time)

Prerequisites & minimum requirements:

Basic computer literacy (e.g., saving files, facility with a mouse and keyboard) is required

Participants will need an up-to-date web browser which supports HTML5. If your not sure, please update your current browser to the most recent version. You can also email education@vivomediaarts.com for assistance

Participants must bring a one-paragraph description outlining an idea for a game. Participants will use their description as a starting point for exercises undertaken during the workshop. The description can detail the theme of the game, the objective, or other information the could be useful in beginning to create the game

To join the workshop, participants must download and install Zoom Client for Meetings, available free here: https://zoom.us/download

Want to build your own role-playing game? Fascinated by video game worlds and characters, and want to try creating them yourself? This beginner workshop starts you on your journey.

You'll be introduced to Bitsy, an open source tool that is easy to grasp and which lets you dive deep into the capacity of computer games as a storytelling medium.

You'll explore:

Mapping the geography your world
Developing the variables that propel your game's story, such as items collected, character met, obstacles encountered
Rendering your idea within the constraints of pixel-art simplicity of the game engine
Adding narrative text
Specifying events that mark the beginning and end of the game
Embedding other media, such as music

And you'll work through these challenges with other participants.

By the end of the workshop, you will output a game in HTML format, which can be played on any web browser.

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