ART250 Tabletop Game Design: In class Tue Jan 5th

Monday, January 4, 2016

In class Tue Jan 5th

Photoshop Day 2

Setting Preferences
Photoshop --> Preferences --> General

Navigation

- Hand tool/Hand Rotate Tool

- Zoom tool

- Change Screen Mode

Color Picker

- Foreground/Background Color

- Eye-dropper tool

Drawing Tools

- Pencil/Paint Brush

—- Color Replacement Tool/Mixer Brush

- Paint Bucket/Gradient

- Erase/Magic Erase/Back Ground Eraser

- Sharpen/Blur/Smudge

—- Depth of Field - How much of the image is in focus in front of and behind the image

- Burn/Dodge/Sponge

Text Tools

- Horizontal Type Tool/Vertical Type Tool

- Horizontal Type Mask Tool/Vertical Type Mask Tool

Selection Tools (they define a workable area)

- Square/Circular Selection Tools

- Move Tool

- Laso/Polygon Laso/Magnetic Laso

— Tolerance

- Magic Wand/Quick Selection Tool

- Crop Tool

Layers

- Making Layers

--- New Layer

--- Cut/Copy/ Paste

--- Move Tool

--- Duplicate a Layer

- Delete Layer

- Layer Visibility

- Moving a Layer

- Opacity

- Modes

- Locking

Laying out a design in Photoshop
before Photoshop
1) paper size
2) single or multiple designs on the page?

in Photoshop
3) size and resolution
4) define print area
* Offset press - requires cut lines, a bleed and image area to fit within the paper size (print on anything thats flat)
* Laser Printer - 1/4"on all sides
-- standard sizes 8.5x11",8.5x14", 11x17"
* Inkjet printer - 1/4"on all sides
-- standard sizes 8.5x11",8.5x14", 11x17", 19" wide, 24" wide, 36" wide, 42" wide
5) Define the Middle
6) save as a template file named appropriately, as a .psd
ex 3.5_card_Template.psd

Walk Through. Creating 1.5"x2" mini cards on an 8.5"x11" piece of paper.

Get your cards printed professionally:
makeplayingcards.com

Assign Projects and Assignments

Understand and Discuss Games

- What are the basics: # of players, Game Duartion, Difficulty, Age Group, Year Created?

- What is the Theme?

- What are the Game Mechanics?

- What are the Roles players play?

- What Category does it fit into?

- What are the Exceptions
- Describe your Experience playing the game ?

- Strategy to Luck Scale

Dice Games

Todays games:

- Dungeon Roll - 2013, 1-4 players, PT 15 min +/-

- Martian Dice - 2011, 2-12 players, PT 10 min +/-

- Ninja Dice - 2013, 2-5 players, PT 30 min +/-

- Zombie Dice + Double Feature Expansion - 2010, 2-12 players, PT 15 min +/-

What you need for the class:

Downloadable Book on Amazon
Journal / Sketchbook
A Board Game

Work on Assignments

Learn Thursdays games: (make yourself familiar with the games tonight!)

- Catan Dice - 2007, 1-4 players, PT 15 min +/-

- Bowling Dice - 1985?, 1-10 players, PT 10 min +/-

- Poker Dice - year ???, 2-12 players, PT 10 min +/-
- Cosmic Wimpout - 1975, 2-12 players, PT

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Projects

Project 1

[Due, last day of class]

Design Journal

Use the Journal during the semester to keep notes about the class, game rules, game ideas, definitions of game mechanic’s, game categories, game experiences and game research. This cane be done digitally if you prefer.

Project 2

Game Card Creation

For this project you will create 9 cards for a made up game. This project is about utilizing your Photoshop skills and creating a cohesive design for your cards. Make each card different but keep a common theme.You do not need to make an actual game. Use a google search to get an idea of what cards look like in past and present games.

Each card should be 2.5” x 3.5” in size. All your cards should be laid out on one 8.5” x 11” piece of paper at 180dpi. Save your file with your first name, last initial. ex. JoeVS.jpg. Save your image as a PSD and a JPG.

* creating a back side to your cards. - The best way to do this is to make a pattern for the back instead of using an image or design. Depending on the printer, you may also need to put less cards on a page and keep the card designs in towards the center.

Project 3

Game Piece Creation

For this project you need to create a complex game piece and print 1 game piece for your game or an imaginary game. You need to create the model using Tinkercad. The game piece should be no larger then 5 inches tall and 2x2 inches wide/deep.

Project 4

Game Creation

For this project you need to create and print a mock up of your table top game. The game must be playable and have printed rules. If you are making a dice game you need to layout the rules as a pamphlet.

Assignments

Assignment #1

[Due Tue Feb 22nd beginning of class]

Part 1

create a template for the following list:

- 11"x17" Game Board

- 8.5"x11" Pamphlet Page

- 2.5"x3.5" Cards on an 8.5"x11" piece of paper

- 2"x2" Card on an 8.5"x11" piece of paper

* Resolution should be 180 dpi at size

* Use "guides" to designate the print area

Part 2

- Finish a 2.5 x 3.5” game card

Assignment #2

Read the class book!

Chapter 1 & 2 [Due Tue Feb 22nd beginning of class]

Assignment #3

[Due Thur Feb 24th beginning of class]

Pick a game you know well and like. Then create an alteration/expansion to the game by altering/adding rules and creating new exceptions. Write down your alterations in your Journal ready for presentation!

Assignment #4

Create one custom dice using TinkerCAd. The dice should be 15mm to 25mm in size.

Assignment #5

Print, Make, Play 3 times and Report on one of the following single player Print & Play games:

- Mini Rogue

- Zombie in my Pocket

- Utopia Engine

- Micropul

Assignment #6

Create a game board for a fake game. The game does not need to work. You do need to make a board that portrays a theme, is readable, helps the player learn how to play, and fits the pieces.

Games

01) 10,000 - year ?, 2-8 players

02) LCR - 1983, 3-12 players

03) Yahtzee - 1956, 2-10 players

04) Zombie Dice - 2010, 2-12 players

05) Dungeon Roll - 2013, 1-4 players

06) Martian Dice - 2011, 2-12 players

07) Skulls - 1981, 2-8 players

08) Ninja Dice - 2013, 2-5 players

09) Catan Dice - 2007, 1-4 players

10) Bowling Dice - 1985?, 1-10 players

11) Poker Dice - year ?, 2-12 players

12) Pass the Pigs

13) Mars Attacks- 10 min Takedown

14) Cards Against Humanity

15) Poker (5 card draw and 7 card stud)

16) UNO

17) Werewolf

18) Zombie Fluxx

19) Star Munchkin

20) Rick & Morty Total Rickcall

21) Boss Monster

22) Red Flags

23) No Thanks

24) Exploding Kittens

26) Nuclear War Card Game

27) Illuminati (by Steve Jackson Games)

27) King of Tokyo

25) Hive

26) The Real Game of Life

Not Played

27) Dungeon

28) Stratego

29) Catan

30) Forbidden Island