Intro to the class
*What is this class about?
*Syllabus
*What kind of games are we making?
*What do you need for the class?
- Downloadable Book on Amazon
- Journal / Sketchbook
- A tabletop game (card, dice, board)
How to use a Mac
Turning on the Mac
- Login
- Restart
- Shutdown
The Finder (navigating the Mac)
- Loging In
- The Desktop
- Main Hard Drive
- Applications
- the Dock
- Creating a New Folder
- Deleting Files & Folders
-- Emptying the Trash
- Cut/Copy/Past
- Network Drive - lab-drive.local
USB Thumbdrives
- Where to plug it in
- Ejecting your drive
Web Browsers on the Mac
- Safari
- Chrome
Understand and Discuss Games
- What are the basics: # of players, Game Duration, 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 ?
Dice Games
Todays games:
- Yahtzee - 1956, 2-10 players, PT 30 min +/-
- LCR - 1983, 3-12 players, PT 20 min +/-
- 10,000 - rules - year ???, 2-8 players, PT 45min +/-
- Skulls - 1981, 2-8 players, PT 15 min +/-
(make yourself familiar with the games tonight!)
- 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 +/-
- 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 +/-
Learning the Rules:
Each night you will be expected to learn the rules for the games we will be playing the following day. Keep notes in your journal about how to ply the game and any difficulties you had understanding the rules.
Rules and how to game play can be found on youtube:
Create your free Adobe ID
- you will need an account with Adobe to utilize Photoshop on the computers in the digital labs.
Intro to Photoshop
Free Photoshop
- Fire Alpaca & the Gimp
Photoshop Basics 1
- Starting the Program / Quit
Whats Where?
Hot Keys
- Opening a file
- Save / Save As a file
- Windows
- File --> New
* Resoultion
72 dpi traditional screen resolution
180 dpi lowest printing resolution
300 dpi + good printing resolution
600 dpi + high resolution printing
* File Types
- File Types
---- Photoshop = .PSD = working file, the one you keep forever
-- End Product Files
---- JPEG = .JPG = web, email Google Photos file
---- GIFF = .GIF = web file
---- TIFF = .TIF = full quality print file
--- RAW = .RAW = raw camera data uncompressed file
---- Portable Document File = .PDF = compressed print file
Setting Preferences
Photoshop --> Preferences --> General
View
- Rulers, Grids & Guides
- Show
- Snap
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",1/4",1/4", 3/8th"
-- standard sizes 8.5x11",8.5x14", 11x17"
* Inkjet printer - 1/4",1/4",1/4", 3/8th"
-- 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 LP_cover_Template.psd
Walk Through. Creating 1.5"x2" mini cards on an 8.5"x11" piece of paper.
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Assignment #1: Download and Read - Book:
Kobold Guide to Board Game Design by Mike Selinker get it on Amazon
here! $9-$12 as a digital download
Assignment #2:
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" Cards on an 8.5"x11" piece of paper
* Resolution should be 300 dpi at size
* Use "guides" to designate the print area
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Work on Assignments
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