Scribd
Upload
2K views19 pages

AQA GCSE Media Studies: Unit 1 Investigating The Media Exam Topic: Promotion and Marketing of Video Games

3

Uploaded by

MediaMassage
Copyright
© Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PPTX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
2K views19 pages

AQA GCSE Media Studies: Unit 1 Investigating The Media Exam Topic: Promotion and Marketing of Video Games

3

Uploaded by

MediaMassage
Copyright
© Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PPTX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 19

AQA GCSE Media Studies

Unit 1 Investigating the Media Exam Topic: Promotion and Marketing of Video Games

Photocopiable/digital resources may only be copied by the purchasing institution on a single site and for their own use

1
ZigZag Education, 2013

Starter
Can you name these video-game characters?

Starter
Answers
Mr X Resident Evil Prince of Persia Prince of Persia Bowser Mario Kart Sonic Sonic the Hedgehog Lara Croft Tomb Raider Mario Super Mario, etc. Wreck-It Ralph Wreck-It Ralph Fix-It Felix Wreck-It Ralph Nilin Remember Me Ellie The Last of Us

Homework

Last lesson you were asked to find a game and investigate whether you could apply a narrative structure to it. Some volunteers please to read out your homework?

Creating a Video-Game Character This is the website address: http://goanimate.com/videomaker/cc Screenshot your character and copy and paste it into the Character Sheet. Please complete the Character Sheet.

Creating a Video-Game Character

Heres mine!!

Creating a Video-Game Character Which Propp character type is your character? Can you find a character to pair with? I.e. Hero pairs with Villain, Hero pairs with Princess, Hero pairs with False Hero

Video-Game Consoles
Video-Game Consoles: A Definition At its core, a video-game console is a highly specialised computer. In fact, most systems are based on the same central processing units (CPUs) used in many desktop computers.
http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/video-game1.htm

What does it mean when a games console says it is 8-bit, 16-bit, 32-bit or 64-bit?

Watch this video and find out! http://youtu.be/ptzGI9VaZmQ

Todays Games in the Style of 8-bit Games


Have a look at this website: http://www.geekosystem.com/8-bit-game-demakes/

Create an 8-bit Video Game

Have a go at the game I created!

http://www.sploder.com/?s=d003okey
10

The Sploder Website

You will need to sign up with your email address to create a game.

11

12

Click on Make a Game

Choose Classic Shooter 13

Create an 8-bit Video Game

14

Here you can Save, Test and Publish your game.

Click on a menu to add items. Drag them onto the gameplay screen.

15

Make sure you test your game before you publish it!

Share your game with others in the class by emailing them the link.
Dont forget to add a description!

16

Create an 8-bit Video Game

Play each others games! Give it a rating between 1 and 10 (10 being excellent). Write the name of the game and the rating in the back of your exercise book.
17

Plenary

Whose game has received the highest rating?

18

Homework

Find an advert for a video game either in a magazine, a newspaper, social networking or on the Internet.
It must be a still image, i.e. print.

Bring it in or write down the URL in the back of your exercise book.
19

You might also like

pFad - Phonifier reborn

Pfad - The Proxy pFad of © 2024 Garber Painting. All rights reserved.

Note: This service is not intended for secure transactions such as banking, social media, email, or purchasing. Use at your own risk. We assume no liability whatsoever for broken pages.


Alternative Proxies:

Alternative Proxy

pFad Proxy

pFad v3 Proxy

pFad v4 Proxy