Grade 6 CTE Utah Standards

Design

Problem Solving Process

Students will demonstrate knowledge of the four steps of the problem solving process

Define Problem

Prepare Solution

Try Solution

Reflect on Outcome

Algorithms

Students deconstruct a task into an algorithm (simple steps).

Students write an algorithm as pseudocode.

Development Process

Students demonstrate knowledge of the development process

Planning

Designing

Build

Test

Publish

Game Development

Game Concepts

Student will explore genres of computer games

action, adventure, role-playing (RPG), simulation, strategy, hybrid

Students will demonstrate knowledge of player perspectives

First Person, Third Person, Top-Down, 2D, 3D

Students will demonstrate knowledge of the elements of a computer game

characters, storyline, strategy, danger, rewards

Students will regularly include #comments for the purpose of explaining, organizing, instructing, and ascribing.

Sprites

Students will define a sprite and identify the types of sprites used in a game.

character, background, text

static, animated

player/hero, enemy, obstacles, projectiles, food, rewards Students will create unique variables for each sprite

Students will apply gaming coordinate system knowledge to intentionally position sprites

Students will demonstrate knowledge of sprite properties by controlling them with arguments in the code. (i.e. size, color, position)

Motion

Students will use loops to code iterations in a game. (i.e. spinning, shrinking, growing, positioning)

Students will write code to control a sprite's velocity, acceleration or gravity.

Students will create a sprite animation and use it in a game (i.e. frame by frame, looping)

Control

Students will code events to allow the user to interact with a game. (i.e. mouse click, keystroke) Students will code conditionals to create collision events (i.e. score, lives)

Students will incorporate user input in a game (i.e. guessing a number, choosing an adventure, madlibs)

Randomization

Students will write code to randomize behaviors in a game. (i.e. sprite images, position, color and size)

Students will control randomization with ranges in code.

Enhancements

Students will create and call functions to customize a game. Students will write code to enhance the user experience

creative openers/endings

backgrounds (static/scrolling)

timer

sound/music

Game Creation

Students will participate independently or collaboratively in the development of a computer game that incorporates a development process and applies concepts learned throughout the course.