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GAMER

We had a great day today, and your child not only had fun, but learned a ton!

To continue the fun at home, we wanted to share with you some of what your child learned in at camp.

We created Gamer to be something your child can continue to develop and explore at home.

We encourage you to keep working with your students so they can continue to make changes to their game. Follow the instructions below to access what your student made during camp. Games created at VentureLab will be ready for editing on Monday.

Game #1: Created Using Hopscotch Game Animation: Puzzlets Puzzlets were used to introduce the concepts of object-oriented programing and game logic to students of all ages. Their teams were in charge of moving their individual character Puzzlets throughout their board, to create character animation and action.

Learn More: http://www.digitaldreamlabs.com/

Programming Hopscotch from http://www.gethopscotch.com/ Hopscotch is easy to use and it’s powerful. Hopscotch can be used to learn fundamental programming concepts -- sequencing, abstraction, values, conditionals. Students used this software to make an underwater treasure dive game as a class and continued on to create their own game.

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Included below are instructions on how to download an app to continue working their game. This application has many built in tutorials that can be accessed from within the application. Open the application, press the create button and select a pre-made project. This project will play an instructional video that will allow you/your child to follow along with the video and learn more features.

To Download Game: 1. Download the Hopscoth application from the iOS store (Free) on a compatible device.

2. Open the Pixel Press Floors Application 3. At the bottom right of the screen there is a picture of a gear click them image to prompt a login screen 4. Sign in with the following username and password:**Please note depending on what version of the app you have it will either ask you for an email or the username. a. Username- Venturelab b. Email- nick@venturelab.org c. Pw- venturelabgamer 5. Once you have signed in click on the game controller that says “Arcade” near the bottom center of the screen.

6. A section will appear called “My Arcade Levels” 7. Press the See All button located next to “My Arcade Levels” 8. Look for your students name in the list of games 9. Select the game with their name and press play, if you would like to download the game and keep editing press the pencil on the right side of the screen. This will remove the game from the arcade and download it to the device.

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Game #2: Pixel Press Games were created using Pixel Press Floors: We used Pixel Press Floors (PPF) to design their game. PPF allows students to draw their game levels using pen and paper, and once their drawings are complete, they upload their photos into the application. They can then begin to design and edit their levels!

To access the game your student made on Floors you have two options.

If your student wants to access the full version of their game: 1. Download the Pixel Press Floors application from the iOS store (Free) on a compatible device.

2. Open the Pixel Press Floors Application 3. At the bottom right of the screen there is a picture of a gear click them image to prompt a login screen 4. Sign in with the following username and password:**Please note depending on what version of the app you have it will either ask you for an email or the username. a. Username- Venturelab b. Email- nick@venturelab.org c. Pw- venturelabgamer 5. Once you have signed in click on the game controller that says “Arcade” near the bottom center of the screen.

6. A section will appear called “My Arcade Levels” 7. Press the See All button located next to “My Arcade Levels” 8. Look for your students name in the list of games 9. Select the game with their name and press play, if you would like to download the game and keep editing press the pencil on the right side of the screen. This will remove the game from the arcade and download it to the device.

Game Animation:

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Puzzlets Puzzlets were used to introduce the concepts of object-oriented programing and game logic to students of all ages. Their teams were in charge of moving their individual character Puzzlets throughout their board, to create character animation and action.

Learn More: http://www.digitaldreamlabs.com/ Entrepreneurship: We introduced entrepreneurship today in a variety of ways, from working with their team mates by conducting market research and as well as “pitching� their game to their class.

To continue the entrepreneurial mindset at home, we encourage you to ask your child to pitch their game to you. Work with them to continue to develop the game, and to solicit feedback from peers and those who might purchase it.

Photos: Also, you can find our photo album of our camp on our Flickr Album or Follow Us on Facebook at OurVentureLab: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ourventurelab/

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