
Introduction to Game Development
Introduction to Game Development Grades: 6-8 Number of Students: Up to 99, 250, or Unlimited Number of Lessons: 2 Units Hours of Content: 30 Additional Resources: Syllabus Highlights: This course is a great course for students with no prior coding experience to learn how to conceptualize, design, and make their very own games. This condensed game development course gets students learning by doing. Students learn the theory of game development as well as introductory computer science concepts by building interactive games that allow them to express their creativity. Curriculum or Lesson Topics: Course Outline: JavaScript and Game Development Students create video game assets using pixel art software. Then they learn the fundamentals of JavaScript and how to utilize object-oriented programming to build a text adventure game. Game Mechanics and Control Structures Students utilize game mechanics to build player-oriented gameplay and leverage new data types, logical operators, con