Clock-In PIN
There is no PIN code today.
Topic
Text-Based Adventure Games: Multi-User Dungeons [MUDs]
Standards & Benchmarks
- 29.0 Categorize the different gaming genres. The student will be able to:
- 29.01 Research, compare and categorize the different gaming genres.
- 29.02 Analyze examples of different gaming genres.
- 29.03 Define and use the necessary vocabulary related to gaming and the different genres.
Essential Questions
- What will you do today to be better than you were yesterday?
Mise En Place [~2-3 Minutes]
Every day you should:
- Login to DCPS OneView.
- Read your DCPS e-mail.
- Follow any additional instructions from the teacher.
Instruction [~5-10 Minutes]
Students will need to complete the Student Self-Evaluation Survey [1st Quarter].
Today students will have an opportunity to play and analyze a text-based adventure game commonly known as a MUD or Multi-User Dungeon. It is a game that allows multiple players to join a fantasy or science-fiction based world to explore, adventure, and sometimes fight monsters or other players. Please click this link to access the Let's Play: MUDs tutorial videos. If you are using your own computer, start with the installing TinTin++ video. If you are using a school computer, start with the Installing PuTTY Portable video. Then all students should move on to Part 1: The Basics and continue from there.
After you have played for at least 30 minutes please complete the Let's Play: MUDs Survey.
Work Period [~30-45 Minutes]
Previous (Late) Assignments
Complete the Let's Play: Tetris survey if you have not done so.
Complete the Let's Play: ArmagetronAD activity if you have not done so.
Complete the Let's Play: Super Mario Bros. survey if you have not done so.
Complete the Game Design Triangle Document. You will need to create your document using Microsoft Word (OneView version is fine). This is an example of what your document should look like.
Complete the Game Design Triangle Document. You will need to create your document using Microsoft Word (OneView version is fine). This is an example of what your document should look like.
Break Down [~5 Minutes]
Before you leave please do the following::
- BACKUP your data in at least two locations.
- RESTART the computer.
- TURN OFF the monitor.
- COLLECT your materials.
- WAIT quietly to be dismissed.
- PUSH in your chair when you leave.
- THROW away any trash in the trashcan as you leave.
Homework
Finish any class work not completed during the period.
Read for fun, at least 20 minutes.