Fantasy Reality Game Making

1. Fantasy Reality Game Making

2. Tools for Game Making • Animal Morphs- www.switchzoo.com • City Designs – www.citycreator.com • Digital Art – Microsoft Paint • Images – Google Image Search • Collecting Images – PowerPoint • Printing – Color print when approved

3. Making Snakes & Ladders Type Board Games • 1. Decide on an idea for your game. Is it: • A Spaceship? • A Castle ? • A Maze ? • A Haunted House with ghosts ? • A Forest with big trees ? • A Secret Island ? • 2. Make your game 50 squares long. Every 5 or 6 squares, something good or bad should happen to the player. Use lots of colors and make your drawings big and exciting. • 3. Make some playing pieces from card with each player's first name written on. • 4. Use some of these words, or use your own: • Go back 3 Squares • You find a secret tunnel, go forward 4. • It's dark. Nobody can see you. Add 2 to your next throw. • Miss a turn. • You are tired. Miss a turn. • The guards are sleeping. Have an extra turn. • Go back to the Start. • You find a map. Go to number 25. • Take the secret road to number 40. • Have another go. • You have gone the wrong way. Go back 10.

4. Game board                 • Situation Cards • Write onto each card a situation related to the story which will cause players to go forward or backwards a number of spaces or miss a turn.  • Dice or Spinner • Markers • Playing the Game • Each child chooses a game marker. • Decide who will begin the game. • Throw dice (or spin) and move markers accordingly. • Whenever marker lands on an situation square, child is to pick up a situation card and follow the instructions. • Game is finished when end square is reached.

5. Go ahead 2 spaces Miss one turn START Go back 2 spaces Go back 2 spaces Miss one turn Go ahead 2 spaces Go ahead 2 spaces END Take the Shortcut Pass Go back 2 spaces Take the Shortcut Pass Take an extra turn Take an extra turn Go ahead 2 spaces Take an extra turn