Step #1 Skin
in the game
Every game has a story, wether it be surviving a set number of rounds, collecting coins or flapping your wings to avoid obstacles. A story was written to give the game meaning.
Challenge your students to think of a unique character and motivation. If needed students may brainstorm with each other, use different games as muses to ignite their spark.
Bloxel game cards can also be handed out to students to help with the creation process. The pizza looking for pepperoni? yes thats a card!
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Building the story
Student choice matters!
The task called for a fictional story of the student's creation. The only requirements placed on the student were dialogue, at least 2 characters and a collectible.
When the inevitable writers' block begins we used Bloxels story maker cards to allow them to get ideas on how to continue. Some students used these cards to further expand their ideas.
Checkpoint achieved!
Keeping students on track is key to the project, and to have the motivation to continue. We used a task management tool intergrated with google doc to keep track of our progress.
Each task accomplished came with a rubric that allowed students to monitor their work. A major part of the project was feedback, feedback came from different people. Peers were tasked with grow and glow comments and teachers who visited our room were also shown the work and asked for feedback. This made the project grow similar to how a real-world story is made.
