Designing a ‘Basketball’ Game
Computer Science: KS3, topic 2.2.4
Designing a ‘Basketball’ Game
When making your basketball game, you need to think about how the game will look, what the inputs are, what the outputs are and what different parts the game has.
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What will it look like?
- You will want to make your game attractive to the player.
- You might want to make it look like a birdseye view of a basketball court.
- The game should have a simple design.
What is the input?
- The input is how the player will use the game.
- What will the player need to do with the keypad, mouse, finger, etc. to control the game?
What is the output?
- The outputs of the game are everything the game should do.
- The ball can be moved with the red and blue boxes.
- The ball should bounce off the walls.
- If the ball hits the basket, you should add points to the team's score.
What are the parts of the game?
- The parts of the game are the different components (parts) of the game that you can see, hear or feel. Parts of the game are:
- The background design.
- The ball.
- The movement of the ball and hands.
- The bounce of the ball off the walls.
- The point-scoring.
- The effects (e.g. sound).
- The music.
Test yourself on Designing a ‘Basketball’ Game
Often, it is more attractive if a game app has what kind of design?