Event: My Life The Video Game @ The Lab (San Francisco, June 3 2011)
2948 16th Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
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Featuring: Brienne Hong, Shaye Hong, Anthony Truong, Kim Daniel - Richardson, Brendan Conklin, Glenda Maxine Zhu, Friday, June 3, 6 - 9pm Please join us for the one-night exhibition, potluck, and celebration! "My Life: The Video Game” is a workshop module where teens design, program, and produce video games based on situations, systems, or relationships in their own lives. Using the free visual programming software Scratch, students learn to create all aspects of their game including the artwork, sound, and programming. As part of the creation process students learn to identify and deconstruct systems of logic, implicit rules, and narratives in games through activities involving play, reflection, and collaboration. In order to create games that meaningfully reflect their world, students use these critical thinking skills to investigate “learned” versus “understood” rules and systems of logic in their own world. Students create their own video games based on personal investigations such as “What are the implicit rules to being accepted by my friends?” Or “What is the system of logic for feeling safe in my neighborhood?” (The Lab) Link: MY LIFE THE VIDEO GAME Submitted by Matteo Bittanti |