Ever wanted to make a good game? Well, here's how.
1. Brainstorm ideas! It's a good idea to write out your ideas before making the game. If you're stuck, try asking another Scratcher!
2. Think about your audience. Are you making a game for young children that cannot read yet or a game for all ages that can read and have computer skills? Make your game appealing and age-appropriate for your audience. If you're making a game for pre-readers, for example, enrich your project with pictures and sounds.
3. Think about how the game will be played and your difficulty. State your audience in your project notes. Nobody will play the game if it's too easy, and nobody will play if it's too hard. Add some challenges appropriate to your audience.
4. Draw your graphics and add sounds if necessary. The graphics need to be decent unless you are making a game for a blind person. Enrich sound for audiences that: A) are blind or B) cannot read. Nobody wants a game with horrible graphics. If you overdo the sounds, it can get so annoying.
5. Program, program, program! Ask for programming help if you get stuck.
6. During programming, have an age-appropriate tester for your game. If you are making a game for pre-readers, have your little cousin/brother test the game and see if it's too easy or too hard. If the audience is around YOUR age, test it yourself.
7. Once you're satisfied, share! Include instructions in the project notes if your audience can read, and read instructions aloud in-game if your audience is blind or cannot read. Ask Scratchers to report bugs so you can fix them. Add how you made the game into your notes (optional).
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