Final Project, Posted by Corynn Sumida

The three ares of interest for me would have to be with the raspberry pi. I wanted to originally do something in Minecraft since I already had experience with. But then I wanted to do something more unique so when morse code was mentioned during a zoom call I had an idea to write a message in Morse code and have the bread board display the lights. But I couldnt find a tutorial on the projects website for morse code so I found a fun little project using scratch and went with that.

Top (3) Project Ideas

1. Dancing Unicorns and Rainbows
2. Morse Code
3. Recreate a level from Dinosaur Game in Minecraft

Selected Idea
Dancing Unicorns and Rainbows
Source: https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/projects/dancing-unicorn-rainbow
Dacing Unicorns

Video Game Development

 Video game development requires certain software for it to be made effectively. Basic software, like Python, can be used to create rudimentary text based games. Pygame is a good introduction to the beginnings of video game development. Major game engines, such as Unreal or Unity, require a bit more specialized knowledge and are more for those with a better understanding of programming. All of these can be learned and will help you go far in the career of game development.

 Url for video: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8B1LNrBpqc&ab_channel=IGN

Technologies

 Technologies used to create video games:

• Unity, a video game engine
• https://unity.com/
• Unreal Engine, a popular video game engine 
• https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/?sessionInvalidated=true
• CryEngine, another video game engine.
• https://www.crytek.com/cryengine
• Python/Pygame: A programming language
• https://www.python.org/
• Java: A programming language also found in a lot of everyday technologies.
• https://www.java.com/en/
• C++: A programming language
• https://www.cplusplus.com/

Example of a game in Unreal engine: This is a Legend of Zelda remake in Unreal Engine 4

Source: https://www.dsogaming.com/news/zelda-ocarina-of-time-remake-in-unreal-engine-4-version-2019-update-4-available-for-download/