Visual Workshops: Level 1 - Backgrounds

Graphics are the Cover of video games. It is unfortunate to say, but the truth is that a lot of players will be driven to try a game only by looking at their visuals.

In this path we will try and make our game look pretty. Don't worry if you haven't done any of the other level 1 workshops, you can use this template file as your starting point.

How about we start by placing a nice background on the game....

If you haven't downloaded the template and you will use flash, click here to download it

Here are just a few backgrounds for you to reference...

What are some of the backgrounds you like from videogames?

for our game, the background is Width: 550 and Height:400

Maybe if you have the skills, you can use photoshop, or flash to create your own background, or try and get one online and place it on the screen.

You can use the Problem Solving Method to help you organize your ideas and plan your development..

In order to place a background on the screen we must first know how flash displays images. 

As you may notice, flash deals with layers, so the layer that is higher on the list will show on top of all the objects below it.

Here is how to create your own layer..

That's it, this is step 1 in our Game Dev Workshop, please make sure to send me a screenshot of your completed file, or if you want to share some of the Sketches that would be great as well. Once I get the image I will try and post your updated Badge as soon as possible.