Proposal 1: "Coding for compassion: How to build a game that teaches children empathy" (A working title)
Speakers:
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| Maude Mensah Simpson | Jannaee Sick |
| Full Stack Engineer @ Red Hat | Red Hat Marketplace Front End Engineer @ IBM |
Talk Format:
- 15-minute "burst" talk
- Traditional 45-minute session
- 2 Part 15-minute "burst" talk (Part 1: Maude & Part 2: Jannaee)?
- Extended 1.5 workshop
In 2020, COVID-19 made its way around the globe pushing many survivors to their physical and emotional edge. Presently, we continue to adjust to the 'new norm' of living in a society of limited human to human interactions. For over a year the children in the stages of developing core human social abilities - such as empathy were robbed of in-person opportunities to explore how to cope with the emotions of their peers.
Maude and Jannaee teamed up to build [name of game: TBD] - a game that allows children to practice growing their skills in empathy, compassion and kindness. This will be a presentation aimed at teaching the basics of game, development using a game engine and C++.
Audience Skill Level: No skills required, as this will touch on highlevel concepts.
What participants will gain from attending this talk:
- Basic understanding of programming with C++
- Brief overview of how to use Godot a 2D game engine
- Light intro into game design theory
- An exploration into how this game will impact a child's emotional intelligence
- Access to all code and demo on github repository
Speaker:
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| Jannaee Sick |
| Red Hat Marketplace Front End Engineer @ IBM |
Talk Format:
- 15-minute "burst" talk
- Traditional 45-minute session
In this talk, I will demonstrate how to build a game with Godot, a free and open source community-driven 2D and 3D game engine. I will share the process of taking a game from design sketch to an operational game. The game featured in this demo will be based on the one built for the proposed talk "Coding for compassion: How to build a game that teaches children empathy".
Audience Skill Level: Audience should have some experience with C++ and basic programming ie. functions, variables, methods, imports.
What participants will gain from attending this talk:
- Particpants will have a chance to see how to use GDNative and C++
- Will learn how to set a stage and import assets
- Understand the basics of game design
- Bonus, also see how to use the GoDot built in editor for those wanting to use the a gui instead of programming
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MscgBCzA7eA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiE9tcoCfhE https://kenney.nl/assets/simplified-platformer-pack
Jannaee is an easygoing conversationalist who enjoys spending time with family, creating art and learning about new technology. She spent her early professional years working as a Graphic Designer. However, her curiosity about the inner workings of web design led her down a path of becoming a Front End developer at IBM.
Originally from South Korea, raised in Jacksonville, Florida and currently one of the few residents of Raleigh, North Carolina who roots for the Jags.
Speaking Credentials: All Things Open:
- Meet Miles
- Crushing React Bugs with Jest and Enzyme
Devs@RTP
- Design for Developer
- ZZZDog framework demo
Triangle Chamber
- Workforce of tomorrow (https://raleigh-wake.org/blog/join-us-at-our-triangle-talent-forum)
@maudem
Some examples of 2d engines: