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Pathway Standard:
Acquire and apply appropriate game programming concepts and skills to develop a playable video game.

Pathway Standard:
Acquire and apply appropriate game programming concepts and skills to develop a playable video game.

Performance Indicator:
Implement common programming concepts, including logic operators, conditional statements, loops, variables, events, actions, and handling user input.

Pathway Standard:
Acquire and apply appropriate game programming concepts and skills to develop a playable video game.

Performance Indicator:
Understand the basics of game physics, including collision and motion.

Pathway Standard:
Acquire and apply appropriate game programming concepts and skills to develop a playable video game.

Performance Indicator:
Examine the use of math and physics (such as gravity and friction) in game development.

Pathway Standard:
Acquire and apply appropriate game programming concepts and skills to develop a playable video game.

Performance Indicator:
Explore the basics of random number generation.

Pathway Standard:
Acquire and apply appropriate game programming concepts and skills to develop a playable video game.

Performance Indicator:
Implement a small video game utilizing mathematics and physics that features at least one moving object (such as a spaceship) which rotates along an axis and moves in whichever direction it is facing after rotation. The game must include collision physics.

Pathway Standard:
Students will demonstrate mastery of game art and multimedia, including music, sound, art, and animation.

Pathway Standard:
Students will demonstrate mastery of game art and multimedia, including music, sound, art, and animation.

Performance Indicator:
Demonstrate understanding of the elements of art, including line, shape, color, value, texture, space, and balance, to set the mood and feel of a scene.

Pathway Standard:
Students will demonstrate mastery of game art and multimedia, including music, sound, art, and animation.

Performance Indicator:
Create a storyboard for a game cut-scene applying the basic principles of design and concepts of cinematography.

Pathway Standard:
Students will demonstrate mastery of game art and multimedia, including music, sound, art, and animation.

Performance Indicator:
Research and describe the different perspectives used in video games, including first person, second person, and third person perspectives.