Teaching with Videogames: Setting and videogame Worlds: Hollow Knight Map Making
Explore how game developers establish setting by designing your own videogame world.
Year levels: 8-10
Subject areas: Media
Suggested duration: 2 x 50-90 min lessons
Technology required: One of the following - PC, Switch, Ps4, Xbox One, Mac with Hollow Knight Installed
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The lesson plan includes links to the Victorian Curriculum, indications of lesson timing, and ideas for differentiation and assessment.
In this lesson, students will
| 1. | Play the videogame Hollow Knight to identify the use of media elements in videogames and understand how they differ from films. |
| 2. | Apply their new understanding of setting and game worlds as they design a map for their own metroidvania game. |
By the end of this lesson, students should
| How videogame developers establish setting through the design of game worlds |
| How media elements such as camera and setting differ between videogames and films |
| The process of planning a videogame |
| Establish a setting using visual elements |
| Justify the use of production elements for a game |
| How game developers design settings to engage particular audiences. |
| Ability to use and explain production elements as a way to establish setting and game worlds |
| Understanding of the conventions of videogames |
| Understanding of how different forms of media use codes and conventions to tell stories |