Al Doyle [email protected] Overview: Why Games? Why Now? Game Design in Schools 2014 and beyond... An overview of several established and emerging game design tools that can be used with middle and high school students in arts and technology classes. Game design platforms for Mac and PC desktops as well as for tablets will be introduced. Participants can BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) and will be able to try one or more game design platforms: Browser-Based Game Design Platforms:
Gamestar Mechanic http://gamestarmechanic.com Play. Design. Share.: This pioneering game creation tool broke new ground nearly seven years ago and has won numerous awards and sparked many important game design challenges for a generation of students. Participants can pre­register to set up a free account. Twine http://twinery.org/ “Twine is an open­source tool for telling interactive, nonlinear stories.​
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You don't need to write any code to create a simple story with Twine, but you can extend your stories with variables, conditional logic, images, CSS, and JavaScript when you're ready.” Code Kingdoms http://codekingdoms.com/ “Code Kingdoms wants to inspire kids to learn one of the essential creative skills of the 21st Century ­ coding. We want kids to have the freedom to have fun and be creative with code, so we built a game that enables just that. In Code Kingdoms, kids build and protect their own worlds and share them with friends.”
Access the game using a recent web browser at​
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http://school.codekingdoms.com​
and http://play.codekingdoms.com​
for the school and home versions respectively.
Software-Based Game Design Platforms:
Beta the Game http://betathegame.com “​
The Ultimate Platform Game Creator ​
Play as Beta to experience the transformation from player to creator! ​
Beta is an open game world that allows players to easily play, create and share games. Play as Beta to learn how to use code to manipulate the world’s objects and properties using a simple programming language called CodePOP. Beta is designed for anyone 10 and up, with or without previous programming and design expertise. It is an immersive experience that allows players to straddle the line between gamer and developer.” Participants can download a free 7 Day Trial version of software. Unity 3D http://unity3d.com Unity 3D is emerging as a go­to platform for many Independent Game Developers as it is a “design once ­ port everywhere tool” that enable both 2D and 2D game creation within a streamlined development workflow for mobile, PC, console game creation. Participants can download a free version of the Unity 3D software. Tablet-Based Game Design Platforms: Floors http://projectpixelpress.com/floors­sketch­guide/#top “​
Draw your own video game. Bring you video game ideas to life, simply by drawing.” This remarkable “little engine that could” promises a revolution in the teaching of game design since it allows creators to simply draw on graph paper which is then photographed into the App and then transformed into a playable platform game. New Note: ​
The Adventure Time Game Wizard is a new product produced by the same company that is very polished. Geometry Dash http://www.plonga.com/skill/Reaction/Geometry­Dash­Online This popular and challenging game has a built in level creator that allows creators to quickly build playable levels. The sophistication of the interface provides pathways and rapid prototypiing that is fun to use and quick to get creators into advanced game mechanics with ease. Kandu https://kandu.com/ “The three steps to making software using Kandu: 1. Add things, 2. Give them behaviours, 3. Tell them what to do (when: this happens / Do: this) Play and share ... with friends.” Using a graphical interface that provides the ability to modify behaviours with pre­programmed modules allows for non­programmers to gain insight into the mindset of programming for game design. Resources: Game Design Platforms (on Prezi) https://prezi.com/twskmwomauqv/game­design­platforms/ An overview of game design tools from 'absolute beginner' to the more advanced tools culminating in high­end tools. Other Ideas to explore: Construct 2 :​
HTML5 based game engine Gamemaker​
: software based game design engine Unreal Engine: ​
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