[Year 12 IPM] Game Making Software

[Roland Gesthuizen]

 Show your students the basics for 1/2 hour, provide the resources then
stand back, providing assistance where needed. There are ooodles and oodles
of resources at all of the following locations (I can highly recommend the
space invader tutorial by Bill)
      http://www.freewebs.com/schoolgamemaker/
     http://www.users.on.net/~billkerr/index.htm<http://www.users.on.net/%7Ebillkerr/index.htm>
     http://www.mindtools.tased.edu.au/gamemaker

There are some sessions on programming stuff with GameMaker at the VITTA
2006 conference.
     http://www.vitta.org.au/conference

Lastly, some of my year 10/11 students are working with this on their
entries for the ScreenIT competition run by the ACMI. Deadline is the 1st
December so there is still time to join in. No programming experience needed
to begin work on your first game. :-)
     http://www.acmi.net.au/screenit.htm

Regards Roland

On 02/11/06, Clare, Ian J <Clare.Ian.J at edumail.vic.gov.au> wrote:
>
> Can anyone recommend any game making software that is suitable for my
> year 9 computer class?  Some freeware or shareware would be good.
>
> Ian Clare
> Information Technology Teacher
> Casterton Secondary College
> Ph   03 5581 1588 Fax 03 5581 1518
> clare.ian.j at edumail.vic.gov.au
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Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College
http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au

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