[Year 12 IT Apps] Game Maker tutorials

[Robyn Dunn]

This is a copy of an email sent to the list last year about gamemaker. I hope it's OK to re-send it here Graham? I have others if people want them. The book "The Gamemakers Apprentice" is a great resource also. Can't tell you the publisher at the moment as I have lent it to another staff member.

All the suff you need to get started is on Mark Overmar's site



http://www.gamemaker.nl/index.html 



I used it last semester with a year 9/10 group and the kids loved it.

It was the first time in 25 years of teaching IT that I was behind a
number of the kids.

Supposedly if you register there's more stuff available.

I started with the Chase the Clown task which is fully explained and
then worked thro' the Maze games and Shooter games.

The instructions for these are not fully explained and you need to
download the various stages to see how to complete the tasks.

Tony Forster (?) is the expert. Go to the VITTA site for a copy of a
session he ran at the conf last year.

Graham Travers

Oberon High School

Ms Robyn Dunn
Director of elearning
Camberwell High School
email: du at camhigh.vic.edu.au
phone: 98360555
fax: 98360194
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>>> "Attard, Martin P" <attard.martin.p at edumail.vic.gov.au> 3/09/2008 11:17 am >>>
Matt, sorry I can't help you, but I've heard about Gamemaker, is GM
7Lite is that for free and where do you get it from? Thank you



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[mailto:itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Matt Trathen
Sent: Wednesday, 3 September 2008 10:29 AM
To: itapps at edulists.com.au 
Subject: [Year 12 IT Apps] Game Maker tutorials



Hi, I'm just trying to source some Game Maker tutorials (V7.0 Lite)
suitable for a year 10 programming class. I found some at yoyogames but
was wondering if there are others floating around.

Any help greatly appreciated,

Matt







Mr Matt Trathen

Mathematics and Information Technology Teacher


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