Am working in a school at the moment teaching kids how to make computer games..... I know, what have I got myself into!? We are using the Game Maker GUI from Yo YO Games (www.yoyogames.com) which after an initially painful start has become a really useful tool. I had to dig right back into my childhood to get my head around some of the concepts but am now putting together games quite quickly and have managed to get the kids doing the same.
I've had to break it down quite a lot for them to get the basic understanding of the commands but after our first actual software session last week 99% of them had made a simple click to score game. I'm completely blown away at how some of these guys have picked it up as they are not supposed to be the most well behaved or most sparkling students. As it is I think that all 4 groups that I'm working with are going to be, at least, completing all the build up games that I've made for them and some of them may even get onto designing and building their own game!! BUZZING!
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