I have adapted the "Catch the Clown" activity from a "wordy" tutorial to a "visual" tutorial. It still contains some challenges though.<br><br>Here is the url to download my 663 KB Word adaptation.<br><br>http://astotts.customer.netspace.net.au/stottsvce/How to make a simple game.doc<br><br>Nik.<br><br><b><i>"Travers, Graham J" <travers.graham.j@edumail.vic.gov.au></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <!--[if !mso]> <style> v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} </style> <![endif]--><o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceType"> <o:SmartTagType
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</o:SmartTagType></o:SmartTagType></o:SmartTagType></o:SmartTagType><div class="Section1"> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">All the suff you need to get started is on Mark Overmar’s site<o:p></o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"><a href="http://www.gamemaker.nl/index.html">http://www.gamemaker.nl/index.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;
font-family: Arial; color: navy;">I used it last semester with a year 9/10 group and the kids loved it. <o:p></o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">It was the first time in 25 years of teaching IT that I was behind a number of the kids.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Supposedly if you register there’s more stuff available.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">I started with the Chase the Clown task which is fully explained and then worked thro’ the Maze games and Shooter games.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;
font-family: Arial; color: navy;">The instructions for these are not fully explained and you need to download the various stages to see how to complete the tasks.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Tony Forster (?) is the expert. Go to the VITTA site for a copy of a session he ran at the conf last year.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Graham Travers<o:p></o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Oberon</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">High
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navy;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-US"> <hr tabindex="-1" align="center" size="2" width="100%"> </span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; font-weight: bold;" lang="EN-US">From:</span></font></b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;" lang="EN-US"> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">ipm-bounces@edulists.com.au</st1:PersonName> [mailto:<st1:PersonName w:st="on">ipm-bounces@edulists.com.au</st1:PersonName>] <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">On Behalf Of </span></b>Kerrie A Hammond<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, 19 July 2006 9:17 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> ipm@edulists.com.au<br> <b><span style="font-weight:
bold;">Subject:</span></b> [Year 12 IPM] gamemaker</span></font><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Hello all</span></font><o:p></o:p></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></font></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Can anyone help me with some introductory lesson plans/activities related to gamemaker? I have never used this program and am keen to explore it with the possibility of introducing it to some of our units.</span></font><o:p></o:p></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New
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