In practice there is very little different between the free and registered versions .. but hey, a GameMaker site licence is still much cheaper than a single licence of most popular, commercial software packages! Go for it :-)
<br><br>Regards Roland<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 19/07/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Trent Bolte</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:tbolte@mercycollege.melb.catholic.edu.au">tbolte@mercycollege.melb.catholic.edu.au</a>
&gt; wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Is everyone out there using the free version of gamemaker or has someone<br>
actually got the Full version.&nbsp;&nbsp;If so what are the main differences?<br>Cheers<br><br><br>Trent Bolte<br><br>Learning Technology Coordinator<br><br>Mercy College, Coburg.<br><br><br><br><br><br>This email and any attachments may be confidential. If received in
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<br><br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: <a href="mailto:ipm-bounces@edulists.com.au">ipm-bounces@edulists.com.au</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:ipm-bounces@edulists.com.au">ipm-bounces@edulists.com.au</a>]<br>On Behalf Of Keith Richardson
<br>Sent: Wednesday, 19 July 2006 1:16 PM<br>To: Year 12 Information Technology Processing and Management Teachers'<br>Mailing List<br>Subject: RE: [Year 12 IPM] gamemaker<br><br>tHANK YOU nIKITA - i HAVE 3 GAMEMAKERS WHO ARE PLEASED TO RECEIVE THIS.
<br>kEITH<br><br><br><br>On Tue, 18 Jul 2006 17:29:49 -0700 (PDT), &quot;Nikita Dulics&quot;<br>&lt;<a href="mailto:dulics@yahoo.com">dulics@yahoo.com</a>&gt; said:<br>&gt; I have adapted the &quot;Catch the Clown&quot; activity from a &quot;wordy&quot; tutorial
<br>to<br>&gt; a &quot;visual&quot; tutorial. It still contains some challenges though.<br>&gt;<br>&gt; Here is the url to download my 663 KB Word adaptation.<br>&gt;<br>&gt; <a href="http://astotts.customer.netspace.net.au/stottsvce/How">
http://astotts.customer.netspace.net.au/stottsvce/How</a> to make a simple<br>&gt; game.doc<br>&gt;<br>&gt; Nik.<br>&gt;<br>&gt; &quot;Travers, Graham J&quot; &lt;<a href="mailto:travers.graham.j@edumail.vic.gov.au">travers.graham.j@edumail.vic.gov.au
</a>&gt; wrote:<br><br>&gt; v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}<br>&gt; w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape<br>{behavior:url(#default#VML);}<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) }&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; All the suff you
<br>&gt; need to get started is on Mark Overmar's site<br>&gt;<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://www.gamemaker.nl/index.html">http://www.gamemaker.nl/index.html</a><br>&gt;<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp; I used it last semester with a year 9/10 group and the kids loved
<br>it.<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp; It was the first time in 25 years of teaching IT that I was behind a<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp; number of the kids.<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp; Supposedly if you register there's more stuff available.<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp; I started with the Chase the Clown task which is fully explained and
<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp; then worked thro' the Maze games and Shooter games.<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp; The instructions for these are not fully explained and you need to<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp; download the various stages to see how to complete the tasks.<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tony Forster (?) is the expert. Go to the VITTA site for a copy of a
<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp; session he ran at the conf last year.<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp; Graham Travers<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp; Oberon High School<br>&gt;<br>&gt;<br>&gt;<br>&gt;<br>&gt;<br>&gt;<br>&gt; ---------------------------------<br>&gt;<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp; From: <a href="mailto:ipm-bounces@edulists.com.au">
ipm-bounces@edulists.com.au</a><br>[mailto:<a href="mailto:ipm-bounces@edulists.com.au">ipm-bounces@edulists.com.au</a>]<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp; On Behalf Of Kerrie A Hammond<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sent: Wednesday, 19 July 2006 9:17 AM<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;To: 
<a href="mailto:ipm@edulists.com.au">ipm@edulists.com.au</a><br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subject: [Year 12 IPM] gamemaker<br>&gt;<br>&gt;<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Hello all<br>&gt;<br>&gt;<br>&gt;<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Can anyone help me with some introductory lesson plans/activities
<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; related to gamemaker? I have never used this program and am keen<br>to<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; explore it with the possibility of introducing it to some of our<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; units.<br>&gt;<br>&gt;<br>&gt;<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Thanks in anticipation
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