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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Hello colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Due to wise and sage advice from the list, I am planning on trying Construct this year.
</span><a href="https://www.construct.net/en/make-games/buy-construct">https://www.construct.net/en/make-games/buy-construct</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">However, I have just checked the Australian STEM Video Game Challenge and now they mandate:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Year 5-8: Playable Game developed in Scratch<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#3C3C3B;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Year 5-8: Playable Game developed in GODOT<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#3C3C3B;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Year 5-8: Playable Game developed in any other free, or free for education, game development platform.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#3C3C3B;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Year 9-12: Playable Game developed in GODOT<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#3C3C3B;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Year 9-12: Playable Game developed in Unity3D or Unreal Engine<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#3C3C3B;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Year 9-12: Playable Game developed in any other free, or free for education, game development platform.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.stemgames.org.au/">https://www.stemgames.org.au/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">This specifically disallows Construct, which has a cost.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Is anyone using Godot and what do you think of it?
</span><a href="https://godotengine.org/">https://godotengine.org/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Should I bin plans to use Construct and try Godot instead?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks, Mel<o:p></o:p></p>
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