[Year 12 IT Apps] Games Design with Game Maker

[Cameron Bell]

Looks very tempting - especially since I am currently watching a group of Yr9's constructing their first games with said program with very little help from me.  ( my skills at using/interpreting the "Help" dialog are very good thank goodness)  I also like the Bio on the website invitation! 
However I am not sure that I am going to be able to make the most of the opportunity since I use a Mac and don't think I will be able to practice it.  I have installed Gamemaker on a virtual box image of Vista and Win 7 and I can create the games, but as soon as I try to run them, I am told that my graphics settings don't allow me to run the game. I have tried allocating more graphics memory to the virtual machine, enabled 3D acceleration, reduced the screen resolution etc etc etc but I cannot get the compiled game to run.
Anyone else using Macs had this problem and solved it? What have I missed? What do Mac people do with Gamemaker? Google has failed to help me on this one.
If I can solve this one, I may be able to justify attendance to the powers that be!

Thanks in advance

Cameron
Director of Dissent

On 15/04/2010, at 2:01 PM, Nathanial Bradshaw wrote:

> Hi all,
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> I wanted to take the opportunity to invite you all to the upcoming Game Maker PD being run by VITTA. We will be looking at different ways to develop platform games as well as some new techniques which can be easily integrated with existing teaching material.
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> We will also be discussing ways in which Game Maker can be incorporated into portfolio tasks, including ways to assess.
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> Bookings can be made at: http://www.vitta.org.au/events/event/engaging-your-students-with-game-maker
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> I hope to see you there.
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> From: edugames-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:edugames-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Jo McLeay
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> Subject: [edugames] Engaging your students with Game Maker starts soon -Book now
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> Dear Edulist subscriber, (sorry for the cross posts)
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> Engaging your students with Game Maker
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> with Nat Bradshaw
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> This two-hour workshop is a practical session of learning where you will explore Game Maker in order to learn, inspire and engage. Game Maker is a program that allows you to make exciting computer games, without the need to write a single line of code. Making games with Game Maker is a lot of fun and allows you to create professional looking games within very little time.
> For more info and to book: http://www.vitta.org.au/events/event/engaging-your-students-with-game-maker
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