[Yr7-10it] Scratch -- great stuff!

[Russell Edwards]

On 13/09/2007, at 11:03 AM, Kerrie A Hammond wrote:

> Hello Russell
> In another of your emails you mention that you have prepared some  
> Gamemaker modules for students.
> We have just installed GM on our system and I am keen to use it  
> with one of our junior classes. Would you be prepared to share your  
> resources? Alternatively can you point me in the right direction to  
> find some?

Hi Kerrie,

   The first two modules I give them (my Yr 9/10 class) are the  
"First Game" (catch the clown), and "Scrolling Shooter" tutorials  
that come with GameMaker. I don't expect them to finish the latter as  
it's a bit too verbose for most of them.  After that I have two more  
I wrote, which get the students to make more games with just a  
general description of the goal and a collection of hints. I won't  
share them just yet, as they are very unpolished. There are better  
resources out there on the internet in general; I just wrote my own  
to cater to my group's specific needs. Have a look at the web  
resources others have posted.  If I get time in the next few weeks I  
might try to smarten mine up a bit and post them.

Cheers

Russell




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