[Yr7-10it] Game Maker Studio?

[Melissa Yuan]

Thanks, I think we'll give it a try :)


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From: Yr7-10it <yr7-10it-bounces at edulists.com.au> On Behalf Of Tony Richardson
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Subject: Re: [Yr7-10it] Game Maker Studio?

Hi Mel

We went away from GM, and now use Constuct2 (although this has only recently been upgraded to Construct3 which we haven't looked at yet).

https://www.scirra.com/construct2

Students pick it up quickly after working through only a few tutorials and produce some amazing work. Finished product can be published as HTML5.
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From: Yr7-10it [mailto:yr7-10it-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Melissa Yuan
Sent: Monday, 12 November 2018 9:49 PM
To: Year 7 - 10 Information Technology Teachers' Mailing List <yr7-10it at edulists.com.au<mailto:yr7-10it at edulists.com.au>>
Subject: [Yr7-10it] Game Maker Studio?

Hello all,

I'm interested in where others are at with their Game Maker units.

Last year I used GM Lite 8 with year 8s and it went pretty well. This year we upgraded to GM Studio 2 and the resultant student products have been much poorer.

Maybe my teaching has got worse (!) but some of the challenges with GM Studio have been:
-        Difficulty managing the install and login
-        No printed tutorials but lots of videos which are slower for the students to consume and keep track of where they're at
-        Lots more of the video tutorials are for GML and are less high-school friendly
-        More powerful software but much more complex interface
-        Rotten Help system

I am thinking of rolling-back to GM Lite 8 which has better teaching materials and simpler interface. GM Studio just does not feel like a product aimed at education any more.

Looking forward to the STEM Videogame challenge, is it worth seriously looking at swapping over to Gamestar Mechanic or Stencyl for year 8s?

(Years 5 & 6 do Scratch, year 7 Alice)

Thanks, Mel

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A CONSISTENTLY HIGH ACHIEVING INDEPENDENT GIRLS' SCHOOL

Melissa

Yuan

IT Teacher


phone:

+61 3 9830 1388

fax:

+61 3 9888 5682

email:

myuan at fintona.vic.edu.au<mailto:myuan at fintona.vic.edu.au>


79 Balwyn Road

Balwyn VIC  3103

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