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Learners will be able to discuss a few basic issues in game design and analyze their impact on game play. Students will understand how to design a simple game and give feedback on that game design. They should also see how repeated play makes a game better, and recognize that it is a process of iterative refinement that makes good games.

"Mozilla Labs Gaming is a project focused on games being built, delivered and played on the open Web and the browser. We want to explore the wider set of technologies which make immersing gaming experiences on the open Web possible. We invite the wider community to play with cool, new tech and aim to help establish the open Web as the platform for gaming across all your Internet connected devices."

Our research-based and standards-aligned free educational math games and language arts games will engage, motivate, and help teach students. Click a button below to play our free multi-player and single-player games!

Gamestar Mechanic is an interactive site that leads users through the game design experience. This site teaches the principals of game design and systems thinking in a highly engaging environment that allows users to share games with other community members. Tip: Use as part of a STEM initiative, Gamestar Mechanic has a teacher's page with useful lesson plans.

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Panda3D is a game engine, a framework for 3D rendering, and game development for Python and C++ programs; free.

"Code Hero is a game that teaches you how to make games and save the world with a code ray that shoots Javascript. Become a code hero and shape the future! Code Hero is a co-op first-person science shooter where you use the code ray to manipulate code. Your code ray can copy code like new items and fire it like ammunition to do new things. You can edit new code to do anything you can imagine. You'll learn how to blast the enemy, manipulate the world, and build structures creatively to create the games of your dreams and recruit an army of coders to save the world from rogue AI. "

Crunchzilla is a fun way for all students to learn how to painlessly write JavaScript programs. It offers three different interactive tutorials where kids and adults can play with code, experiment, build, and learn. Code Monster is for younger children, ages 9-14, and for curious adults. Code Monster is the easiest tutorial. Code Maven is for ages 13 and up and is harder than Code Monster with more difficult problems, more depth, and more explanation. Game Maven is for adults and older teens who have some programming experience. Game Maven is a step-by-step tutorial for writing three different video games.

Freemium Construc 2 is a Windows-based visual editor that allows users to create HTML5 games without any coding experience. The software is the brainchild of the Gullen brothers and their London-based company, Scirra. The free version restricts some project management features and only allows exports to HTML5, but provides more than enough freedom to quickly make engaging games

Blending fun and instruction, mobile math games can help build an understanding of quantity, estimation, place value and mental arithmetic. The goal is to help children cultivate an intuitive mastery of math, encourage their delight in intellectual challenges and turn screen time into learning time. An experimental study on 5th graders playing an iPad game showed improvement in knowledge of fractions as well as learners' attitudes.

"Play My Code is an online platform for building, playing and distributing browser games. Powered by HTML5, you can build within the browser and embed your games anywhere."

"The Teacher Roadmap provides instructions for teaching the "Game Development with XNA: Semester 1" material. This is an exciting CS course that allows students to apply their basic foundation in programming to game and simulation development using C# and the XNA framework. The complete curriculum is available below."

he virtual world GAME FOR SCIENCE enhances the educational success of 21st century learners. Interactive and fun, the site provides a fertile ground a greater sense of ownership of various science and technology subjects by learners. GAME FOR SCIENCE offers a library of educational resources for all levels: elementary, high school and college.

Free! THINKING WORLDS is a drag-and-drop 3D scene builder and visual programming editor that allows non-coders to build immersive gaming experiences and simulations. It appears more suited for creating virtual training exercises in large organizations, but with a free developer license it should provide a sufficient challenge for the ultra-techie educator. Beware. This is more of a summer project than weekend quick pick -- just imagine the learning curve if there were Scratch controls for every movement in Sim City. But if you're up to the task, there's still time to join this recently started MOOC on gameification. After all, a tool is only as good as the outcomes it makes possible.

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This site contains a interesting digital game for middle-school pre-algebra students. It includes a wealth of intriguing math-based puzzles wrapped into an exciting narrative game in which students work to find their lost pet - and save the world from monsters.

basics of game design lesson plan

although specifically geared towards Python programmers, the PyGame library is a good choice for new developers and programmers as well; free. Offers a free online book dedicated to creating games.

"Design your own iOS games with Sketch Nation Studio"

Web and mobile game creation