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This video case study was filmed during the Joan Cooney Center research on Games in Education. The video features my classroom as my students are working on their games for the STEM video game challenge using Gamestar Mechanic.

The STEM Video Game Challenge is running through March. Participants can register now and utilize a number of free game design tools to create their own game or submit a design document with an idea for a new game. The contest is open to US residents in grades 6 through 12.

Website dedicated to those interested in learning game design. "This is a site for apprentice game makers and the masters that train them. We're here to connect you to the resources you need to get started - or to take it to the next level!"

A number of video tutorials on using game maker including FPS tutorials, Game Maker 8 and Game Maker 7 tutorials.

This Link is to a wep page that gives specific information on how to create levels in Portal 2, how you can generate great ideas for creating your game and how you can playtest your game to see if it is ready to be released into the public to play and test.

These may be common knowledge, but they're good reminders/tips for everyone to abide by -- especially those procrastinators out there (myself included)!

Adventure Game Studio provides the tools to make your own adventure, for free! Bring your story and artwork and slot it in, and let AGS do the rest. Download AGS from the site and start designing your own adventure games.

This website/blog provides great tips for creating any type of game and makes it easier

These resources posted by YoYo Games, the makers of Game Maker Studio include things such as sounds, backgrounds and sprites.

download these sprites to make your game look fancier

This is a great site to find resources you can use as sprites. This sites is great if you need a tutorial on how to do something. It also includes many other links to resources that may help you on your journey through Gm

Research from Rice Yniversity on Teaching Computer Video Game Design

Download Slides: http://gamesauce.org/news/2014/08/20/... Delivered at Casual Connect USA, July 2014

This is a site informs about the different kinds of levels that you can create in your game. I think this is valuable because it tells you the basics of level designing.

Long, long ago at a GDC far, far away, I introduced the idea that a useful way of looking at gameplay is as "a series of interesting decisions". This comment has since taken on a life and identity of its own and appears irregularly in theoretical discussions of game play and game design.

This is a good article about video game and design.

Long, long ago at a GDC far, far away, I introduced the idea that a useful way of looking at gameplay is as "a series of interesting decisions". This comment has since taken on a life and identity of its own and appears irregularly in theoretical discussions of game play and game design.

The famous adage "do what you love and the money will follow" may not always come true, but it could be an accurate message for video gamers who can learn how to design the next hot game.

9 year old Caine Monroy built an elaborate cardboard arcade inside his dad's used auto parts store. Check it out. This has a lot to teach us all about game design!!!

This is a viable resource because it gives you 7 ways to improve every game. It is valuable because I wouldn't want to make a blueprint on paper. I always thought it should be digital. 

This site gives you, the creator, some ideas of what the player will most likely feel when they are playing your game. It also encourages you to be creative and try to think out of the box. In general, I think that this website is helpful in a lot of ways. Hope you find it useful too!

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BlockStudio: Make games without writing code! This is a valuable website because it gives anyone more freedom and make it more creative without the the difficult tasks of programming it! Make amusing and engaging games without making hard for yourself! You can not only can make your own games on Block Studio you can also mod games to get to know the website more and keep progressing as a game designer and reviewer! Enjoy!