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Steven Isaacs

30 Free Programming eBooks - 0 views

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    Thanks to Jacob for this resource including 30 free downloadable ebooks that teach a variety of programming languages.
Balsa

Visual Programming Language - Infograph and Introduction - 3 views

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    This is a great post about the history of Visual Programming Languages. The author also has produced an infographic about different visual programming languages like Scratch, Alice, Kodu Game Lab, Stencyl, etc. and their special abilities.
Steven Isaacs

Looking Glass - 2 views

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    Looking Glass is the successor to Storytelling Alice. It was designed to teach computer programming skills to middle school students through digital storytelling. Add characters and objects to your story and drag and drop commands to program the story.
Steven Isaacs

Experimental Videogame Teaches Kids How to Program Java - 0 views

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    Code Spells is a game, now in beta, that teaches basic Java programming through a game. The game has an RPG element and in order to cast spells, the player must 'program' their character to cast.
Steven Isaacs

Beginning Game Development: Part I - Introduction (Channel 9) - 1 views

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    Thanks to Jacob for this one... Part I - Introduction Welcome to the first article of an introductory series on game programming using the Microsoft .NET Framework and managed DirectX 9.0. This series as aimed at beginning programmers who are interested in developing a game for their own use with the .NET Framework and DirectX.
Peter Denicola

code.org - 2 views

This is a great program if you are just starting to learn how to program or want to start programming. I finished all of the quest for code.org and it was a cool experience for me. Some quest's w...

learn.code.org

started by Peter Denicola on 30 Apr 14 no follow-up yet
Mandar Badithe

Game Design Resources - 5 views

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    this shows you everything from game art to programming, and shows links to other sites with extensive info. It shows more than enough enough info than you need to really know, so it is useful for an online resource.
Steven Isaacs

Scholastic: Level UP! - 3 views

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    The Scholastic Level Up program offers curriculum for grades 7 - 12 in video game design across the curriculum. The program focuses on the use of Gamestar Mechanic and Activate
Sara D'Angelos

How To Learn Gamemaker Studio - 0 views

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    This is a useful resource for beginners in Game Maker, showing all the different things the program is capable of. It's also good for people who aren't sure whether they want to buy it or not, because it describes the program very well and gives a review of it before the tutorial starts.
Sebastian Cueva-Caro

Game Dev Tutorial Using Java - 2 views

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    For those interested in programming and game development, this channel has videos on creating a game from scratch using Java. There are many similarities with GML; even if you are not interested in programming with Java, you can learn a lot of things useful in GM too.
golfingmaz

COSC457 Game Programming - 1 views

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    This site is actually a teacher's site for their own class. The resources listed on the side have information on different programs and sprites that can be done. I think this is helpful because it is another game design class and this may be helpful to learn from.
Steven Isaacs

Piskel - Free online sprite editor - 3 views

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    Piskel is a great site to make and or edit sprites. It is very useful and easy to use. It is one of the best sprite editors out there.
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    Piskel, free online sprite editor. A simple web-based tool for Spriting and Pixel art. Create pixel art, game sprites and animated GIFs. Free and open-source. It is a great free sprite creator, and is easily used.
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    This will help you make your own sprite for your own game. You can create any character for your game and than use it for the game that you created.
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    Piskel, free online sprite editor. A simple web-based tool for Spriting and Pixel art. Create pixel art, game sprites and animated GIFs. Free and open-source.
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    Piskel, free online sprite editor. A simple web-based tool for Spriting and Pixel art. Create pixel art, game sprites and animated GIFs. Free and open-source.
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    Piskel is an easy to use and very effective tool for creating pixel graphics for GameMaker: Studio and other programs. Animations can be made right in the web based app!
Filip Bártek

How Animation Can Save You from Programming - 2 views

  • mix of drawing some parts of the animation (like the legs or arms) and pupetting some other parts (like the face).
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      I'd expect it to be easier the other way round.
  • If you look at the following bouncing ball, you’ll notice that the ball squeezes when it hits the ground, and stretches when it moves up. In the GIF on the right, the squeeze and stretch of the ball is much more exaggerated. Which animation is more pleasing to you?
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      You can achieve the same effect using plain old procedural "math-driven" animation.
  • if you are doing the same scene as frame by frame animation, it gets a bit easier.
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      And what if the artist decides to change the path later?
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  • This kind of precision is very difficult to achieve simply through scripting.
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      I'd agree it is.
Steven Isaacs

Learn By Luke - 1 views

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    Game Maker tutorials for anyone new to programming and game design. Great set of simple to follow tutorials in using Game Maker.
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    This was originally posted by Eric, but the link has been updated so I switched to the newer site.
Steven Isaacs

Inform 7 - 1 views

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    Inform is a design system for interactive fiction based on natural language. It is a radical reinvention of the way interactive fiction is designed, guided by contemporary work in semantics and by the practical experience of some of the world's best-known writers of IF.
Jason Resnick

GameMaker Tutorial - 2 views

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    This is a tutorial on Youtube about GameMaker. This resource could definitely help a beginner who is new to GameMaker, and needs to no the basics about programming, rooms, sprites, sounds, etc.
Steven Isaacs

Interactive Fiction Game Design | NWP Digital Is - 3 views

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    The Pew Research Center reports that approximately 97% of teens play video games in their free time. Science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) subject-areas have used programming and game design to teach 21st Century skills, but what can an English class do to leverage the potential of game-based learning?
Steven Isaacs

TechKim - cs4all - 0 views

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    Learn how to incorporate external sensors and input devices into your Scratch projects. We'll examine a variety of projects, utilizing different input devices, that participants can remix and share.
kaitlinhudak

Resources - 3 views

The first resource was from YouTube and explained how to display different sub images. This is used when you have a sprite that is complied with more than one image. If you don't select the subimag...

started by kaitlinhudak on 26 Apr 16 no follow-up yet
anastasiasinger3

Designing Video Games - 4 views

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    Hi guys! Check this web page out!!! It has some great and interesting tips for when you are designing a game and I really think this could help us out in the mission :) This website is perfect if you need some advice or inspiration while playing a game.
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