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 site is a tremendous resource for learning how to accomplish many tasks in Game Maker. The video tutorials show you step by step how to achieve so much. Tutorials range from beginning through advanced and cover different types of games, skills, etc.
The Art of Video Games Exhibit is going on from March 16 - September 30. Visit the site for all the corresponding events, details, video trailers, etc. Looks GREAT!
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.
Download the Overview Package for the Geological Game Design Project Welcome to this online resource for video game design in the classroom. My hope is that my own sharing out of our science-based video game design project will inspire you to consider doing the same for your students, moving them from the role of "player" into the role of "creator."
This is a site that list 50 of the best game design blogs out there. This is valuable because you have access to a lot of blogs where you can get ideas and valuable information that could be used to your game. This website list the top 50, and that's good because you know you're probably not going to get a blog that goes off topic talking about tacos and benie babies.
This wiki is a storehouse of resources, ideas and fun stuff for a small group of educators using video games with their students. It's pretty Minecraft focused at the moment, but I'm sure that will change. Check out the Minecraft Club Hub wiki to see what we're learning while we play!
This website is what I use for ANY sprite from a video game. I've been using it for a number years, it is very user-friendly and easy to use. Click the search bar and type in a video game. Any sprites at all relevant should show up. It is VERY useful for finding what you need. There are over 1000 spirte sheets, which is a LOT of sprites.
There are a lot of awesome sprites to be used here; this site isn't just for Pokemon sprites! There are many sprites that can be applied to a non-Pokemon game as well.
Yes, this is a Wikipedia website. But it is valuable. It tells you the history of Game Maker, what it is, and the most valuable part of all, it tells you a little bit about Game Maker language. Can be useful for multiple things in Game Maker
