Exploring+the+idea+of+video+games+and+Game+Maker

It is important to spend some time having a look at what a game is and to get an idea of what Game Maker can do.

Use these activities to help you see what can be done with this program.


 * Engage**

These activities helped us to mentally engage with the question **//'How will making and playing video games help me to enjoy my learning?//**'. They also helped us to want to do the activities and learn about Game Maker. It captured our interest, provided an opportunity for us to express what w e knew about video games and helped us to make connections between what we knew and the new ideas that we might learn.

Games are played because Games are Games can be Games have Games contain Games affect Games are played by
 * Activity 1** **Create a mind map of what you know about games.**

Use a program such as free mind to help you organise your ideas.

[|Download freemind] Here are some samples of our work.


 * Activity 2** **Have a look at some of the early games.**

Have a look at some of the games designed in the 1980’s. Play for free. __ []  __

Make a journal entry and include - the name of the game - the idea of the game - what the player had to do in the game - what did the game look like? - what did you think of the game? - anything else you would like to include


 * Activity 3 Have a look at some of the games that were 'made by kids' for the 'screen it' competition.** Go down to the bottom of the page and look at the **games** section.

[|Have a look at some games that were 'made by kids']

Games
Complete all the levels of this 2D platform game. [|play game] ||  ||   ||
 * || [[image:http://www.acmi.net.au/global/images/lib/thumb_sigame_blockworld.jpg width="70" height="70" align="left" caption="thumbnail for block world" link="http://www.acmi.net.au/screenit07_blockworld.aspx"]] ||  ||   || ===[|blockworld]===
 * || [[image:http://www.acmi.net.au/global/images/lib/thumb_sigame_blockworld.jpg width="70" height="70" align="left" caption="thumbnail for block world" link="http://www.acmi.net.au/screenit07_blockworld.aspx"]] ||  ||   || ===[|blockworld]===

in your journal record the facts about the games. - What did you think about them? - Do you think that you can create games like these? - What ideas do you get from looking at these games which were made by 'other kids'?

Here are some games made by 011

media type="file" key="VID00001 (2).AVI"Made by Jorja- 'Africa' media type="file" key="VID00004.AVI"Made by Callum