Gamemaker

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Gamemaker

• Nataša Grgurina
• Lars Tijsma

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What is Gamemaker

• Programming environment for building interactive
  multimedia applications (like computer games)

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Why use tools like Gamemaker

• Connect computer science concepts to the
  computer as students perceive it
• Students can create the programs (games) they
  like to create
• Motivation

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Why use Gamemaker

• Hides difficult code
• Powerful and versatile
• Large community

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Usage in Dutch high schools

• Game design course/competitions
• As a tool in project based education
• First-time programming class
• Regular programming class

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Demonstration

• Features
• Object instances in a room
• Programming the behavior of objects
• Visual actions
• Code
• Basic programming principles
• Debugging
• OO principles
• Objects instances
• Inheritance
• Instance references
• Other principles like finite state machines

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Thank you for your attention
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