Last week, during the class, we had a chance to make a video game on our own. Again, I am not a professional, and I am not sure how many ways are there to make a simple video game. Yet, I’ve never expected it would be so easy. I don’t have to attend any video game code-writing courses in order to have a game done. All I need is to get to level 5 in Gamestar Mechanic.
Our group chose to work on the sustainable resources out of the three given issues. The most difficult parts of designing the game were that we had to familiarize ourselves with the program we were using and to achieve the intended goal which was to teach children something. For instance, our group spent quite a lot of time figuring how to add monster, or how to design a maze-like exciting route for the children. However, we spent even more time to come up with the game story. If we wanted to teach children that non-renewable energy sources are not good for the environment and that renewable energy sources are good, we have to give meaning to the game icons - the things that the avatar is going to consumer. Apart from the icons, we design a short and easier route for the avatar to consume non-renewable energy resources, and a relatively longer and more complex route to go to the renewable energy resources. The purpose of this design is that, we would like children to understand, using non-renewable sources seem easy but it is not going to help in the long run, and vice versa. I am not sure if everyone gets what we want to say, but with the detailed introduction at the beginning of the game, it defiantly helps explaining our ideas.
If you didn’t have the chance to play our breath-taking game during lesson last week, please click the following hyperlink. Enjoy!
Pick the right fuel!
Hi Rita,
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for sharing your game! I think it is quite good for educational use. Students will be more aware when they are using non-renewable energy.
I would really want to share our game with you too!
But there is a little problem when our group's trying to publish the game.
Cheers!
Yvonne