http://alt-games.com/2006/05/30/learning-games/ contrarian game culture Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:52:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 http://alt-games.com/2006/05/30/learning-games/#comment-11 Wed, 31 May 2006 15:02:35 +0000 http://alt-games.com/2006/05/30/learning-games/#comment-11 At E3 I stopped by a booth in Kentia where this guy was showing off game dev software designed for 5-9 year-olds. The idea was to give them some simple drag, drop, configure tools to play with game design (which is the same concept behind Game Maker, used in the Games 4 Girls comp). I wholeheartedly agree that these kinds of educational programming projects and accessible game design environments enhance education in many ways. At E3 I stopped by a booth in Kentia where this guy was showing off game dev software designed for 5-9 year-olds. The idea was to give them some simple drag, drop, configure tools to play with game design (which is the same concept behind Game Maker, used in the Games 4 Girls comp). I wholeheartedly agree that these kinds of educational programming projects and accessible game design environments enhance education in many ways.

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