[game_edu] Gamemaker for intro programming; who owns student work

[carl]

- I like unity too. I have tried to contact them about educational pricing but no reply so far. Do you know if they have educational pricing? 

- any idea when their windows version will come out? 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Steve Swink 
  To: IGDA Game Education Listserv 
  Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 11:28 PM
  Subject: Re: [game_edu] Gamemaker for intro programming;who owns student work


  I haven't used Gamemaker, but if I may recommend checking out Unity, I think it's at least as good an option for putting fun into elementary programming. Plus, it's a proper 3d engine, has PhysX integration, and has one-click deployment to web, mac, and PC:

  www.unity3d.com

  It's what we at Flashbang Studios use for all our games (www.blurst.com) and I'm currently teaching it to a class of 27 art students. It's going surprisingly well; the language is similar to Actionscript, but easier to learn and use. 

  Also, the Unity guys are young, enthusiastic, and extremely open to unorthodox licensing solutions, including extended trials and so on. They really "get it" in terms of building a user base. I can't say enough good things about them and the Unity environment. 

  Best, 

  Steve


  On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 5:07 PM, Lewis Pulsipher <lewpuls at gmail.com> wrote:

    Do you know of anyone who has used Gamemaker as a principal tool for teaching Introduction to Programming classes (not just for game students, but for programming students in general)?  It would appear to be an ideal way to put some fun into elementary programming.


    Going back to the question of who owns student work, the response of the lawyer who writes the legal advice column for IGDA will be of interest:  http://www.igda.org/columns/lastwords/lastwords_Nov08.php



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