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Video Game Builders

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You don't have to be a programmer to build video games. There are many different options that require no code at all. In Video Game Design, we learn several in order to learn the basics of programming. But there are far too many to cover in a single semester. This page is a list of many of the tools available.

 

Used in the Video Game Design Class

  • Gamestar Mechanic (Free)- Very basic game builder. We use this in Video Game Design to learn the basics of good game design.
  • Kodu (Free) - Kodu enables you to build games using a series of visual elements in a rich 3D environment, without having to learn a single line of code.
  • Scratch (Free) - Scratch is a programming language that makes it easy to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art
  • MIT App Inventor (Free) -  App Inventor is a visual, drag-and-drop tool for building mobile apps on the Android platform.

 

Other Game Building Engines

In addition to the above class projects, we will explore several different game development engines as time permits. Some may include (all/most are free to use or download):

  • GameFroot - Gamefroot makes it easy for absolutely anyone to:  Make instantly playable games online and on iPhone, play games you’ve made or that others have made, and share your creations and favorite games with the world. It's similar to Scratch coding with an emphasis on creating games. Tutorials are very limited, so you have to explore on your own.
  • Sploder - Simple online game builder
  • Pulado - Another web-based game builder. Lots of templates to choose from, but you are essentially remixing their canned games.
  • 001 Game Creator (Free + Paid) - Develop RPG, Tower Defense, and 2D platformers. Fairly complex but powerful. Ideal for top-down RPG games.
  • Stencyl (Free + Paid) - Stencyl helps you create iOS and Flash games in a flash with or without coding. Fairly complex but powerful
  • GameMaker (Free + Paid) - Another commericial-quality game creation too. Fairly complex but powerful
  • 3D Gamemaker (Paid) -  With just one click of a mouse, you can create a uniquely playable game without needing any programming knowledge or artistic skills at all. Really just combining canned game elements (vs programming), but looks fun.
  • Unity (Free) - Unity is a cross platform, professional 3D game engine that allows users to create beautiful, realistic 3D games. Objects in Unity games are given behaviours by creating scripts.  These scripts can be written in Javascript, C# or a dialect of Python called Boo.  Most tutorials recommended that Javascript is used for scripting.
  • Unreal Development Kit (UDK) (Free) - Many learners are exposed, nearly every day, to a world of high resolution, life-like graphics and sound in the computer and console games that they play. These visually stunning games require professional level tools and a wide variety of skills to produce.  The Unreal Development Kit is just one example of the free professional level games design tools which are available to learners and teachers. UDK provide a visual scripting control language, called Kismet, which allows complex in game conditions and actions to be generated using a drag-and-drop approach.  A visual approach to controlling the game environment enables learners to develop a logical understanding of the 'programming environment' without the difficulties of a complex language syntax.

 

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