Game Maker
PLEASE NOTE … many of these resources are no longer available because where they were uploaded is no longer accessible.
When I get a moment, I will upload them elsewhere and relocate a page similar to this at http://alupton.edublogs.org/
*** Here are my/our relocated Game Maker resources ***
If there is something below (or in the sub pages on the right) that you can’t access please let me know and I’ll see what I can do. Al
To see a post and comments on the blog (a how we use ‘Games in Learning’ example) go to http://alupton.wordpress.com/2006/05/30/leeroy-jenkins/
Click to see the classroom context for our learning including Game Maker.
Click to see it as it appeared on our 2005 blog – all pictures full size but links wont work.
NB these games and resources come from the last three years of miniLegends.
EXTERNAL RESOURCES
The official web site (Mark Overmars) http://www.gamemaker.nl/
Link to Bill Kerr’s website (another South Australian site)
- an excellent (mainly secondary) resource
- use these sites as gateways to other Game Maker sites
http://www.users.on.net/~billkerr/
http://billkerr2.blogspot.com/
Link to the ASISTM cluster site
- the ‘Computer Game Design, Programming, Multimedia and Mathematics’ cluster of the ‘Australian Schools Innovation in Science, Technology and Mathematics Project.’ http://www.gamelearning.edu.au/
(includes other Australian resources
including Margaret Miejers, Tony Forster, Roland Gesthuizen)
DOWNLOADS
(scroll down for summaries of the sub pages on your right)
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miniMazePlus template – use this template to create your own games
http://tinyurl.com/ct8e8
(is a zipped .gmd file, requires Game Maker version 5.3A not v6.1)
http://www.gamemaker.nl/old.html
(click to enlarge, back button to return here)
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Using miniMazePlus Template – Teacher Notes (also good for kids)
Download to ‘open’ or ’save’
http://tinyurl.com/af8w6
- 36K msword document
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easy3s – integrate games into the curriculum
(easy3s = Say it, Sound it, Spell it – our literacy game using the template)
http://tinyurl.com/b9lka
(is a zipped exe file, does not need Game Maker)
http://tinyurl.com/7faof (is the source gmd – requires version 5.3A)
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Splatter! Our latest 3D maze
http://tinyurl.com/7lxbx
(is a zipped .exe file, does not need Game Maker)
[3D is what the kids have been requesting from the start]
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mini3Dmaze.gmd (the 3D template)
http://tinyurl.com/962ca
(only works with registered copies of Game Maker version 6.1)
http://www.gamemaker.nl/ for more information
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Beachballs and Umbrellas – http://tinyurl.com/dduey
We designed what a basic ‘first’ game could look like. We had been asked to create a huge painting so we thought we would make a game as well. It was for a mayors ‘beachball’ auction and the painting (with a free game) was bought by the mayor of the Marion council. (This gmd needs Game Maker version 5.3A http://www.gamemaker.nl/old.html)
For the exe (executable) that does not need Game maker software click …
http://tinyurl.com/8s49m
SUMMARIES (of the sub pages on your right)
Game maker – easy3s
- example of using Game maker across the curricula. This literacy spelling maze game was made by Year 3 miniLegends.
- you can also download the template to quickly make your own maze game and learn about Game Maker.
Game Maker – a Primary Perspective
- suggests how to use Game Maker and game development in curriculum delivery
Game Maker – The Grand Parade
- how templates started in the early days, the original game
(download the gmd here, uses version 5.3A) http://tinyurl.com/8mlos
Game Maker – the software and basics
- larger picture of the software and a brief summary of how to use Game Maker. Please note that the concepts of these words and picture (to some) can seem daunting yet are readily embraced in one hands on lesson.
mini3Dmaze and Splatter!
- registration to use the maze template is very cheap for schools. Splatter! doesn’t even need Game Maker. The students wanted not only 3D and something like fps (first person shooter) but also suggested that there be a series of questions that you have to answer as you get through the maze. ‘Play’ is a great place to learn the game and race each other. Levels 1, 2 and 3 have the general knowledge and fun questions. There are also hidden maps (that come from the template) to help you navigate. Have fun!
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the shortcut to this page is http://tinyurl.com/8vjsh
return to the Learning page on our blog Open it in a new window
Here are the resources as they appeared on schoolblogs/minilegends in 2005
- before they decided it would no longer be a free educational site
NB most links wont work
http://tinyurl.com/ama7m
Comments
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Al,
great work. Keep up the excellent work with promoting game maker and game making in schools,
cheers
mark
I love this program..keep it up, perhaps you could even pitch an interactive media class for senior school students? IT’D ROCK!
Thanks Mark and Andrew – do check out the other sites listed above especially Bill Kerr for secondary. You would need to register version 6.1 (not much) to use my 3Dmaze template – this lends itself well to secondary students and integrating media. Cheers, Al
i want
game maker for danlowd
hi al,
I’ve just been here to grab your files again – I’ve been talking to the wiltja’s at woodville and a few people are very interested in trialling this approach with some aboriginal students. I’ll be in touch to talk it through some more soon. Another win for your innovative approach
cheers,
- Bill
Hi Al
I’ve at last found time to download Gamemaker and have a play with it – its great! I’ve only made the first game so far, but had lots of fun.
I’m going to talk to Justin tomorrow about using it with some of his class, one person in particular who is a bit disengaged right now. I think it might be just what he needs.
Sue Lemmer
Hello Al,
) Wiki = v. basic but we will get there (I hope)
Am just starting out in a Game Maker project here in NSW with the Centre for Learning Innovation (CLI). Its a pilot program with a view to supporting Game Maker in NSW classrooms. My class have only had a couple of hours (2 really) on computer working through a tutorial type process with a mentor from CLI but they are all so excited and enthusiastic that there will be no holding them back. Have a look on our blog for their comments and I’m just getting a wiki up (if it is not blocked aagin!
Kim Pericles
You know that there are a lot of kids, who likes fps games.
So here is a good idea: why dont you go check http://www.thegamecreators.com
They have all the 3D game equipments nessesary for making some really cool 3D games.
It’s a shame you didn’t want to use your name (even your first name only) but the site you said does look cool. FPS creator and The 3D Gamemaker look easy – “just a click on a mouse”. The packages have all the bits and pieces to add into a game or you can get right into the programming side of things. It’s a lot like Game Maker in that regard except it isn’t free I suppose. Did you see Splatter! above http://tinyurl.com/7lxbx (it doesn’t need Game maker) It’s the best I could put together with the time I had. I would love to see more 3D games made with Game Maker. Thanks for your comment.
Al can we play more games please like mono and splatter.
how do u make the objecket jump
hi friend .it is nogood
Where are the resources (sprites, tiles, backgrounds etc.)?