GameMaker

Over the school holiday, I was exploring GameMaker with my son.  It was part of the task I was doing for Learning Area IT 2.

Tim is in Year 6 at school.  And he is 12.

We spend a bit more then an hour on this introductory tutorial for the game maker called Fruit Clicks.  The game is the player trying to click on the fruit.  For the one that move quickly, the score is higher.  And the one that move slowly, the score is lower.

The instruction is clear.  Tim is able to read by himself and follow instruction.  He really enjoy testing it.  In the process, we talked about saving files during work.  We talked about why things don't work.  The program simplify the difficulty of programming and allows students to focus on the design of the game rather.  It is an excellent program.  The problem is that Tim can't get enough and he is asking to spend more time on it!

 FruitClick.exe
FruitClick.gm8