Reasons To Support Kids Creating

Games - 2
Learning Areas

Maths and Statistics

English Problem posing and problem solving,
Communication modeling and investigation are a
The game is created for its audience. In creating a natural part of game programming.
good game, the programmer must understand Space
their audience. They must “use appropriate The screen is a Cartesian plane.
structure and organisation to convey meaning” Values can be given in Cartesian
and they will want to “reflect on the style and (vspeed, hspeed) or polar (speed,
content” of the game and its help file. direction) co-ordinates. Games can be
Game programming requires literacy. front view, top view, or isometric. 3D
The motivating power of games has been used effects require parallax and
successfully in classrooms in literacy activities, eg. perspective.
write a review of a game. Measurement, chance and data
Games can be studied in a similar way to books Students experiment with equality
and film. and inequality relationships.
Research has shown transfer of skills from game
playing to literacy.
Technology
Game design is a creative process.
TheÃrts Students develop the knowledge, skill
A game is a work of art. The creative and behaviors related to investigating
process is no different to that in drama, and designing using appropriate planning
painting and music. The programmer is
creating a public object for their
processes and design briefs; creating and
audience. Many of the traditional arts developing ideas, applying information
are contained in games. and seeking and testing alternatives.

Adapted
Learning is achieved in the authoring process and from
well as the work
in playing of Tony Forster – Game Programming and the VELS
the
game.