STUDENT RESOURCES

G4C STUDENT RESOURCES

GAME MAKING TOOLS

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UNITY 3D You can create any 2D or 3D game with Unity. You can make it with ease, you can make it highly-optimized and beautiful, and you can deploy it with a click to more platforms than you have fingers and toes. What’s more, you can use Unity’s integrated services to speed up your development process, optimize your game, connect with an audience, and achieve success.

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SCRATCH – Students can use Scratch to code their own interactive stories, animations, and games.

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MINECRAFT: EDUCATION EDITION – A game-based learning platform that promotes creativity, collaboration, and problem-solving in an immersive digital environment.

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ROBLOX STUDIO – Anyone can build a game on Roblox! It doesn’t matter if you’re new to coding or you’ve never designed your own virtual world. With a little imagination and the right tools, you’re already well on your way to taking the first leap into game development.

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GAMESALAD – GameSalad is the revolutionary game development toolkit that allows anyone to create a game and it’s the best way to learn programming concepts, game design, and digital media creation.

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RPG MAKER – The RPG Maker series allows you to create and customize every aspect of your game with an easy-to-use interface.

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STENCYL – Code-free game development tool helps kids program and publish their games on a variety of platforms including iOS, Android, Windows, and Mac.

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GAME MAKER STUDIO – A great creation tool for aspiring game developers; Free trial available.

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TWINE Open-source tool for telling interactive, nonlinear stories that publishes directly to HTML.

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ALICE – Alice is an innovative block-based programming environment that makes it easy to create animations, build interactive narratives, and program games in 3D or VR.

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HOPSCOTCH – Hopscotch is a programming platform for kids 10-16 that lets them build games on their iPad, for their iPad. Create, collaborate, and play!

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MIT APP INVENTOR – Visual, block-based programming environment that allows kids to build fully functional apps for smartphones and tablets; have a simple first app up and running in just 30-minutes!

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GIMP – Image editing tool to create art assets for your game.

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SKETCHUP – 3-D design tool.

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INKSCAPE – A free, open-source professional vector graphics editor.

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OPEN GAME ART – A resource for free game art.

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CANVA – Design presentations, social media graphics, and more with thousands of beautiful layouts.

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GARAGEBAND – Learn, play, record, create, and share your music worldwide.

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AUDACITY – Open source, cross-platform audio software for multi-track recording and editing.

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ccMIXTER – Post and share music samples and a capellas.

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FLASHKIT – Archive of royalty-free sound fx.

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FREE SOUND – Open-source sound.

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SOUNDBOARD – Comprehensive collection of various sound bites.

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INTOGAMES TOOLS LIST – List of game design tools, sounds, and graphics or explore types of jobs and roles for working in games.

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GAME DESIGNING TOOLS – A list of useful tools and applications that can help you design your game.