Gaming

Create to Learn: play testing 

Submitted by JRubio on Fri, 05/04/2012 - 16:47

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Global Kids youth leaders from Create to Learn at Wingate School for Human Rights and School for Democracy and Leadership, visited the GK offices to present their game idea to First Playable designers and other Global Kids staff.  After the main presentation, those attending play tested the game and gave feedback to the presenters. Create to Learn, sponsored by NYU Games for Learning Institute, is an after-school program designed for middle school girls to learn game design, while developing a game to teach math skills to their 6th grader peers.  The girls have been working during the school year on a game called Nine Lives. Nine Lives is a game about rescuing a non-player character while going through obstacles that passed by answering math questions such as fraction conversions, and giving multiples of numbers.

 

Brooklyn Public Library Gaming Series 

Submitted by JRubio on Wed, 04/04/2012 - 10:04

 

On Thursday May 22, the second session of the gaming series for the Brooklyn Public Library took place at the Kings Highway Library Branch. The session focused on storytelling and game play, and participants created a game prototype using different objects. You can read more details about the session by visiting Game Space Part II

 

GK Youth Leaders Launch Playing For Peace Game Design Challenge 

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 03/16/2012 - 17:38

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With funds provided by the AMD Foundation, Global Kids youth leaders have been working with E-Line media to develop their first collaborative AMD Social Impact Game Design Challenge, which launched this month: Playing For Peace. Youth around the country are being asked to use Gamestar Mechanic to design games promoting peace and the end of war.

These high school students chose the topic of ending war, developed the challenge game about two societies in conflict over shared water resources, worked on the design brief and banner, and will be amongst the team of judges.

The challenge ends April 30, 2012. The top prize winner will win an AMD-powered laptop, a three year Premium Subscription to Gamestar Mechanic, and a personalized t-shirt featuring original Gamestar Mechanic artwork and a screenshot of their game.

GK Youth Leaders Launch Playing For Peace Game Design Challenge 

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 03/16/2012 - 17:38

challenge-banners_p4p%20copy.jpg

With funds provided by the AMD Foundation, Global Kids youth leaders have been working with E-Line media to develop their first collaborative AMD Social Impact Game Design Challenge, which launched this month: Playing For Peace. Youth around the country are being asked to use Gamestar Mechanic to design games promoting peace and the end of war.

These high school students chose the topic of ending war, developed the challenge game about two societies in conflict over shared water resources, worked on the design brief and banner, and will be amongst the team of judges.

The challenge ends April 30, 2012. The top prize winner will win an AMD-powered laptop, a three year Premium Subscription to Gamestar Mechanic, and a personalized t-shirt featuring original Gamestar Mechanic artwork and a screenshot of their game.

GK Youth Leaders Launch Playing For Peace Game Design Challenge 

Submitted by bjoseph on Fri, 03/16/2012 - 17:38

 

 

With funds provided by the AMD Foundation, Global Kids youth leaders have been working with E-Line media to develop their first collaborative AMD Social Impact Game Design Challenge, which launched this month: Playing For Peace. Youth around the country are being asked to use Gamestar Mechanic to design games promoting peace and the end of war.

These high school students chose the topic of ending war, developed the challenge game about two societies in conflict over shared water resources, worked on the design brief and banner, and will be amongst the team of judges.

The challenge ends April 30, 2012. The top prize winner will win an AMD-powered laptop, a three year Premium Subscription to Gamestar Mechanic, and a personalized t-shirt featuring original Gamestar Mechanic artwork and a screenshot of their game.

 


GK Youth Leaders Launch Playing For Peace Game Design Challenge 

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 03/16/2012 - 17:38

challenge-banners_p4p%20copy.jpg

With funds provided by the AMD Foundation, Global Kids youth leaders have been working with E-Line media to develop their first collaborative AMD Social Impact Game Design Challenge, which launched this month: Playing For Peace. Youth around the country are being asked to use Gamestar Mechanic to design games promoting peace and the end of war.

These high school students chose the topic of ending war, developed the challenge game about two societies in conflict over shared water resources, worked on the design brief and banner, and will be amongst the team of judges.

The challenge ends April 30, 2012. The top prize winner will win an AMD-powered laptop, a three year Premium Subscription to Gamestar Mechanic, and a personalized t-shirt featuring original Gamestar Mechanic artwork and a screenshot of their game.

Gaming Workshop at the Brooklyn Public Library 

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 03/15/2012 - 13:41

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This past Saturday March 10th at the main branch of the Brooklyn Public Library Global Kids led a day long game design workshop for youth. The workshop covered main topics of game design such as characters, narrative, social issues, prototyping and iteration. As a closing activity, the participants created a poster to pitch a new game based on a popular board game they modified to deal with social issues such as violence and bullying.

They also worked with Gamestar Mechanic a gaming platform specifically created to learn about game design, and they created their first game using the tools they learned during the workshop.

You can see more pictures of the program in here

Gaming Workshop at the Brooklyn Public Library 

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 03/15/2012 - 13:41

IMG_8121

This past Saturday March 10th at the main branch of the Brooklyn Public Library Global Kids led a day long game design workshop for youth. The workshop covered main topics of game design such as characters, narrative, social issues, prototyping and iteration. As a closing activity, the participants created a poster to pitch a new game based on a popular board game they modified to deal with social issues such as violence and bullying.

They also worked with Gamestar Mechanic a gaming platform specifically created to learn about game design, and they created their first game using the tools they learned during the workshop.

You can see more pictures of the program in here

Gaming Workshop at the Brooklyn Public Library 

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 03/15/2012 - 13:41

IMG_8121

This past Saturday March 10th at the main branch of the Brooklyn Public Library Global Kids led a day long game design workshop for youth. The workshop covered main topics of game design such as characters, narrative, social issues, prototyping and iteration. As a closing activity, the participants created a poster to pitch a new game based on a popular board game they modified to deal with social issues such as violence and bullying.

They also worked with Gamestar Mechanic a gaming platform specifically created to learn about game design, and they created their first game using the tools they learned during the workshop.

You can see more pictures of the program in here

Gaming Workshop at the Brooklyn Public Library 

Submitted by JRubio on Thu, 03/15/2012 - 13:41

IMG_8121

This past Saturday March 10th at the main branch of the Brooklyn Public Library Global Kids led a day long game design workshop for youth. The workshop covered main topics of game design such as characters, narrative, social issues, prototyping and iteration. As a closing activity, the participants created a poster to pitch a new game based on a popular board game they modified to deal with social issues such as violence and bullying.

They also worked with Gamestar Mechanic a gaming platform specifically created to learn about game design, and they created their first game using the tools they learned during the workshop.

You can see more pictures of the program in here