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GLORIOUS TRAINWRECKS CREATES JOBS

A little over three years ago, the administration of the Game Dev Club at SJSU wanted to host a game jam, but was worried that nobody would show up. mkapolk suggested that the Club organize a shindig coinciding with THE 371-IN-1 KLIK & PLAY PIRATE KART II: KLIK HARDER, so that if nobody showed up to the physical thing, at least we could hang out with y'all on the Internet.

It was a success, our club contributed 35 games to the Kart!

So we decided to do it again on Klik of the Month. On a whim, to encourage people to come, I threw in that we would teach people how to make games if they didn't already know. I didn't think anyone would take us up on that.

FIVE PEOPLE took us up on that.

Since I was the one who offered it to begin with, I ended up giving them a basic rundown of Game Maker, and all five of them made their first game in two hours. (Actually I think we were there for four hours.)

Since then, I've given a few more tutorials at a few more events, and one of them got video-recorded.

Fast-forward to May 2013, when a woman from a Bay Area summer camp contacted the Club to see if anyone was interested in teaching 5th-8th graders how to make videogames.

I showed her the video and got an interview; I showed her eighteen games I made, eight of them trainwrecks, and got the job. (Also I said some stuff about education and math and computer science.)

Last week, according to the curriculum, I was supposed to lead eight kids (paired into four teams) to make four games.

Last week, I led eight kids (paired into four teams) to make eleven games.

This summer is gonna be a good summer.

td;dr: Thanks in part to Klik of the Month, I have a summer job teaching 5th-8th graders how to make videogames! The results so far are beautiful.

PS: We're using Scratch and Alice, which were good decisions on the part of the curriculum designers.

Scratch is incredibly intuitive, and it supports some surprising things, like Cloud Variables (which are stored on MIT's servers), webcam/microphone asset creation, and an entirely web-based interface for making and playing games. I think it'd be great for prototyping and trainwrecks, and I encourage KnP refugees to check it out!

Alice is a little complicated at first, but it's probably a better basic introduction to 3D gamemaking than Unity, especially for non-coders. If you found Unity too hard, check it out too!

TAKE THIS - editor + source code

So do you guys like source code?

Anyway I finally finished a Ludum Dare game I started like years ago

http://zarat.us/tra/online-games/take-this.html

Here is the source code released under uhhh let's say Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial don't give it to chinese iphone app companies

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3923260/takethis.zip - it uses flashdevelop and flixel (flixel included)

The game has a secret FEATURE: Press "E" to enter the map editor. Keys 0-9+A select a tile, click to place it. D will log the array of the level on to the console log (or the flashdevelop log if you're running it under that.)

Pressing E while in a level will start the editor with that level loaded.

oh if you guys make any good levels I'll add them to the game or something I dunno

blehhhhhhhh

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You Have to Put the Machine in the Juni

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Contains two endings. One of them makes perfect sense, one doesn't.

2018 UPDATE: Now adheres more strictly to Knytt Underground canon (i.e. Juni always has black limbs now) and includes another secret bonus ending. Tell all your friends!

2018 UPDATE EDIT: There were some exclamation points that weren't colored in correctly.

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Hold it still v2

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Avoid stuff, test your patience and have fun!

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cracktro

If you think you can made it better, go on:

http://www.logografie.de/_freeware/OldSkoolDemoMaker_Freeware.rar

Anyone also thinks that there should be a cracktro bundled with Pirate Kart 2?

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SEKRET SANTA 2020: SANTA RETURNS

Fri, Nov 27 2020 11:45 AM
11/27/2020 - 11:45
01/08/2021 - 11:45
Etc/GMT-7

Welcome to GT’s sekret santa, the event where people make a list of things they like to see, and then those lists are randomly assigned to other participants to make a present for them.

Do you wanna participate? Here’s how it will go:

First, before DECEMBER 8TH you have to make and comment a list of things you would be interested in seeing in your present. Please keep in mind that your Santa may have a different skillset than what you’re expecting, and try to make your requests achievable by all sorts of people.

Then, after DECEMBER 8TH I’ll secretly send you a person’s list, and then you get to make them a present!! You’ll have a month to do it but it’s alright if you give your gift late, there’s no pressure.

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Along with the list, you’ll also be sent a link to one of the discord servers for the event. The person who you’re making a game for and the person who is making your game will not be in the same server as you, so you can share how your progress is going with some peers.

Maybe you’re interested, but this seems like a lot of commitment. Well, there are other roles available to keep this event running smoothly. You can sign up to be a Sekret Fairey , which means you get access to all of the servers and you can see how everyone’s doing. Or you can sign up to be a Backup Santa , which means you can jump in if someone can’t finish their gift. These roles don’t submit lists, so they can join at any time.

as an aside, hello. I'm not the usual host but things happen, yanno?


Games made for SEKRET SANTA 2020: SANTA RETURNS

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Voluntary Servitude

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gratuitously inaccessible
Based on Jane McGonigal's book but not in such a way that you could ever tell.

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A CARSHMIS MRIRCALC

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CHRISHMAS MIRICICICICICLES COME DURING CHISRTMAS

ALSO PREZZ Z TO PRESATNS

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Sonic Boom

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sonicboom by markp0rter for http://www.glorioustrainwrecks.com

help save halloween and kill dracula in this action packed action pack featuring sonic the hedgehog. forget sonic 4 - play sonicboom!

http://markp0rter.deviantart.com/

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Klogg's KrapSack

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yahhh

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