The Game Design program began in 2012. We began teaching Game Design Principles using Gamestarmechanic, an online, very simple application. Then we completed the HTML, CSS, and Javascript classes on CodeAcademy. With Game Design principles and some understanding of coding constructs, we started GameSalad. With the help of a grant from the Wimberley Education Foundation, Wimberley High School was able … Read More
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Autodesk has made a big push to get users to sign up for their Subscription service in recent years. Subscription has many benefits for users, including the promise of being able to download your software through the Subscription Center website. Autodesk has made it a point to get users to download their software rather than deal with physical media. Perhaps … Read More
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If you are like me, you don't make games you just enjoy them. I love playing video games, every kind of game from the big new FPS to the simple casual Facebook game. Sometimes I think it would be cool to create a video game, my own game. I think its something most gamers have thought about. Just like a bookworm … Read More
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Lumion software is known as an ideal rendering software for visualizing architectural and design concepts in high-quality video form while at the same time being easy to use and learn. It works well with many 3D CAD programs and can create a great video very quickly. The new Lumion 4.0 release takes this powerful 3D visualization tool even farther. Lumion … Read More
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Applied IDEAS, a provider of game design solutions for education, has announced that Version 2.0 of the Ignition Game Design Academy Curriculum is now shipping. "The Ignition® Game Design Academy is a comprehensive game curriculum that teaches the student real-world game engine principles and what it takes to create a functioning 3D game level. It demonstrates the processes involved in exporting … Read More
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In case you missed the big news that was all over the wire services and the internet a week or so back, Studica recently selected Westfield Vocational Technical High School to act as a model school for the fischertechnik STEM Lab Program. As you probably know from our past blog postings, the fischertechnik STEM Lab Program incorporates the state-of-the-art fischertechnik … Read More
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Studica Limited in Canada is now the proud owner of a Tormach PCNC 770 Series III CNC Mill. As a next step in bringing the quality CNC machine capabilities to schools across Canada, Studica is now equipped to give demonstrations on the capabilities, accessories, and applications of the Tormach Product Line. For those unfamiliar CNC stands for Computer Numerical Control. … Read More
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You may have heard the term Augmented Reality. But what does it mean? What does it do? It is clear that AR is a very intriquing innovation. It can enhance the live view of the real world with computered generated digital content that appears "on top" of the physical object. Augmented Reality in Action For me the standard definition of … Read More
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Unity announced at their Unite conference that Unity 4.3 will include native 2D Toolkits to help developers create 2D games inside of Unity. While 2D toolkits have been available inside of Unity’s Asset Store by third party developers, this is the first time that Unity Technologies is actually incorporating it into their software. According to them, they noticed that over … Read More
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Are you a 2D Artist and thought there has to be a better way to make an animation than drawing 30 frames individually so that your characters can complete one action? Well the folks over at Smith Micro thought the same when they added bone-rigging to their powerful animation solution Anime Studio Pro. Bone-Rigging and Animation Bone-rigging was pioneered in … Read More
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