GameSalad Tutorial: How to Make Actors Collide

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GameSalad Tutorial: How to Make Actors Collide

In my last blog post, I talked about the absolute basics of GameSalad. I covered the UI and how to create an actor and make that actor move in your scene. As promised, I want to continue with some more tutorial posts to help you get on your way to developing your ideas. In this post, I’m going to continue … Read More

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GameSalad 2D Game Maker: A Beginner’s Guide & Tutorial

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GameSalad 2D Game Maker: A Beginner’s Guide & Tutorial

If you’ve heard of GameSalad, but aren’t quite sure what it is we’ve put together this handy tutorial. Explore this easy-to-use 2d game development software and follow along with this introductory GameSalad tutorial we’ve put together.  Learn the basics, review the user interface and discover how to create a movable character. This article will get you familiar with the software and how GameSalad functions. Education discounts … Read More

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GameSalad STEM Education Bundles with Curriculum

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GameSalad STEM Bundles with Curriculum

If you are looking for new ways to boost confidence in STEM learning, GameSalad is a great solution for you. Like Unity, GameSalad is a game development tool – however, GameSalad STEM Bundles focus solely on 2D games and require no coding. Giving you more time to focus on teaching programming concepts. Instead of getting bogged down with traditional coding syntax, teach your students about … Read More

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Level Up STEM Curriculum with GameSalad Training

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GameSalad is a revolutionary game development toolkit that allows anyone to create a game straight out of his or her imagination, without writing a line of code. Introduce programming concepts, game design and digital media creation to your students. GameSalad is used in schools all over the world as the foundation of their STEM curriculum – including K-12 schools, districts, … Read More

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GameSalad Curriculum & Training for High School Educators

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GameSalad is an innovative company that provides a code-free, 2D game development platform, which is an incredible tool for learning and teaching game design and the theories of project based STEM Education.  Research shows, “70% of teachers agree that using digital games increases motivation and engagement with content/curriculum.”[1] Curriculum that is able to use engaging activities makes it easier for … Read More

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A Day in the Life: Game Developer

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Andrew Greenberg, who is best known for designing computer games and roleplaying games, wrote a blog for us discussing the basic skills you should develop if you are interested in pursuing a career in game design. This time, he discusses the more specific tasks game developers do on a regular basis so you know what to prepare for. The earlier you … Read More

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The Scoop on the GameSalad 0.11 Upgrade

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GameSalad is a fast 2D game design engine. It is the perfect for learning how to make and publish games for free on  Android, iPhone, iPad or on HTML. Recently, they just announced that GameSalad 0.11 is available for download. In this article, we will tell you what you can expect from this new release. GameSalad 0.11 Improvements It’s a … Read More

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How to Make Money for your 3D Art and Game Assets

kristielAll Topics, Unity Game Development

Many people starting out in their college careers are learning that you can make money simply selling the assets that you create. There are many outlets where artists and developers can sell anything from background images, to 2D and 3D characters, music, game templates and animations. Many popular software companies for 3D animation and Game Development offer asset stores or … Read More

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Game Design at Wimberley High School

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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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Game Design Curriculum Program for STEM Education from GameSalad

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For those of you unfamiliar with GameSalad, it is a 2D game development program that does not require coding. GameSalad is great for education. They have recently released new product offerings that are designed to assist educators teach project-based learning for STEM related concepts using game design that includes curriculum. These can be used to create gamification titles, video games … Read More

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