tomazzotta Posted April 5, 2011 Posted April 5, 2011 Hi being very lazy.... Does anyone have gamemaker on there school system? if so... where is the best place to purchase this from? Thanks
glennda Posted April 5, 2011 Posted April 5, 2011 Scratch is good for making games (and is free) or you can make games using flash
X-13 Posted April 5, 2011 Posted April 5, 2011 Scratch is good for making games (and is free) or you can make games using flash We're about to get this. We spend ages trying to stop kids from playing games... and now we're teaching them how to make them. Does. Not. Compute.
tomazzotta Posted April 5, 2011 Author Posted April 5, 2011 ha doesnt compute at all!! i will mention scratch to the ICT Teacher and see if shes happy to use this! if not do any of you know where the best place to purchase the gamemaker? Thanks
Theblacksheep Posted April 5, 2011 Posted April 5, 2011 gamemaker also spits out exes.... how tight is your software security policy? +1 scratch.
tomazzotta Posted April 5, 2011 Author Posted April 5, 2011 it isnt to bad, the .exe we dont want the students to use we put into GPO where it stops any .exe we dont want the students to use so its not that tight
glennda Posted April 5, 2011 Posted April 5, 2011 it isnt to bad, the .exe we dont want the students to use we put into GPO where it stops any .exe we dont want the students to use so its not that tight What about your file servers - we have it so that you can't save .exe on them.
X-13 Posted April 5, 2011 Posted April 5, 2011 it isnt to bad, the .exe we dont want the students to use we put into GPO where it stops any .exe we dont want the students to use so its not that tight Typically, I'd have it as the reverse of that. Block everything and set exceptions.
garoc Posted April 5, 2011 Posted April 5, 2011 (edited) Hey tomaz... Give KODU a try! I use it with my ICT Club, they love it....it's great!.....and it's FREE!! Announcing the Kodu Cup Competition for Kids aged 9-17 in the US | Projects | Fuse Labs Edited April 5, 2011 by garoc
tomazzotta Posted April 5, 2011 Author Posted April 5, 2011 we did have it set like that but recently changed it , when we migrated our servers, but we also have file screening running so if the students try to put any .exe on the system it will block them and send us an email! but anyways going back to gamemaker thanks for all your ideas i will get back to the teacher and let her know about scratch and kodu - but knowing teachers they like to stick with things they know how to use! Thanks
plexer Posted April 5, 2011 Posted April 5, 2011 The free version of gamemaker should be good enough for your school anyway. Ben
ChrisH Posted April 5, 2011 Posted April 5, 2011 Ours use the free version. They output to a special network share dedicated for this. This obviously has to be monitored.
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