Gamemaker Challenge
The GameMaker challenge was introduced this year by YoYo Games, the developers of Gamemaker Studio software. They are an International company with their headquarters in Dundee.
The challenge involves teams of between 4 and 6 members from S2 and S3, designing and creating a digital game prototype. Each team must contain at least 2 female members in an attempt to break the game playing and developer stereotype. This type of challenge involves different skills including working together as a team.
On Friday 6th September, 24 pupils from Grove attended the launch of the Gamemaker challenge at Abertay University. The morning session included registration, an introduction from YOYO Games, presentations from Scottish Games, SQA and Skills Development Scotland and a practical workshop. During the practical session, teams had to give an impromptu presentation, this experience and the rest of the morning session was well received by all teams.
Since that event, 4 Grove teams have been spending most of their lunchtimes and after school time in the Computing rooms working on their game prototypes. They have made excellent progress so far and should be able to submit a fully-fledged game by November 11th when the competition draws to a close.