Comment Re:How about "Alice"? (Score 1) 172
Stencyl looks wonderful, thank you very much!
Comment Re:As with so many courses (Score 1) 172
We're trying to let artists know that programming is just another tool, like painting, sculpting or video, to create works of art.
Comment Re:I would approach teaching that course... (Score 4, Informative) 172
The course's aim is to let art students have a glimpse of the interactive and expressive possibilities that videogames have. It's not about training them to become EA employess, but to inspire them and burst a little flame of curiosity for interactive art and art games.
Comment Re:How about "Alice"? (Score 2, Informative) 172
Thanks, GameSalad looks great, but I forgot to mention that the tools must be open source or, at least, have a free version (like Unity)
Submission + - Teaching Game Development to Fine Arts Students
jkavalier writes: Hello, I've been asked to prepare a short course (50 hours) of video game development to Fine Arts students. That means people with little-to-none technical skills, and hopefully, highly creative individuals. By the end of it, I would like to have finished 1-3 very basic minigames. I'm considering Unity 3D (unity3d.com), Processing (processing.org) and even Scratch (scratch.mit.edu). How would you approach teaching such a course? What do you think is the best tool/engine/environment for such a task?
