This document introduces a multicultural game design program for students grades 5 and up using GameMaker Studio. Students from different cultures and countries will work together online to design games, exposing them to new perspectives and collaboration methods through communication tools like Padlet and Google+. The program will run from January to June 2014, with students practicing game design now through January and officially starting online meetings on January 6th.

1. Multicultural Game Design
as an Intro to Computer Science
Mark Suter (aka Garlic)

2. Poll:Have you used GameMaker Studio?
A) Never
B) Very Little
C) Occasionally
D) Very Often

3. Poll: What grade level do you teach?
A) Grades 1-4
B) Grades 5-8
C) Grades 9-12
D) University or adult

4. Overview: Who
● Students from different cultures and
countries
● Grades 5+

5. Overview: What
● Exposure to
o New viewpoints
o communication styles
o collaboration methods
● Communicate using
o Game Exchange: Padlet.com
o Google+ Community
Padlet.com
 Schedule Hangouts On Air Here & @garlicsuter

6. Overview: When
● Practice+Network:
o Now through Jan 6, 2014
o Try GameMaker Studio (free version)
o Try Google+ community & Hangouts
● Official start: Jan 6, 2014
o Google Hangout on Air “Welcome”

7. Overview: How
● Fill out the Google Form
o Tweeted 11/20/2013 @garlicsuter
● Visit G+ and search/join the “Multicultural
Game Design Team Teams” community

8. Summer 2014 expand to 3DGameLab?
- Quest-based
learning platform
- Students choose
learning path
- Completing quests
unlock new ones
www.3dgamelab.com

9. Tour of GameMaker Studio + subject ties
● Computer Science
o Loops, variables, debugging, if-then statements
● Math
o Algebraic variable concepts, grids/coordinates,
 i.e. (room is 3000 pixels wide, moving 2
pixels/sec, when will he intercept an enemy at X
position 2,840?)

10. Tour of GameMaker Studio + subject ties
● Language Arts
o Game story/creative writing
● Art
o Digital Pixel Art
 i.e. in-game editor, piq.com
http://piq.codeus.net