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Message to my students!
Hello to my students from Jane Long Middle School! Thank you for working hard last semester and impressing everyone with your games. Contact me at shaunewilliams@gmail.com to say hello or to ask questions about anything. I've created this website to help you and others learn more about making games using that program Fun2D. This site is pretty empty right now, but check back every now and then for more info on making new stuff. Or just write me an email to let me know what you want to see here.
What is Fun2d?
fun2d is a simple and free environment for creating computer games. It is intended for exposing young people to programming in a fun and accessible way. Students who use it are able to draw their own world and write their own code to control it.
Features
- lesson plans included
- Integrated program for manipulating code and drawings
- Scene-based game flow
- Basic image collision
- Simplified library that uses the Love2D game engine
- Code in the Lua programming language
Use Case (Fall 2010)
- Fun2D was created for a 10-week apprenticeship for Citizen Schools
- Students were 6th graders at Jane Long Middle School
- Students created a game to make their player dodge falling objects
Future Plans
- open-source code
- port to linux and mac os
- publish lesson plans
- create tutorial articles
- create forum
Contact
- Contact me at shaunewilliams@gmail.com
