Tag Archives: youth digital

Audio Design

Posted on December 18, 2013 by Meg

Complete text of the lesson I gave my students on choosing sounds for their games. (Parents can thank me later.)

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What To Do With A Degree In Classics

Posted on November 6, 2013 by Meg

One of my game dev students named the object for her Hero Marcus Junius Brutus and the object for her Enemy Gaius Julius Caesar. While I usually encourage my students to stick to the naming conventions, to avoid 10,000 files … Continue reading →

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Casual Droid

Posted on November 3, 2013 by Meg

“Aah, Android! It did a thing! Is it broken?” –One of my coworkers, trying to look at a photo on my phone.

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Notch’s Surprising New Projects – Youth Digital

Posted on September 10, 2013 by Meg

Part of my new job involves tech and games blogging for kids eight and up. Here’s my first piece, it was difficult for me to take out the industry snarking, but I think the result is child-friendly without being condescending. … Continue reading →

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Flavortext Superpower

Posted on July 25, 2013 by Meg

As part of the class in game design, we ask the students to come up with unique, descriptive titles for their completed games, and to write other game text like a one-sentence summary or a brief instructional screen.  Usually I … Continue reading →

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