Game + Design Education

@inproceedings{Overmars2004GameD,
  title={Game + Design Education},
  author={M. Overmars},
  year={2004}
}
Computer games play a very important role in the life of most youth. Games offer many possibilities in education. Various people have studied the use of existing games or specially designed educational games. In this paper we consider the use of game design itself in an educational context, with a focus on high schools. Game design can be used in many different subjects, ranging from languages and arts, to mathematics and computer sciences. We also introduce the Game Maker software package that… Expand
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