Playing games on a smartphone during class is usually a no-go, but for students in teacher Katie Tubolino’s Game Design course at Neshaminy High School, they not only play games but create them as well.
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The course gives students the opportunity to develop their own RPG (role-playing games) while learning how to map out virtual worlds and create stories within their games, according to a recent report from the school district newsletter.
Students taking the class explore and create different types of games using various creation platforms such as Scratch, GDevelop, Flowlab, and GameFront.
Students must have a primary character, at least six levels, a quest, and character-to-character dialogue in order to develop an RPG game.
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The games created by the class’s students can be shared online for others to play.
“They love it, they love the RPG games,” said Tubolino. “They want more of it, so I told them they will do an end-of-the-year game where they can pick one of the platforms that we learned.”
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While the class may seem like all fun, Tubolino makes sure students are using a number of their abilities, including storytelling, coding, and even math to plan out virtual worlds.
“I make sure that the games are well-planned,” said Tubolino. “We definitely touch on other areas such as science and technology.”
Click here and here to try two of the games.
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