How do you create simple video games?
Did this lesson with a small class of freshman who are hard to keep interested in anything. They worked on the levels for an entire hour and half lesson! It was awesome! Had the students working on ipads, but because they were all logged into my account to play the game, I had to continuously log each student back into my account any time they needed to move on to the next level! Is there a way students can login to play the interactive games?
by Rachel Van Gorden
That's great to hear! Unfortunately we don't have a way of sharing the interactives with students. Suppose you could get crafty and cut out or create your own key to move across a paper board?! Let us know if you try something new!
by Abby Scorsonelli
Maybe just temporarily change your password to something generic that you're willing to share with the kids for the day.
by You
The problem is, the site kicks people off if you use the same log in, so it's only possible for one student to use the interactive at a time. This is one of those missed opportunities to let the students grapple and play with the technology. Paper isn't quite the same because there isn't that "awe factor" of watching the key move by itself to see if it's going to make it in the hole. The kids were SO into this activity, it was a shame to see their disappointment that they couldn't use the tech in this case.
by Elizabeth Raskin
I had the students write out the instructions on their papers, then for each level I invited two or three to come up and enter their instructions on my computer, which we would then run for the whole class to see on the SmartBoard. I had to limit things to two or three per level so that we could move on!
by You
desmos has a free activity called transformations golf that you could use in conjuction with this as the intro
by You
I just had my students do the transformations golf activity. They loved it!
by You
i love this game - I want to use it for finals review - how do I share it with students? I have google classroom.
by You
By starting basic. After a while, you'll get the hang of it
by You
needs answer key
by You
Check out the Lesson Guide pdf. It's got all ya need!
by Abby Scorsonelli
This one is very fun but I agree that Mathalicious needs to create a way for students to explore without a login (or with a temporary login). And while I love the Q3 extension for students to create their own game, Q3 also makes students rotate the other direction. That is super confusing and not conventional
by You
BTW: The problem only happens when you reflect the starting key
by You
It would be awesome if the game were available for students to play and check on their own or in a group! The students were very enthusiastic about sharing their methods for getting the key in the key hole.
by Elizabeth Raskin
I love this game - How do I share it with my students? I have Google Classroom.
by You
needs answer key if i want to share with other teachers
by You
I agree, we need a way for students to check as they go along. It's not as effective with just one screen and more time consuming. Surely there's a way the people at Mathalicious can do this?
by You
I agree. Please find a way for us to share this with students to explore and create on their own!
by You