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YoYo Games launches Little Town, an interactive game-making tutorial, that teaches students game design with GameMaker Studio 2
Little Town provides an introduction to the principles of game development using GameMaker to college and university students. By building a game to control a child in an idyllic small town, players learn how to design games and develop key coding skills
The interactive game-building tutorial provides a robust framework for educators with teaching guidelines and assessment criteria with which colleges and universities can effectively start teaching game design to their students.
“All of which will provide a boost for Sudbury, helping it to continue to be an attractive place to live, work and visit for many years to come.”
Babergh District Council is exploring external funding streams. However, a council report recommends that the council divert up to 100% from the sale of the land which includes Belle Vue House and the majority of the former swimming pool site to be used for the creation of the new park entrance.
The marketing process was open, meaning both commercial and community organisations had the opportunity to submit a proposal that met the criteria which included long term sustainability, price and deliverability.
YoYo Games has announced that its popular 2D games engine, GameMaker Studio 2, will shortly launch support for next-gen consoles, with a date set of March 2021. The feature is currently in closed beta, but once launches will allow users to create titles for the devices.
Of course, it’s possible to run titles currently under backward compatibility, but the launch will bring with it native support with features such as 120Hz frame rates and support for new haptic features and audio standards.
GameMaker Studio is a popular choice for indie studios and student developers learning their craft, with simply but powerful workflows for creating 2D games. The engine is responsible for breakout indie hits such as Spelunky, Undertale, Hotline Miami, Hyper Light Drifter and Nidhogg, among many more.
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