“Level-Up Logics: Leveraging Three Game Design Platforms to Teach Coding”
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- Level-Up Logics: Leveraging Three Game Design Platforms to Teach Coding
Session/Category Title: Educator's Forum
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Abstract:
Coding has become an integral tool for designers, but the logical structures of programming can be intimidating for many students in the arts. We progressed students through three game design platforms to teach interaction logics, and students chose scripting over visual programming to complete their final projects.
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