Action Games Finally Finished

We are finally finished with our action games and beginning Game Design II. I didn't think we were ever going to get everything finished in Game Design I so that we could move on to Game Design II, but we finally made it. I am excited that now the students are able to work in teams to make their games. I enjoy this curriculum so much more and I think that the students will too. It seems we are more productive and I can really see progress from day to day when we are working together. I know that there are days when progress slows because of coding issues or other things and as always we have interruptions in our schedule but we do well when we can work together. I am a fan of teamwork and always have been. The skills that the students learned while they were working on their individual games will no doubt come in handy while they are working on the team games but they will be able to build on each other's strengths and lean on each other when things get tough in the game-making and coding stages. It is always easier when you have someone to help you present as well. Of course, teams don't work well when you have a very weak partner or someone who doesn't pull his/her own weight, but I don't think that we will have that problem in our class this semester. I also think we will have some very good games. So, let's go teams and get those games going.