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Gamefroot have got all kinds of frooty plans for 2021; ranging from new features, lots of optimisations, and a new resource center that’ll be coming real soon.
But for now Let’s take a closer look at what’s new in this 4.2 release.
Continue reading “Gamefroot Update: V4.2 and beyond”If you’ve been through school in New Zealand like I have you might recall some of your history lessons – I remember tales of Cap’n Cook, European favoring colonisation stories, and British this and British that. Well what I was taught and what I remember learning is all about to change.
The NZ govt is in the process of updating the NZ histories learning area to better reflect a more contemporary understanding of NZ history.
Last month Gamefroot ran the words first game design hackathon based on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (world first in Aotearoa).
A group of local educators, game designers, climate activists and other passionate folk came together and spent half a day learning and designing games to support schools in Aotearoa integrate and weave the Sustainable Development goals into their learning plans and school goals.
The ultimate goal is to empower our kids (and anybody willing) to integrate these goals into how they choose to live their lives.
If you’re interested in learning more about the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, wondering how you could enact them in your school or even your life, or would like Gamefroot to run a hackathon please reach out to us in the comments section.
To our fellow game designers and game developers.
Last week we released a major update to Gamefroot. So major, in fact, that the game editor (the bit you make games with) was totally rebuilt. No small feat that has taken us the best part of 6 months.
We decided to make this update because web technologies have evolved since we made Gamefroot V3 and we wanted to ensure Gamefroot was built on a platform that can better accommodate our long term goals.
In Gamefroot, managing student accounts is easy. Everything you need is in the groups page, which is available from the Gamefroot level editor.
Classrooms and groups in Gamefroot look like this:
There are many contributing factors as to why a virus spreads. One of those factors is the human factor – Simply put, the more that people stay at home and keep a safe 2 metre distance from each other the slower the virus can spread in your community.
The year is 2020. Here in New Zealand, year one of the new digital technologies learning area is upon us!
To help get the party started, Gamefroot has developed a new digital technologies learning resource to support future generations remember and learn about the 6th Feb 1840, Te Tiriti o Waitangi, and the events that surrounded it.
Continue reading “Aotearoa 1840 – Code your own interactive timeline”The Gamefroot Arcade is where other people can play your games and where you can play games made by others.
The new Arcade has had a visual overhaul, a new and improved single game screen with comments and likes.
The next thing on our agenda is to include a featured games carousel, a trending games tab and a tab for partner content.
What do?
Just login to the Gamefroot level editor, click the arcade button, play some games, and let us know what you think we should do next in the comments.
Gamefroot are pleased to announce our biggest update since we launched many moons ago!
Most of our efforts have gone towards a redesigned user interface that promises to make 2D game development, and learning game development even easier.
Let’s take a closer look at some of the big changes and unpack what it means for you.
Continue reading “The Gamefroot 2020 experience”Kia ora! We’re mighty pleased to announce another major Gamefroot update. We’ve spent the best part of three months making Gamefroot super better for your game-making pleasure.
Gamefroot is faster, more robust, and sporting an improved user interface. We’ve even managed to squeeze in a handful of new features.
Here is a blow by blow account of our work:
Now we’re wondering what to do next, and thought you might like to have a say. Here’s what we’re thinking:
There you have it. Try it out and please let us know what you think and what you want to see next in the comments.