A Sense of Progress

At the start of the game design class, I could sense interest in the students. After all, here they would be designing their own action games! But it wouldn't come easily. Middle school students think in terms of minutes, hours, or maybe days. To think of making a game over months is not comprehensible. Now that we have spent about seven months on game development, one would think that the student games should be complete and polished. That is not the case, although some games are getting there. The progress is in how the students now handle game flow, Flash, and Action Script. They definitely appreciate the time and effort put into professional games.