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Gameblox

Gameblox provides an environment in which novices can create entertaining games by embedding some of the more complex programming tasks such as collisions, physics and gravity within the blocks. More advanced game designers might also find Gameblox a useful tool for rapid prototyping in their iterative design process. edX offers courses to support the use of Gameblox in game design.

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Year band(s)	5-6, 7-8, 9-10
Content type	Tools for learning
Format	Web page
Core and overarching concepts	Implementation (programming), Design thinking
Australian Curriculum Digital Technologies code(s)	AC9TDI6P02 Design algorithms involving multiple alternatives (branching) and iteration AC9TDI6P05 Implement algorithms as visual programs involving control structures, variables and input AC9TDI8P05 Design algorithms involving nested control structures and represent them using flowcharts and pseudocode AC9TDI8P06 Trace algorithms to predict output for a given input and to identify errors AC9TDI8P09 Implement, modify and debug programs involving control structures and functions in a general-purpose programming language AC9TDI10P05 Design algorithms involving logical operators and represent them as flowcharts and pseudocode AC9TDI10P06 Validate algorithms and programs by comparing their output against a range of test cases AC9TDI10P09 Implement, modify and debug modular programs, applying selected algorithms and data structures, including in an object-oriented programming language
Keywords	Coding, Prototyping, Games, Visual Programming, Programming, Web-based application, Website, Web page
Organisation	MIT STEP Lab
Copyright	MIT Scheller Teacher Education Program. May be subject to Copyright Act statutory licence.