Thanks Adventure Author!

I had a great time visiting the Adventure Author team and Campie Primary School. Thanks everyone for making me so welcome! I was very impressed with the latest developments in the Adventure Author tool. The conversation writer is fantastic (and a huge improvement on the built-in conversation tool in NWN2). It makes it very intuitive and straightforward for young people to create interactive conversations, which is no mean feat! The fridge magnet tool is a great new way for game designers to record and organise their ideas. It is lovely to look at, but the full power of it really only came to my attention when I watched the P7 children in Miss Collins’ class coming up with idea after idea when using it. I saw children who had told me minutes before that they had no ideas for their games adding thoughts about great plot lines, interesting characters and exciting quests. It’s clearly an excellent tool for supporting children in organising and expanding on the ideas they have in an informal, non-threatening and enjoyable way. I hope to be able to come back and see how the class (who took to game creation like ducks to water) are progressing towards the end of the project.

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[JudyRobertson]

Come back soon, Katy!