Adventure Author

The adventures of the Adventure Author team - computer game making in schools. Written by Judy Robertson, Keiron Nicholson and Cathrin Howells.

MGiS Teacher blogs

  • Derek and Steve, Bo'ness Academy, Falkirk Counci
  • Helen and Stephanie: Fife ABE
  • Gerry, Balwearie HS, Fife
  • Derek(CS), Balwearie HS, Fife
  • St Ninian's High School's Making Games in School Project Blog
  • James Young High School
  • Hazel, Dalbeattie HS, Dumfries & Galloway
  • Kimberly & Susan, Pentalnd PS & Firrhill HS, Edinburgh:
  • Jil, Gorgie Mills, Edinburgh
  • Richard, Easter Carmuirs PS, Falkirk

Recent Posts

  • Making Games in Schools teachers to present at SQA conference
  • Game Design Through Mentoring and Collaboration
  • Adventure Author team reunion
  • Quest to Learn
  • Welcome to the new Adventure Author team member
  • Turns out brain training games don't work
  • Book on creativity and education
  • Comments on the last Making Games in Schools training workshop from EPSRC mentor
  • Best practice in computing teaching award
  • How to assess computational thinking?

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  • teacher training
  • wider issues around games

Video Tutorials

We have made a series of video tutorials showing how to do particular Neverwinter Nights 2 tasks step by step.

Getting started: making your first area and testing it ( Best to right click and then save-as - it's~500 MB)

Making a simple interior

Making a complex interior

Area Transitions (Right click and save-as for this one too ~ 100 MB)

Transitions Using Doors

How to lock and Unlock doors

Signs, labels and Narrative Objects

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Archives

  • January 2011
  • November 2010
  • October 2010
  • September 2010
  • May 2010
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  • December 2009

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