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>> We have an NSF grant to develop educational computer games in our software development
course at Harvey Mudd. These games are developed in collaboration
with middle school teachers and students. So today we’re here at Armstrong school
in Pomona to user-test the games that our students have
been coding this semester. User-test the game that they’ve done and
then we’ll switch. >> Our game is Action Fractions so it’s a game
that teaches how to convert fractions to decimals
and it’s set in outer space so there’s a fun element as well,
not just math. So we’re getting feedback from the students
so we know things better like how difficult to make the levels
and how to make the sound effects more fun because those are some things we’ve been
having trouble with.
Our game is about resources and distributing them and the food cycle.
I love games. I was really interested in learning about
iOS development and what you could possibly do with that in
the future. I really wanted to take the class.
>> This has been very, very exciting. It was nice to come to the college and meet
the students. And they asked us for input
and it was a great experience. You can see the kids are all excited about this.
I’m hoping that this will get a lot
that are kind of tired of school. Get them re-energized when we get our own iPads.
>> So I’ve been personally really interested in game development
just from playing games as a kid and finding that it’s a really fun thing
to engage in, making your own game.
So this has been a really great experience for that,
as well as working with the kids and seeing their reactions
to the games that we’ve made.