19–24 Jul 2024
America/Denver timezone

Gameeky: A new learning tool built on GNOME to develop STEAM skills

19 Jul 2024, 12:25
40m
444-LoRaine Good | Track 2

444-LoRaine Good | Track 2

40 Minute Presentation - In Person GNOME Open Day

Speaker

Martin Abente Lahaye

Description

Gameeky lets young learners and educators create and explore cooperative games and learning experiences.

More specifically:

  • Play and explore games with friends.
  • Create new games without writing any code.
  • Tell stories through these games.
  • Nurture artistic skills by designing game objects and creatures.
  • Grasp the basics of programming using Python in a LOGO-like experience.
  • Mature programming skills by extending games with Python plugins.

Gameeky is a learning tool in the shape of a game engine. Therefore, its primary goal is to provide a better learning experience for programming, arts and other STEAM-related skills. Read more about this project rationale here.

Gameeky is built completely on GNOME technologies.

Author(s) Bio

Martín a software engineer with over 15 years of professional experience. Over that time he contributed to outstanding open source projects and communities around education, access to technology, among other topics if public interest. Martín is a member of the GNOME Foundation.

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