Yesterday we interviewed some kids for our summer pilot “Game Academy.” We are basically trying to teach kids how to make games, and specifically make games on XNA (for XBOX 360).

The first girl was not interested at all. So Jeff was all bumbed. The second one, Del, comes in and immediates says, “Hey, why do you have an XBOX controller?” He’s on board from the get go! Next were 3 more girls, uh oh.

Courtney comes in, nervous and with Grandpa needing to go to work. We quickly gauge she enjoys using computers and let her grandpa get back to work. Melissa is next. She is a cheerleader and skateboarder, who likes Mattalica and Grand Theft Auto (just like Candace!). Brittany is the last one of the day, and she is very nervous. Once we told her what we wanted to do, she couldn’t stop smiling!

In conclusion, 4 out of 5 students super excited to learn how to make games. Score! Now I need to learn how to do it!

P.S. I just finished combining a chase camera, and split screen. Meaning: 2 players can fly separate planes around the screen with the camera following their own plane! I will post it a little tutorial when I clean it up, but here is the ChaseCamera and SplitScreen examples I combined.

Tags: c#, game academy, games, xna

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