Olympic Peninsula Game Design Club

This course is designed to assist youth on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State develop information literacy skills through the video game design process. The agencies involoved in offering game design to youth are as follows-

North Olympic Library System- Jennifer Knight

Clallam County Family YMCA & Americorps- Michell Gentry

Intro to Game Design & Development

Collection of game design formats, sprites, sounds, tiles, etc.

Interactive Fiction(IF) games are text-based adventure games that involve reading a digital fiction novel that constantly evolves as choices are made to solving puzzles and achieve the goal.

In classrooms, it has been a great motivational reading improvement tool, and engages learners in multiple reading skills simultaneously. The learning opportunities extend far beyond the capabilities of a traditional printed text.

With the use of emulators, players can still enjoy classic IF games originally designed for early computer models. In addition, new applications have been developed to allow IF players to create their own games, thus integrating technology with reading and writing improvement.

Learn more about Interactive Fiction and how it can benefit your students' reading and writing skills. After the initial shock of playing a game without images, my students were begging me to extend the lesson so they may finish the games. How could I turn that down?? They were LOVING to read! I encourage you to try it out in your classroom as well!

~Amanda Hefner