022723 Warm Up

Today's GrokIt:

Back from February vacation and need some music to cheer you up, make a song @

Chrome Music Lab - Song Maker (chromeexperiments.com)

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Mr. DeMarco

021723 Warm Up

Today's GrokIt:

Where's  Hopper?

Find out @ Where is Hopper? — Google Arts & Culture

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Mr. DeMarco

021623 Warm Up

Today's GrokIt:

Words, Words, Words.

How many words can you create from just one?

Try it out @ http://www.degraeve.com/subwords.php

How about creating your own word?

Try it @ http://www.degraeve.com/invent-a-word/

Leave a comment!

Mr. DeMarco

021523 Warm Up

Today's GrokIt:

So, what's NASA up to these days? 

https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/

https://www.nasa.gov/

https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis/

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Mr. DeMarco

021423 Warm Up

Today's GrokIt:

We talked about colleges and universities that offered advanced degrees in Video Game Design. Well, here they are:

https://www.collegerank.net/best-video-game-design-degree-programs/

https://successfulstudent.org/best-video-game-colleges/

https://www.gamedesigning.org/video-game-design-schools/

https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/computer-science/game-simulation-development

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Mr. DeMarco

021323 WarmUp

Today's GrokIt:

Check out some related Kodu sites:

Kodu Game Lab - Wikipedia

Discuss Everything About Kodu Game Lab Wiki | Fandom

Kodu Game Lab Review - Game On or Game Over? (connectedcamps.com)

Leave a comment!

Mr. DeMarco

021023 WarmUp

Today's GrokIt:

More interesting Kodu videos:

How to make a football game:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WIyNYNeNUg

How to create an underwater world:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSdr1JEVfjs

How to make a racing game:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpJTBMe1I98

How to make pages:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-87g-mDfS7g

How to make a maze:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48BNpjmQ6d4

Leave a comment!

Mr. DeMarco

020923 Warm Up

Today;s GrokIt:

Some interesting Kodu videos:

Timers and Scoring

Kodu Timers - Bing video

Winning the Game

Kodu Game Lab - Winning a Game - Bing video

Interacting with Objects

Kodu Game Lab - Interacting with Objects / Scoring - Bing video

Spawning Characters

Create spawning characters in Kodu (creatables) - Bing video

Following a path

How to Follow a path in Kodu - Bing video

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Mr. DeMarco

020823 Warm Up

Today's GrokIt:

What is esports?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esports

Check these out too:

https://gamequitters.com/what-is-esports/

https://esportsinsider.com/

There's even a youtube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/c/lolesports

How about this:

https://www.kob.com/new-mexico/albuquerque-public-schools-hosts-annual-esports-expo/

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Mr. DeMarco

020723 Warm Up

Today's GrokIt:

More about video games:

5 Building Video Games That Are Awesome (& 5 That Fall Flat) (thegamer.com)

And playing video games is not all bad:

15 Surprising Benefits of Playing Video Games | Mental Floss

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Mr. DeMarco

020623 WarmUp

Today's GrokIt:

We're going to change platforms today.

Check out this website:

Ultimate List of Different Types of Video Games | 49 Genres & Subcategories (idtech.com)

https://www.ign.com/articles/the-best-100-video-games-of-all-time

and leave a comment on Slack.

Mr. DeMarco 

020323 Warm Up

Today's GrokIt:

Like superheroes? Like Graphics?

Check it out at:

https://visual.ly/blog/20-super-infographics-about-superheroes/

https://visual.ly/tag/superhero

http://learnitanytime.com/3105/the-coolest-infographics-about-superheroes-on-the-internet-today/

Leave a comment!

020223 Warm Up

Today's GrokIt:

It's Groundhog Day!

What's a ground hog?

What’s the Difference Between Gophers and Groundhogs? (msn.com)

Why does s(he) have a day?

The bizarre history of Groundhog Day — or, how we decided to trust a subterranean rodent (madison.com)

What's the prediction for this year?

Groundhog Day 2023 livestream: Watch Punxsutawney Phil make his annual weather prediction (msn.com)

Leave a comment!

Mr. DeMarco

020123 Work Plan

Today's GrokIt:

Just in case you're interested, more about AI art generation:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-01-31/architects-embrace-ai-art-generator-midjourney

https://aiartists.org/ai-generated-art-tools

https://gizmodo.com/ai-art-generator-midjourney-starry-ai-1849397263

Also, check out these online Fractal Generators:

http://usefuljs.net/fractals/

Fractal | Online fractal creator | snowflake | Sierpinski | fractal tree (visnos.com)

Leave a comment in Slack!

Mr. DeMarco