MIT Explains: How To Make a Video Game

Video games are fun to play, but have you ever wondered how to make one? Carmelo, a grad student in the MIT Media Lab, shows how anyone can start learning how to create video games by talking to machines through programming languages. Start making at https://scratch.mit.edu! ---------- Find us online! Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MITK12 Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/MITK12Videos http://k12videos.mit.edu ---------- made with love at MIT Creative Commons: CC BY-NC-SA, MIT http://k12videos.mit.edu/terms-and-conditions Written by: Elizabeth Choe ‘13 with Carmelo Presicce SM ‘17 Additional scripting: George Zaidan ‘08 Produced by: Elizabeth Choe ‘13 Director: George Zaidan ‘08 Editor: Per Hoel Special effects: Loren Sherman ‘16 Production assistant: Ceri Riley ‘16 Hosted by: Carmelo Presicce SM ‘17 Tetris image: http://habitry.com/blog/they-dont-want-results Minecraft image: http://www.gamespot.com/articles/minecraft-2-not-happening-anytime-soon/1100-6429533/ Angry Birds image: http://thedroidguy.com/2012/03/angry-birds-space-update-available-on-barnes-noble-nook-tablet-21384 Mad Max image: http://www.gameguyz.com/pictures/wallpaper/hd-mad-max-wallpapers.html Special thanks: Mitch Resnick and the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab