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.
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Creative Commons: CC BY-NC-SA, MIT
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

Special thanks: Mitch Resnick and the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab

[MrStacheReal]

Start > Create a character > Build the map > Add the codes to make things work. (Pro tip: Sketch it all out in paper before making it!)

[myzpeasmusic.ed.]

Outstanding. I will be showing my primary teacher colleagues this as part of PD as it shows them how one of our new Digital Technologies assessment tasks evolves. Well done!

[NPStation]

Cool video, I like it how you explain the Python code and how the computer translates it. Thanks.

[akidisusan]

Thank you for educating our children, please continue the sacrifice

[nerdyCmpUtrfrk]

0:30 OH NO HIDE THE WORD MARIO BEFORE NINTENDO C&D's IT

[cocomon]

Thnx for reminding me of Scratch because really I wish schools would help me learn code

[Archeia]

You make it sound so easy but it's like ;A;

[rizasibullas]

Hello, I was attempting to recreate the popular game Zuma Deluxe, however, the spheres WON'T stop moving when they are not touching a ball "Unless the ball color is the same, so it goes back" even worst, THE SPHERES DON'T GET DESTROYED IF THE BALL TOUCHED ONE WITH THE SAME COLOR, ONLY THE ONES TOUCHING IT ARE DESTROYED.

[julieborgeot]

Hello !
I work with Fréquence Écoles, which is a non-profit that works on education to digital media in France. I'm in charge of the projects on coding, robotics, etc.
I love this ! We've been trying to make videos with a similar goal for a while, and I am so glad that they will come from MIT.
I was wondering how you planned the translating process ? I'll be happy to translate this video for you in French and give you the substitles.
We'd love to be able to use those videos here (and french kids or teachers definitely don't speak english .... yet ) !

Nicely done !

Julie

[foxmcfog]

I use Unity and Unreal! Scratch inspired me and got me into coding! I'm pretty good at C#

[rajathapa]

MIT scratch is my fave programming language. I made an engine in that thing. An ENGINE.And a tanks game, an animation, the list goes on. I love you guys and girls.

[avacadobros]

What app should you make video games in

[ArthurTheEagle]

Please insert the
New SUPER MARIO BROS Wii disk.

[itsamelink]

I don’t know why I’m watching a childrens video documenting what I already know,

[Adam-ysxt]

have you made any videos to guide us though the process?

[sonickidd]

Machine language is in two categories. Hex and binary.

[ianfarquharson]

I want to make games using Python, but I dont know how to make the screens, and move stuff all over the place, and everything else??
does anyone know what I should do? or make?

[Axos_Abode]

For some reason I half expected MIT not to promote Scratch.

[RicardoGarcia-cdob]

Profesional game has thousands of millions of instructions and 100s of people working on it.

[WangWeiGroup]

i just want to say that this video is use to teach dutch students english