Train2Game News: Valve teaching with portals in education initiative for schools
Valve will be giving away Portal 2 for free in its Teach with Portals initiative to help the teaching of physics and critical thinking in schools. “The buzz surrounding the new role video games are...
View ArticleTrain2Game News: Adorable TED talk
This is an incredibly cute talk taken from TED. The video was brought to my attention by a member of the Train2Game forum. It is a talk by a Dad and his young daughter about the game they made together...
View ArticleTrain2Game News: Mid-week round up – 30.01.13
It’s time for another Train2Game mid-week round up! As the Kickstarter draws to a close for the Gamestick console, images of the android gaming machine have been released. You can visit the Kickstarter...
View ArticleTrain2Game News: Cheap(er) Raspberry Pi now available
Raspberry Pi Model B The Train2Game News team is a big fan of the Raspberry Pi computer and now the cheapest computer on the market has an even cheaper version. A new lite version has released and will...
View ArticleTrain2Game News: MIT makes educational engine open source
MIT Game Lab has released the source code for an engine it hopes will inspire developers to create educational games exploring special relativity. The OpenRelativity toolset was used to create A Slower...
View ArticleTrain2Game News Game to help cope with ADHD
The holy grail of educational gaming is to make a game that educates yet also is as fun as an entertainment game. AdapTac Games believes they have achieved the holy grail of educational gaming with...
View ArticleTrain2Game News 12 Year Old launches successful game
Spacepants, the hit iPhone and iPad game developed by 12-year-old Sam Smith, is now available for Android devices on the Google Play store. Spacepants was named one of the “Best Apps of the Week” in...
View ArticleTrain2Game News Student in BAFTA programme
Indie Developer taught by Train2Game selected for BAFTA programme Nicola Valcasara amongst the elite of the UK games industry accepted to join BAFTA Crew Games 2014 Professional video games creator...
View ArticleTrain2Game News AppGameKit Education Bundle
The Game Creators today launched the AppGameKit Education Bundle. The special pack, specifically developed for the Education market, includes AppGameKit, Giant Asset Packs 1 & 2, Games Pack1 and a...
View ArticleTrain2Game News Minecraft Offering Educational Resources
Microsoft and Mojang have released several free Minecraft Education lessons in an effort to entertain and educate some of the many school kids who are currently missing classes due to coronavirus...
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