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Bottom Line: Kodu Game Lab has promise, but will only draw in kids who have a lot of support and guidance or who are already passionate about creating their own content. Kids who are advanced enough to dive right in might be better suited to a tool that introduces actual written code instead of sticking with a graphics-only system. Game labs Roller Derby and the messy, though, funny lives of five young women.
“There’s a desire from our students to express themselves through games, whether that’s through making educational games or games with specific messages or lessons,” says Game Lab research scientist and lecturer Mikael Jakobsson. “Games are a big part of most people’s lives, so there’s a thirst among our students for not only learning how to make games, but also studying games as social and cultural artefacts.” Hackclub/gamelab The Cologne Game Lab's international research focus spans from art and technology to the theory of digital games in order to provide opportunities for interdisciplinary exchange and dialogue. Our conferences have brought together a diverse selection of experts from academia, science and research, economics, politics, and the game industry for talks and discourse.