Gamestar Mechanic

Gamestar Mechanic

Gamestar Mechanic is an award-winning game and community where you can make and share your own video games.

What is Gamestar Mechanic?
Gamestar Mechanic is an award-winning platform for creating, sharing and playing video games, and learning about game design. This Chrome extension offers an epic single-player quest, a design workshop for creating unique games, a community space for sharing and collaboration, and educational opportunities centered on design and STEM concepts. Initially created with the support of the MacArthur Foundation, it caters primarily to youth (ages 8 - 14), aiming to boost skills in critical thinking, problem solving, creativity, iterative design and collaboration.
Stats
Users: 8,000+
Rating: 4.10 (40)
Version: 1.2 (Last updated: 2016-11-30)
Creation date: 2016-11-30
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • unlimitedStorage
  • notifications
Size: 19.74K
URLs: Website
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Summary

"Gamestar Mechanic is a stunningly in-depth, and endlessly interesting, foray into the world of game design... The concept is brilliant, and playing through it is undeniably entertaining." - Five Star review from Common Sense Media

WINNER: American Association of School Librarians Top 25 Website for Teaching and Learning; Kids at Play Interactive Award for Innovation in Children's Media; Serious Play Awards Gold Medal for Education; Finalist: IndieCade Awards.

Gamestar Mechanic is an award-winning game and community where you can make and share your own video games, including robust support for classroom use. Go on epic quests and earn powerful sprites. Use the tools you earn to design your very own games. Play hundreds of thousands of games created by users like you. Share your games with your friends. Level up from player to designer!

PLAY Gamestar Mechanic features a rich single-player Quest where players learn the principles of game design through an exciting adventure game. As the player progresses through the Quest they learn the principles of game design and earn 'sprites' that enable them to design and publish their own games.

DESIGN Players earn a design workshop where they can use their 'sprites' to design their own original games. The workshop features a drag and drop game building tool that enables players to design a wide variety of games, which they can publish for others to play and review.

SHARE The game also features a vibrant community called Game Alley where players can publish, review and collaborate on games designed by other players.

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User reviews
User reviews summary
These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Amazing gameplay
  • Great for creating and sharing games
  • User friendly and intuitive
Cons
  • Not entirely free
  • Gets redundant and frustrating
  • Didn't load for some users
Most mentioned
  • Amazing
  • User-friendly
  • Didn't load
  • Not entirely free
Recent reviews
it is a scam! use web to search for it! only this one is tho.
by Cinnamon Westwood Cinnamon Westwood, 2019-03-16

Amazing game, awesome game play, absolutely love it! Highly recommend. Though not entirely free, can still play game effectively!
by Taliesin L. Taliesin L., 2018-08-08

absolutely amazing! loved it!
by Fiona Becker Fiona Becker, 2017-07-17
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Safety
Risk impact

Gamestar Mechanic is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Gamestar Mechanic has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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