Scaredy Ship is a games produced by the Kids Make Games project, a collaboration between Brilliant Labs and Xona Games. It was developed by a grade 11 student, directly in Drumlin Heights Consolidated Shool, using the Brilliant Labs' MakerSpace, as a part of the school curriculum. Furthermore, the technology used is the same technology Xona Games uses to developer their Xbox and PlayStation games.

 

Videos:

Here is footage of the game. Mostly this is a capture of the student developer testing his own game.

Scaredy Ship playlist.
Watch through the videos to see the progression.

 

Download:

• ScaredyShip.zip (Scaredy Ship)
• xnafx40_redist.msi (Microsoft XNA Framework Redistributable 4.0 Refresh)

 

Install Instructions:

1. Download ScaredyShip.zip.
2. Download xnafx40_redist.msi.
3. Install xnafx40_redist.msi by double clicking it.
4. Extract ScaredyShip.zip to a "ScaredyShip" folder, using Windows or WinRAR.
5. Enter "ScaredyShip" folder.
6. Read the "info.txt" for control instructions.
7. Double click "ScaredyShip.exe" to run the game.

 

Controls:

XBOX 360 controller:

• back = quit game
• start = restart game
• left thumbstick = move
• d-pad = move
• bumpers = slow down

KEBOARD:

• escape (ESC) = quit game
• enter = restart game
• arrow keys = move
• numpad arrow keys = move

 

Source Code:

• ScaredShipSOLUTION.zip

This is a Microsoft Visual Studio Solution, of Scaredy Ship. To learn how to code this game yourself, follow our 2D Game Development Tutorial.

 

Credit / Thanks:

Thanks to everyone involved for making this a possibility:

• Thanks to Renette Bourque of Drumlin Heights Consolidated Shool for making this project a part of her course curriculum.
• Thanks to Drumlin Heights Consolidated Shool for taking on this project.
• Thanks to Brilliant Labs for co-creating the Kids Make Games project with Xona Games.

 

Read Kids Make Games for progress updates and other similar projects!