From inventing his own card and board games from the age of five, to a theatre degree, a masters in education, jobs making games at Atari and Microsoft, and a move to Australia to teach gaming to university students, American born Matt Ford has been around the traps and remains an eternal optimist when it comes to the future of computer programing and game design. “There are so many free tools available like Flash, Unity, Blender (for 3D artists), Unreal, The Source Engine and StarCraft editor. If a student is really interested, show them these programs and they can start making games now,” Matt encouraged. “A class needs to be self directed,” Matt explained. “By using Flash or Unity – which are great free gaming tools available over the internet – it gets students started in making their own games or applications.

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