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RP4K Teacher Profiles: Gabriel Dibenedetto

Real Programming

Education and Background Gabe has worked for RP4K almost since moving to Ontario from Italy in 2017. His passion for gaming is broad, but he has a special love for sandbox games , point-and-click graphic adventures, and RPGs. Soon after, Gabe graduated from Georgian College with an Ontario College Diploma.

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How to Keep Kids Motivated for Coding as School Resumes

Real Programming

Whereas previous generations played pinball at the arcade, or side-scrolling Nintendo games , the video games our teachers played as kids resemble the open-world sandbox games popular today, like Minecraft. RP4K begins at the start, diving into real math and coding concepts to build a custom video game that even young kids can manage.

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5 Simple Programming Languages to Teach Your Kids

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However, we prefer Python for kids because it's better for educational purposes. The online sandbox gaming platform is popular because it allows kids to build, create, mine, and use their creative juices in many exciting ways. We believe that Python is simple enough for most kids to start learning at the age of seven.

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Is there an alternative to gaming’s dystopian gloom?

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“When you make games, you almost inevitably do world building. ” He offered an example of a game about building in the near future. ” Another of E-Line Media’s current projects is The Endless Mission – a community-driven sandbox creation game. “Our games are often inspired by real people.

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We Dwell in Possibility as queer gardening simulation

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There are "sims" like SimCity, which seek to be taken semi-seriously as semi-scientific primers to urban planning for educational use in schools. It mimics the crowd simulation systems used by real-world architects to test building and street circulation. Do not mind the gap! Without this gap, there is nothing to play.