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YoYoGames.com

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YoYo Games

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"The YoYo Games' website allows users to upload, share, and play the games they’ve created using GameMaker. The community of more than 1 million young developers worldwide has created over 300,000 games with approximately 150 new games uploaded per day."

Keywords:

graphics; modding; pc; programming

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Game Development Tool; Online Community

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Polycount

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Andrew Risch

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Polycount is an online community of game artists who discuss and share information, news, and resources for creating video game art.

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3d; artists; arts; free; online

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News Source; Online Community

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Free; Online; Register

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MinecraftEdu

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Digiplay Initiative

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Jason Rutter

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Website

"Jason Rutter's Digiplay Initiative is home to an online bibliography of research into digital/video/computer games. This research resource contains over 3000 references and is fully searchable for registered users."

Keywords:

adults; college students; computer; game developers; game play; media; research; researchers; students; technology; visual arts; young adults

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Research Literature

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Free; Online

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Torque 3D

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Garage Games

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Website

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Games for Health Discussion Listserv

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Serious Games Initiative

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Website

The Games-for-Health Discussion Listserv is an email discussion list for people interested in building health games.

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exergame; physical activity; research; researchers

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Listerv

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Online

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Super Smart Games

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Super Smart Games provides user-rated reviews and detailed descriptions of games judged to be healthy or educational for kids, teens, or adults. Visitors can search and find games based on category, platform, age group, and subject.

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adults; children; ehealth; exergame; learning; parents; physical activity; serious games; teens; young children

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Search Engine

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Doom 3 Engine

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id Software

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"The Doom 3 engine made its debut on August 2004 with the release of Doom 3. It introduces several advantages over current available engines"

Keywords:

free; game engines; macintosh; modding; pc; programming

Resource Type:

Game Engine

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Free

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