Have you ever wanted to make your own Mario character? Perhaps you’ve always been inspired by the artwork of old school RPGs? Follow this guide from the National Videogame Museum and create your own pixel art character!
National Videogame Museum
Based in Sheffield city centre, the National Videogame Museum (NVM) showcases over a hundred games, and as our contributor Shehla writes: "it's much more than an arcade." It traces the evolution of videogames over time and even gives you the chance to create your own games. While it’s closed, the team are bringing the museum to you!
“Like many museums at his time, the NVM has closed its doors and we’ve started to provide educational materials online. To support this we are now running free weekly livestreams over on our YouTube channel; these are aimed at introducing young people and their families to free software and creative tools to start creating videogames at home. We've also endeavoured to bring our collection online too, with weekly livestreams on Twitch too!”
See the current activities from NVM's 'at home' series below to stay entertained and creative with your family during lockdown.
Game Makers
Ever played a game and thought 'I want to make this!'? Well now is your chance! Follow this guide from the National Videogame Museum and dip your toes into game creation using free children's programming language Scratch.
Great Games To Keep you Busy at Home
"One benefit to having to stay at home, is that’s where the videogames are!" Take some tips from the team at the National Videogame Museum, and discover fun educational and family games that will keep the kids (and big kids) busy whilst in lockdown.
Become an Interactive Storyteller
Ever wanted to write your own interactive stories? The National Videogame Museum have put together a guide on how to do just that using Twine – free software that enables you to make your own story-based videogame!
Creatively Exploring Videogames
Let’s get creative! Download these activity sheets from the National Videogame Museum for fun ways to get creative whilst thinking about videogames – by designing your own arcade cabinet or videogame controller.
Celebrating Your Videogame Collection
The National Videogame Museum is rightly pretty proud of its collection of videogames and videogamey stuff. But they want to hear about yours too! Get thinking about your own collection of videogames with these downloadable activity sheets.