Treffer: DESIGN OF A 2D INTERACTIVE GAME USING UNITY ENGINE TO STIMULATE LEARNING THE PYTHON PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE.

The main purpose of this paper is to design and implement a 2D game in Unity Engine for the Windows 10 platform having a predominantly educational character. The goal is to familiarize a novice user with the features and functions of the Python programming language. The game is based on the movement of a character on a 2D platform, encountering various other characters and objects that trigger informative dialogues and mini-tests in Python. The game is structured on several levels or scenes, each corresponding to a general chapter designed to familiarize the user with various notions and basics related to the Python v.3 language. Each level is implemented individually, with the existence of a transition script from one scene to the next in order not to complicate the user's computer with a single global level. The learning application uses several technologies, resources and packages for video game development: Unity Engine, C# and Python. From educational perspective, collecting ideas from students at the beginning of the design process provides useful information about what they want to deepen in the field of technology. Early involvement of students in designing such a game opens the access to their browsing skills, ways of presenting contextual information, application-specific content preferences, and variety of UI elements that would help them navigate more easily in the application. Implementing a 2D platform game is a way to get students to gain an interactive programming experience in a high-level language, in a familiar way, resembling the learning process with relaxation. The interactive learning process will give students a positive, stimulating and inspirational feeling, causing them to deepen their other interests in technology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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