Give Samorost a try … notice how the story unfolds … the mouse click is what moves things along and what uncovers different things …

Play the game at Gamestar Mechanic (or right in the post down below)

Check out a game — The Odyssey of Tara — and see if you can help Tara get home. Notice the aspects of story design in my game, and how the elements of the ‘story frame’ move the game from level to level.

Play The Odyssey of Tara

Go to Gamestar Mechanic to log-in

And student Hero Quest games from other years:

• The Quest of El
• Flight
• Hero’s Journey
•  Bartimaeus’ Quest
• Lord of the Rings
• Haunted Tower
• The Wall’s Secret
• Capt. Zero and Turtle Man
• Vega’s Great Escape
• Tyson’s Terror
• Lab X: The Experiment
• The Quest
• Dream
• Quest for Love
• Shifting Challenges
• Inferno

— Mr. Hodgson

Sixth Grade Gamers!

In the coming weeks, we will be using this site called Gamestar Mechanic to design and publish a video game project with the theme of a Hero’s Journey adventure. For now, you just need to Log In at the game design site, and begin the first Quest — which gives you experience, and tools, and moves you towards being able to create and publish your own video games.

GO TO GAMESTAR MECHANIC

— Mr. H