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Bloxels with Rob Bennet

September 21, 2020 Rob Bennet
KidsLab - a podcast for parents and educators passionate about STEAM education
Bloxels with Rob Bennet
Show Notes

In this episode, I am talking to Rob Bennet, the Co-Founder and CEO of Pixel Press. With Bloxels, one of their services, kids can create their own interactive games.

Bloxels is one of his creations that started 7 years ago. Bloxels is all about building video games, a topic that you can imagine resonates very well with kids. According to their website, more than 20k educators are using Bloxels in their classrooms today.

Games, Characters, Art and and Backgrounds - those are the elements you will start building and don’t worry, the bloxel web/iOS/Android apps will help you to get started. Even building a character is lot’s of fun and you can of course try out your creations during this process

When it comes to building the game itself, it’s a bit like Minecraft in 2D - you place enemies, dangerous elements, water and so on on the game canvas and can then immediately try it out. It’s a lot of fun - but what is probably the most important thing is, it turns kids from consumers into creators of their own games.