

His book offers playful projects that teach about the centre of gravity, toroidal vortexes, smoke-rings and electromagnetism.

This list offers games picked out with the help of Alom Shaha, Physics teacher, author of Mr Shaha’s Marvellous Machines and father of two. However, there are many games that offer players a chance to be the creators, inventors and instigators of some of the most marvellous machines. Unchangeable, uncreative and demanding repetition of players.

Video games are often thought of as turning children into small cogs in a machine. Educationally, this isn't only a novelty to inspire other learning but offers an embodied appreciation of gravity, air currents, g-force, pitching, yawing and how materials respond at high speed. The games we have collected together in this list, enable you to experience flight in some way. There are other examples that use trajectory to get to hard platforms, like Ibb and Obb and other games like Slime Rancher where you can unlock a jetpack. Along with games where flying is front and centre, many other games offer nuanced flight as part of their experience, like Rocket League. These games can range from novel superpowers that let you swing, boost or bounce your way into the sky like Marvel's Spider-Man, to serious experiences that simulate the complexities of flying a jumbo jet in Microsoft Flight Simulator. It's not surprising then, that many video games are popular because they grant the player the ability to soar through the air. The dream of being able to fly seems to be a universal human desire. Then there are games, like Going Under, Satisfactory, Good Pizza Great Pizza and Stormworks: Build and Rescue that give you a taste of other roles in the industry. Other games, Roblox and LittleBigPlanet, are a chance to see what other amateur game makers are creating. Some of the games, like FanCade, Super Mario Maker or Dreams, are a great way to start making your own games. They are a great way to dip a toe in multifaceted roles and experience of making video games. The games in this list offer the chance to not only play, but to build these skills and experience as you have fun. Whether your child is great at being organised, designing things, drawing, performing, telling Stories or working in a team there are loads of roles that might fit them: Animator, Campaign Manager, Narrative Designer, Esports Events Manager, Playtester and Voiceover Artist are just the start. This isn’t just about being a programmer. They run programmes that provide inspiration and educational pathways for anyone wanting to make video games their job. We’ve worked with Into Games, a non-profit organisation that supports people in finding rewarding careers in the games industry.
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However, as a relatively new media it can be hard to know how to help a child inspired to move from hobby to career. Like anything popular for youngsters, many dream of being able to work in the video game industry when they get older.
