Mariopaint Composer

July 6th, 2008

Compose your own music using sounds from classic SNES games. Download here
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Coke & Mentos in slow motion

May 7th, 2008

Watch this video of Coke and Mentos at 1200 frames per second!

Jelly Car

April 8th, 2008

Drive a squishy, re-sizable car through a wobbly hand-drawn world. Download Jellocar here

Questionaut

March 29th, 2008

The BBC KS2 Bitesize revision site has a new game created by Amanita (the people who created the excellent Samarost adventures). It combines an adventure game with KS2 SATs questions! link
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Puzzle boy

March 23rd, 2008

Great little puzzle game converted from an old Gameboy title. Get ‘puzzle boy’ to the exit on each screen by pushing the sliding blocks and rotating doors. link
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Museum of Lost Wonder

February 24th, 2008

Here is a video of the author of ‘The Museum of Lost Wonder’ talking about the book. Website for book here

Phun - a physics playground

February 20th, 2008

If you liked ‘Crayon Physics’ - then you’ll enjoy ‘Phun’. Watch the video and then make your own machines by downloading the software here

Broccoli forest

January 13th, 2008

Carl Warner constructs landcapes from photographs of food. Here is a broccoli forest in front of bread mountains. link
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Ages 1-100 on a drum

January 11th, 2008

100 people in order of their age hitting the same drum.

Map gloves

January 3rd, 2008

These gloves from 1851 helped visitors to the Great Exhibition in London find their way to the Crystal Palace and other famous sites. Currently on display at the Field Museum’s ‘Maps - finding our place in the world’ exhibition. link
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Crayon physics

January 3rd, 2008

This game is like a puzzle version of moovl. Get the red ball to the star by drawing rectangles on the screen - the rectangles will fall and move the ball and other objects. Download here Watch the video of the forthcoming deluxe version here
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Mischief maker in the home

December 26th, 2007

Here is a christmas animation made at home by Monica in Year 5.