This is a very basic introduction to the Game Maker Programming Language (GML). This was developed in Gamemaker Studio II. You will need to download the software from [Yoyo Games](https://www.yoyogames.com/get) if you want to try it out yourself. I started doing this a few years ago after watching a live musical performance in multiple locations through live coding. I found it fascinating and was amazed that people were willing to watch people program. I started doing simple game projects for tour groups and have enjoyed doing it ever since. This is an exercise where we introduce younger students to computational thinking, simple geometry and a little bit of physics. This can be done with students as young as 12 (and maybe even younger). It is inspired by the classic arcade game Asteroids. I normally do this by live coding in the Digital Media Center Theater where students come to the computer one at a time. We then as a group decide how to approach the project. It always ends up differently each time have the team help solve the problem as a classroom. I have posted an example of what a session might look like with a detailed PDF. If any other faculty is interested in doing this, please look at [part 1](https://github.com/maubanel/cosmic-shooter) and [part 2](https://github.com/maubanel/cosmic-shooter-extended) of Cosmic Shooter on GitHub.
