Taking a game programming class...

[foulprairiedog]

all of you are trying to work around the violence rules with alternative forms of violence
make a game where you soothe hateful people with the power of love

[Ad Bot]

[Ragequit]

make something based off of toontown

[Blockz]

make a game where two guys SHOOT muffins and pillows at eachother

[Headcrab Zombie]

I think you'll find I said I don't agree with total censorship.
But it's not necessary to have violence in your game in your programming class at school. It's not even a game design class. The school is well within its rights to restrict you from including violence/guns, in the exact same way that they're in their rights to prohibit you from performing Drama scenes about murder/rape, or drawing pictures of death/murder in art class, or writing stories of violence and brutality in English class.
None of it is necessary for learning the skills you're trying to learn.

And that's a right load of toss about it needing to be promoted in your games class. It's not even about keeping children from violence, it's about what's presentable in a school during a day or a parents evening. There's a time and a place. If that truly upsets you then tough titties.

I think the disagreement here comes from not knowing how the school is defining "violence"

Something like an FPS with blood should definitely not be allowed.
But there's tons of rated E games that have what is technically violence, like Mario punching and kicking and stomping on things, and that's a bit harder to argue against

[Alyx Vance]

make something based off of toontown

Hatredtown
My name is not important, what is important is this pie I'm about to throw

[shitlord]

Hatredtown
My name is not important, what is important is this pie I'm about to throw

lol

[sir dooble]

I think the disagreement here comes from not knowing how the school is defining "violence"

Something like an FPS with blood should definitely not be allowed.
But there's tons of rated E games that have what is technically violence, like Mario punching and kicking and stomping on things, and that's a bit harder to argue against

Of course, and I fully agree.
I believe there should be moderation in what they allow or don't, which is why I don't think there should be an absolute zero tolerance to anything even related to violence/guns.

There wasn't any claim made that everything even remotely violent would be banned, instead guns and weapons weren't allowed. Which is a minor enough restriction for a school class.

[ZombiLoin]

Is it actual programming or just game maker or some stuff

Actual programming. It's a post AP course so all of us have at least taken Computer Science + AP Computer Science. We're using Unity 5.

My bet is this teacher is enough of a goddam pain in the arse that they'll interpret anything vaguely like the act of shooting (such as a Tetris block launching blocks at other blocks) as a crime.

I wouldn't really blame her, lol, the DOE puts restrictions on this, not the teacher.