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TCU academy prepares teens for career in video games
By Diane Smith
Enter the world of Cupcake Zombies at your peril.
Once in, you’ve become a lemon that shoots forks. Your mission is to destroy the hungry cupcake zombies because it’s only through their elimination that the Food Pyramid can be rightfully reclaimed. Does this sound like too daunting a mission? Relax. It’s just a video game.
Cupcake Zombies was created by 16-year-old Zach Villarreal during a two-week summer program at Texas Christian University that ends today. The academy takes teens deep into the world of creating video games. Participants tap into graphing, math, storytelling, computer programming and art skills to learn how to create video games.
Click here to read the full article about our video game summer camps
July 6th, 2011
Posted in: iD In The News, Southern Methodist University, St. Edward’s University, Trinity University, University of Houston
