If you are looking to design professional 3D games that both look and feel like the ones you play at home, then you don’t want to miss this 3D video game design camp for teens. Aspiring game designers will use the world class Unreal^® Engine 3 to design 3D levels with custom geometry, employing a variety of textures, meshes and dynamic lighting. In addition, students will use MilkShape 3D to create and import basic 3D models, as well as learn visual scripting with Kismet to change gameplay conditions and event triggers.

Working on individual projects, students will emulate the workflow of a professional studio and get an insider’s look at how the game design industry works. Students will also take home a Steam^® account with complimentary full access to Unreal Tournament^® 3 Black! Welcome to internalDrive! Do Something Big this summer!

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Featured Software Used in this 3D Game Design Camp for Teens
Unreal technology is under the hood of the most visually intensive and exciting computer and video games on the market. From entertainment software to architectural visualization to animated content, Unreal Engine 3 provides the platform and tools needed to develop cutting-edge 3D projects. In addition to using one of the most commercially successful gaming platforms, students will also learn the cool modeling software, MilkShape 3D. A skeletal animator, MilkShape 3D allows vertex and face editing, and includes standard and extended primitives like spheres, boxes, and cylinders. MilkShape 3D can export to over 70 file formats, making it ideal as an asset creation tool for anyone into modding commercial games. Learn more about other cutting edge products used at our summer camps.

Got Game? Develop on One of the Most Celebrated Gaming Engines on the Market!
Learn more about video game designing, video game programming, level design and an introduction to 3D modeling at our teen summer camps. Learn the mechanics of high-end games. The Unreal Engine 3 is the platform that runs some of the most commercially successful gaming titles including Unreal Tournament 3 and Gears of War. Check out our unreal camps and unreal gaming camps! Have fun designing games!

Gain More Skills and Save on Each Additional Week!
Save $50 off each additional week with these suggested multi-week packages. Either register for the SAME course over multiple weeks, gaining advanced skills, or register for distinct courses over multiple weeks for a broad perspective.

SAMPLE MULTI-WEEK PACKAGE COMBINATIONS
CREATE YOUR OWN PACKAGE: Combine courses to suit your individual interests and style! Enroll in two, three, four or more weeks! You’ll save an additional $50 per week! You’ll gain a deeper skill set with each additional week!	GAME DESIGN PACKAGE: Learn different aspects of the gaming industry. Maya® – 3D Modeling & Animation Game Modding – Warcraft® III & StarCraft® FPS Game Design – Unreal® Engine 3 Game Modding – Half-Life® 2 iD Gaming Academy
DESIGN PACKAGE: Explore different design course. Web Design & Flash® Animation Game Creation – Arcade & Platform Graphic Design Maya® – 3D Modeling & Animation FPS Game Design – Unreal® Engine 3	SAMPLER PACKAGE: Learn many different skill sets. Game Modding – Half-Life® 2 FPS Game Design – Unreal® Engine 3 Programming in C++ or Java Web Design & Flash® Animation iD Gaming Academy iD Visual Arts Academy
NOTE: Some courses have age, location and skill restrictions. Click the specific course for details. Can’t decide which courses to take? Consult our course grid or phone us at 1-888-709-TECH (8324).

Gaming Activities: Gaming Tournaments, Ultimate Gaming Weekends
General gameplay is a fun aspect of our summer camps, but does not infringe on instructional time. This season will feature Gaming Tournaments and Ultimate Gaming Weekends showcasing the industry’s best. We use NVIDIA^® GeForce^® gaming cards for peak gaming performance. Students will play BIG titles from Epic Games^®, Activision^®, THQ^® Microsoft^® GameStudios™ and more. In order to offer the most cutting edge experience for our campers, we have adopted the policy of allowing the use of some select games with ESRB ratings of “E” for Everyone, “T” for Teen and “M” for Mature to be used as part of our curriculum in a supervised environment. We take our corporate responsibility and iD family values very seriously, but cannot guarantee that younger students will avoid complete contact with these games. Please know that we make every effort to minimize exposure to any games not appropriate for these age groups.

Note 1: Gaming does NOT infringe on instructional time.
Note 2: Games with ESRB Ratings of E, T and M are used at our camps.

Attention Teens!
Check out the Teen Scene at our teen camps! You can also find out more about our other courses at iD Tech Camps as well as the iD Gaming Academy, a two-week intensive teen-only game development academy. Want more gaming? Check out our NVIDIA-hosted teen gaming tournaments and Ultimate Gaming Weekends.

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Customized for beginner to advanced learners ages 13-17. Curriculum is delivered in small student clusters and individually tailored to each student. All students will learn video game programming and go home with a completed project at the end of the week at this FPS camp.

New curriculum! We have updated our curriculum based on the best of Unreal Tournament^® 3 modding and game design. We’ve substantially beefed up our coverage of MilkShape 3D tools for creating basic 3D models, as well as focused more intently on Kismet, the visual scripting tool that will allow students to create custom objectives, custom scoring, and replace characters’ meshes! If you enjoy playing Unreal Tournament 3, you’ll be amazed at what you can do to “make it your own”!

Industry Leading Curriculum & Instruction

Average 6 Students per Staff for Personalized Learning
We maintain an average of just 6 students per instructor. The small ratios ensure personalized instruction and the highest caliber technology summer camp experience. Students at iD are taught only by hand-selected adult staff.

Adult-Only Staff – No Counselors-in-Training
Our entire staff is comprised of adults age 18 and over. iD Tech Camps has respectfully created a no Counselors-in-Training (CIT) policy at our summer technology camps. Students learn best from adults who have mastered their skills in technology. Instruction is delivered by graduate and undergraduate students majoring in the fields of Film, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, Education, Media Arts, and other related fields.

Beginner to Advanced
Our ever-evolving curriculum is designed for beginning through advanced learners, allowing students to move along at their own pace with customized lessons for a fun and appropriate challenge. We use award-winning brand-name software.

Weeklong Courses
Students focus on one course topic per week. Our weeklong kids camps and teen camp courses provide students with a firm understanding of their course topic. Many students enroll in multiple weeks of summer camp by exploring many different course topics.

There are no prerequisites for this course. Are you looking to take your game design skills to the next level? Think you can build better maps than your favorite game designers? Would you like to build 3D video graphics and games with tools as powerful as those used on real commercial game titles? If so, this teen 3D game design course is perfect for you. This exciting course will both challenge you and give you the freedom to bring your imagination to life.

Please Note: The software used in this course may contain violence. Projects can be made without the use of violence, but you may want to consider one of these courses: Game Creation – Arcade & Platform or possibly 3D Game Design – Role Playing Games for software that is inherently less violent in nature.