Adventures in Game Design - Video Game Design Camps for Kids - Make Your Own Video Game
Adventures in Game Design
The Scoop - Overview
Don’t just play games! Make them! Create your own video game in this fun, stimulating video game camp for kids. We introduce students to the awesome world of video game creation in a non-competitive, step by step process.This kids summer camp will teach the basic principles behind making arcade and platform games--the fun ones you'd find at your local arcade. Design your own arcade and platform games using Clickteam® Multimedia Fusion 2 Developer ® and Adobe® Photoshop®. Create cool characters in Spore™ Creature Creator and import them into your game. After learning how to make a game, students will take home a copy of their final project to play at home. No tokens required! We take frequent breaks from game making throughout the day, introducing cool non-tech activities. Welcome to iD! Click to the left for more details, and scroll down for promotions and multi-week packages.
Featured Software
You'll learn the user-friendly Clickteam® Multimedia Fusion 2 Developer® as well as Adobe® Photoshop® CS4, Spore™ Creature Creator and Flash® CS4 to create a cool, realistic video game. You will populate your game with famous characters like Mario, Master Chief, and more! Our new curriculum has enhanced features that will challenge returning students. This junior kids camp also includes Techtivities like Guitar Hero®, and supervised outside play—nurturing a balanced summer camp experience. Click to find out more about the cutting edge products used at our summer camps.Skill Level, Ages & Tuition
Youth summer camps customized for beginner to advanced learners ages 7-10. Curriculum in our kids summer camps is delivered in small student clusters and is individually tailored to each student. This camp for kids is an especially exciting option if you're looking for academic camps or summer youth programs. After learning how to make games, all students will go home with a completed project at the end of the week.For details on tuition and special promotions, click here.
Our Recommendations
There are no prerequisites for this course. This summer camp for children is perfect for active and imaginative younger students wanting to explore game-making. Interested in Flash game design? Using a drag and drop interface, students will catch on easily with this fun, creative, hands-on course. If you are just beginning to discover the power of technology, this course is a great choice. This summer video game camp for kids is perfect for both new and returning campers. It's also a good choice if you're considering video game design schools. With our updated curriculum, students in this kids summer camp will find the perfect summer challenge.Where Offered?
Adventures in Game Design is offered at all locations EXCEPT Smith College and Wake Forest University.What’s New?
We’ve rebuilt our curriculum from the ground up. Students will use the full version of Clickteam Multimedia Fusion Developer 2. The graphical interface makes the game design as easy as drag and drop. In this unique video game camp for kids, we supply the dragons, ninjas, backgrounds, power-ups and other objects in order for you to make your own 2D game. Get creative and design your own objects for a truly unique video game. Advanced students will add sound and music to enhance game play.This junior kids camp also includes Techtivities which may include Guitar Hero® Dance-Dance-Revolution® and supervised outside play, promoting a balanced summer camp for children ages 7-10.
How We Teach
iD Tech Camps students receive the highest caliber technology education any summer camp has to offer! Students in this summer camp for kids receive our gold standard 1-on-1 instruction (average 6 students per staff). Using the latest in hardware and software, our adult staff work hands-on with each student from project theory to completion (you won’t find counselors-in-training at iD). It’s time to unleash your internalDrive--Welcome to iD! Find out more about how we teach.
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Got game? Don’t just play video games. Create your own!
If you’ve got a passion for video games or want to learn more about video game designing, this course just might be the perfect match for you. This youth camp focuses on Arcade and Platform style video game creation; it is game creation camp and game development camp for beginners. Design games and make your own video games! Think Donkey Kong™, Super Mario Brothers™, Centipede™, PacMan™, Space Invaders™, and Tetris™. It’s the ultimate art & design summer camp! Even if you’re interested in design development game school, this video game camp is a great starting point. The best part about these summer camps for kids? When it comes to computer games design, no matter where your imagination takes you, after you make your own game, you’ll take it home with you at the end of the week.
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.
 Create Your Own Package - Customize your world! |
Junior Package - Learn Game Design, Multimedia and Web Design! |
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| Combine courses to suit your individual interests and style! | Adventures in Game Design | |||
| Enroll in two, three, four or more weeks! | Create Your Own Adventure | |||
| You’ll save an additional $50 per week! | Game & Web Design Hybrid | |||
| 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 Tournaments: Games Rated E, T and M: Our Responsibility
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®, Blizzard Entertainment®, 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.
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