The Scoop – Overview

Game modding is hot in the gaming industry! Many video game companies are actively promoting “modding” (modification of) existing video games – a colossal trend sweeping the industry. In this summer camp course, iD “modders” will “upgrade” and redesign some of the biggest gaming titles in the industry, Warcraft^® lll: Reign of Chaos^®, Warcraft lll: The Frozen Throne^® or StarCraft^®. Here’s your chance to use critical thinking skills to alter gameplay, ultimately building a personalized game with customized maps and levels.

Students in this game modding teen camp will learn to add new levels, redesign or replace characters and customize gameplay through interactive modding tools. Advanced students will learn scripting, ultimately modifying the code. Come mod with us and learn from instructors who are avid gamers. Each student will take home a copy of Warcraft lll: Reign of Chaos or StarCraft to continue learning and modding well after summer camp is over. It’s your game. It’s your world. Customize it. Welcome to internalDrive! Do Something Big this summer!

Featured Software
Students will mod one of the hottest selling video games of all time, Warcraft lll or StarCraft. Many of the industry’s critics have praised StarCraft as one of the best and most important video games ever produced, raising expectations for developing real-time strategy games. StarCraft has been praised for creating a gripping story and revolutionizing the use of unique factions in real-time strategy gameplay. Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos is the third game set in the Warcraft Universe with The Frozen Throne as the expansion pack. The game is a single-player campaign told in a progressive way through all four of the game’s races. Learn more about other cutting edge products used at our summer camps.

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: Design different genres of video games. Game Creation – Arcade & Platform Game Modding – Warcraft® lll & StarCraft® 3D Game Design – Role Playing Games	GAME DESIGN PACKAGE 2: Design and mod different genres of video games. Game Modding – Warcraft® lll & StarCraft® Game Modding – Half-Life® 2 FPS Game Design – Unreal® Engine 3 Maya® – 3D Modeling & Animation iD Gaming Academy
GAME PROGRAMMING PACKAGE: Learn the programming languages behind video games. Game Modding – Warcraft® lll & StarCraft® Game Creation – Arcade & Platform Game Modding – Half-Life® 2 Programming in C++ or Java Web Design & Flash® Animation iD Gaming Academy iD Programming Academy	SAMPLER PACKAGE: Learn many different skill sets. Game Modding – Warcraft® lll & StarCraft® Programming in C++ or Java Web Design & Flash® Animation iD Gaming Academy iD Programming 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 10-17. Curriculum is delivered in small student clusters and is individually tailored to each student. All students will go home with a completed project at the end of the week. Please note: Warcraft^® lll and StarCraft^® have an ESRB rating of “T” for Teen and do contain violence.

New game! New curriculum! Students now have the option of modding one of three popular games: Warcraft^® lll: Reign of Chaos^®, Warcraft lll: The Frozen Throne^® or StarCraft^®. With our exciting new course modules, the creative possibilities are endless in this game modding course. Students will also take home their mods and a copy of either Warcraft lll: Reign of Chaos or StarCraft.

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. Any gamer serious about personalizing and modifying popular existing game titles should consider this video game camp. The modding interface for this course is user friendly, but has advanced, complex functionality. This is the perfect course for those wanting to gain a deeper understanding of the game development industry – and want to have a blast while doing it!