Video Game Development & Design

Dates: July 15-19
9 am - 3 pm
Grades: Students entering 5th and 6th grades in the fall of 2013
Cost: $350 (lunch included) 

Work in a fast-paced team environment to explore principles and concepts behind the fascinating world of video games. Students will apply basic elements of effective games to create their own alternate reality games, simple 2-D computer games and more. Throughout the experience, students will play a wide range of games and reflect on what makes them appealing to people. Over the course of the experience participants will work in collaborative guilds to attempt to launch a viral game into the online Scratch community. Students will also spend a day on a field trip to observe and collaborate with high level professionals in in this dynamic, growing industry.

Instructor: Matt Montagne
Matt Montagne currently serves as director of educational technology at SHC. He has served in K-12 education for the past 19 years, the first six of which were spent teaching in elementary school education. His current passion lies in the area of project-based learning, developing innovative learning spaces, and design thinking. He is looking forward to putting creative learning practice into place in the Video Game Design & Development course. 

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