Create games to share with friends in this 5 Day camp! Students will learn the concepts and game-making skills to creatively solve challenges while developing their own games in Unity. This course takes your child's passion for building in Minecraft, and playing games on Roblox or online with their friends and teaches them how to design, create and iterate while they make and share their own games.
This course is a prerequisite for Video Game Design In Unity - Level 2
We teach the fundamentals of coding through component aggregation. Students learn about events, triggers, and variables by combining simple components into complex behaviors and systems. Using this methodology, students are able to immediately begin to think computationally, solving complex problems without the frustration involved in debugging complex, abstract languages that require intense focus and time to learn and master.
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Who this is for: This class is designed for anyone interested in creating a video game ages 8-12. The only thing they'll need is a computer with a keyboard and mouse, no previous experience is required.
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How this course is unique: Many other classes take a lot of work to set up the software but with our web browser-based UME Studio, this class gets students to create a game in Unity without any hassles or installs!
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Why we use the Unity game engine: Unity is widely used in the game industry to make 2D or 3D games on up to 20 different consoles and platforms. It’s a robust platform and with our 6 years of experience teaching it to kids, we have some of the best instructors and custom projects designed to get your kids making their own games on day one.
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Build Skills (Levels 1, 2, 3D Survival Game): In our Video Game Design & Coding camps and multi-week courses your child will learn how to design their own games and systems using physics, math, coding and art and measure their success through feedback from their peers. They’ll learn the latest technology using Unity to build and design games while emphasizing teamwork, feedback and communication.
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Practice Creating Games with a cohort! (Levels 1, 2, 3): UME Creator Clubs and Camps offer an ongoing place for your young game designer to build, create, and practice their game design skills within a safe, fun and facilitated group of peers.
OUR VALUES IN ACTION
1. We value Positive and Inclusive behavior in our classroom, thereby reserving the right to upkeep and maintain a safe space for our learners and their well-being. We support this by:
- Establishing classroom agreements and expectations.
- Modelling and Maintaining positive and inclusive behavior with and between students.
2. We value Cohort Based Learning and Accessibility in our offerings. We support this by:
- Being knowledgeable, engaging and patient with learners.
- Giving one-on-one attention as needed.
- Facilitating collaboration and connection between students.
- Making it super easy to jump into a class without having to install and configure any software.
3. We value Experimentation, Problem solving and Technology. We support this by:
- Demonstrate and encourage curiosity and experimentation throughout our class time.
- Support the process of solving a problem over rushing to a solution.
- Teaching real tools and technology used in the game and entertainment industry.
- Applying STEM, Digital Literacy and Project Based Learning methodologies.
- Constantly improve our curriculum and approach based on you and your child's feedback
We use the UME.Games platform to run Unity on a virtual computer. There is no software installation required. Everything you need is included on our platform.
Student projects are saved and published at ume.games under a free and private student account. Students will be given a link from the UME Instructor on the first day of class. ***No personal information is required to create the account.