Video Game Design Summer Camp (VGD)

This immersive Video Game Design Summer Camp (VGD) is for high school students who are interested in a deep dive to learn about video game design. This camp will go beyond the basics and will place emphasis on human centered design as a way to develop video games that are not only entertaining but also impactful. During this camp, students will discover the diversity of game design such as marketing, narrative, level design, user experience research, and art. Students will begin by developing an idea, transforming that idea into a physical tabletop game, and then develop plans to integrate those mechanics into a video game. They will work together to learn about the game market, then brainstorm ideas to transform their STEM knowledge into game mechanics to promote learning. Additionally, students will spend some time exploring how to program using the game engine Godot and learn to tell their story using Inform7/Twine.