$20
weekly
Video Game Design - Weekly Club - Beginner
Completed by 99 learners
Ages 8-12
Live Group Class
Average rating:
4.8
Number of reviews:(308 reviews)
Live video meetings
1x per week
6-12 learners per class
55 min
What's included
1 live meeting
55 mins in-class hours per weekClass Experience
UME Academy's Video Game Designers Club is a fun, social gathering where kids design video game levels, inspire each other with their creativity and play their creations together. Each week explores a new game style and refines their design thinking skills. If your kids love the creative aspects of Roblox and Minecraft, this club is where they'll want to hang out and push their creative skills outside the blocks ;) Participants will learn how to design 2D levels in Unity, the most popular game design platform on the planet. They'll acquire skills in digital literacy, becoming experts at manipulating objects in content creation software and using hotkeys to accelerate their workflow. No prior experience required, just a computer with a keyboard (no iPads) and a passion for gaming. Each week will bring new and modified game challenges and concepts to work with, beginning with: Week 1 - "Marsh"mallow platformer: learn how to balance risks and rewards, goals and obstacles to build your own fun and exciting platformer game! Week 2 - "Snowball": design your base in this winter themed playground contest! Week 3 - "Space Survival": as an astronaut, face off against robots and spaceships as you try to escape an alien planet! Week 4 - "Undersea Adventure": pilot your submarine and look for treasure while avoiding sharks and other prickly undersea creatures! Week 5 - "Club Mystery":build your own haunted house and survive enemies like bats, spiders and skeletons which searching for treasure! Week 6 - "Club Jungle":create a jungle adventure level and collect bananas and cherries - but watch out for the hunter and the piranhas!
Learning Goals
Each week, students will refine their digital literacy and design thinking skills as a game designer. Game designers don't just make game for themselves, they try to imagine what other players think and feel and incorporate those ideas into their designs. They'll also learn how to give and receive constructive feedback as part of the process to making great games.Other Details
Supply List
You will need a computer with Chrome or Firefox browser with keyboard and mouse. Chromebooks are great, however iPads are not compatible.
External Resources
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
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Teacher expertise and credentials
At UME we believe kids can learn just about anything through the design and creation of Video Games!
We are a knowledgeable, engaging and patient team of instructors and industry professionals who are passionate about STEM, Digital Literacy and Project Based Learning for kids.
We believe in the power of collaboration and connection and facilitate this in our classes while learning and having fun together.
We come from education, video game development, visual effects and animation and we are constantly developing and improving our curriculum to deliver the most relevant techniques, tools and design principles used in these industries.
UME Academy was co-founded by Daniel Roizman and Jean Mistrot, two industry veterans who are passionate about teaching and technology and sit on the Unity Education Advisory Board.
VALUES IN ACTION
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.
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.
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.
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