This 5 day camp builds on skills learned in the UME Video Game Designer Level 2 or 2a. Your young game designer will practice and refine their skills along with and inspiring instructor and peers during this an ongoing, week-long game design project.

*Each day starts with a play test session to analyze and elicit feedback about the themed game of the day.
 
Day 1: Campers will start to build and arrange their platformer scene with library assets/objects and review how to add advanced obstacles and navigation including teleporters. Review and discussion of game design concepts.

Day 2: Students will continue to theme their customized platformer game with pre-made assets and reviewing and adding customized sprites and graphics. Review and discussion of game design concepts.

Day 3: Participants will review and practice how to incorporate advanced enemies and UI triggers and spawners into their game. Review and discussion of Game Design concepts.

Day 4: Campers will review and edit the Unity user interface, review and practice how to incorporate advanced power-ups/pickups and add the final touches to their Unity platformer game.  

Day 5: Game Jam! All campers participate in playing each other's finished platformer games while giving and receiving positive feedback and constructive criticism in a collaborative environment.
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OUR 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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Class Requirements

- Only A computer with a standard keyboard and mouse. 

- A web browser that meets these minimum versions: Chrome - min version 70.0.0, Firefox - min version 69.0.0

- No special software to install!  We stream the Unity game engine to your child’s web browser.  ***Use the custom URL link your teacher gives you at the start of class***

- Speakers(or headset) & Mic, no video camera required.

- Students will be using the Outschool Zoom meeting room for the audio and video communication during the class. The instructor will provide a link at the start of the Zoom meeting to access the UME Virtual Studio Classroom platform for all the game making activities.

-It is recommended to use one computer for both the Zoom meeting room and the UME virtual classroom.

-It is recommended to turn off or temporarily disable a VPN to avoid technical issues in our UME virtual classroom.

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Policy for Absences and Late Arrivals

In general, the instructor can help catch up your child in the following class if they miss one class in this 5-day camp.  Please read the details below with regards to returns and late arrivals.

Absences: Classes that are missed cannot be retaken. Once a session has begun, the Outschool platform does not support transferring students between classes in the middle of a camp week. We do not provide refunds when a student does not attend the class. Parents will receive a full refund if they withdraw from a class or stop their ongoing class subscription within 24 hours of purchasing a class of any type.

Late Arrivals in Classes: Being present at the beginning of each class is essential to student success at UME Academy. We expect learners to join the Zoom meeting five minutes before the class start time to enter the UME Studio. The lesson is delivered at the beginning of the meeting, if your learner has not joined Zoom ten minutes after the class’s start time, they will not be admitted. Latecomers disrupt the flow of the lesson and distract the other students. The instructor will help bring the child up to date on the missed material in the next class. Please note there will be no refunds when a student is over ten minutes late to a class. The teacher reserves the right to end the class if enrolled students are not present within the first 10 minutes.

For more information related to Outschool’s Policies on Refunds please consult the following document: 
https://support.outschool.com/en/articles/16379-outschool-s-happiness-guarantee-and-refunds