Students learn from talented professional faculty in college-level classrooms and interact with TCNJ undergraduate students as mentors, providing a true college experience.
The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) Game Design Camp offers high school students an immersive, hands-on experience in game development. Participants will learn fundamental game design principles and utilize creative coding tools to conceptualize, program, and refine their own video games. The curriculum emphasizes a play-centric design process, encouraging students to analyze game mechanics, balance gameplay, and consider the player experience from various angles. Campers will engage in individual and team projects, developing programming skills and learning to work with professional game development tools. The camp aims to foster critical thinking and problem-solving abilities, culminating in the creation of a small, playable video game. All necessary consumable materials are provided, and students will learn in the same studios and academic classrooms used by TCNJ college students.
A typical day involves learning game design fundamentals and using creative coding tools to design, program, and refine a small video game.
This camp is ideal for high school students with an interest in game design, programming, and creative technology, regardless of prior experience.
2000 Pennington Road, Ewing, NJ 08618
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