The camp provides an opportunity to design, program, and refine at least one small video game using a creative coding tool that encourages tinkering and play, all within a college campus environment.
The College of New Jersey Game Design Camp offers high school students an immersive, on-campus experience to learn the fundamentals of game design. Participants will utilize a creative coding tool that promotes experimentation and play to design, program, and refine their own small video game. The curriculum focuses on teaching core game design principles, practical programming techniques, and iterative refinement through play-based methods. Students will gain valuable skills in conceptualizing game ideas, implementing them through code, and polishing their creations for an engaging player experience. The camp aims to foster critical thinking as students analyze game mechanics and solve design challenges, culminating in the creation of at least one functional video game.
A typical day includes morning and afternoon classes in an Art and Interactive Multimedia (AIMM) classroom/lab with faculty and counselors, with a break for lunch in The Atrium at Eickhoff. Optional lab, creative, or recreation time with counselors is available in the late afternoon.
This camp is ideal for rising ninth graders through graduating high school seniors with an interest in game design, regardless of prior experience.
The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ
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