GameMaker
Become a games designer and write your own professional-looking 2D games
If you've used Scratch before, this is a perfect next step. It's still simple to use, but you can create much more sophisticated games, and even commercial games. You'll learn all aspects of game design from graphics and sound to AI enemies, adding two-player controls, collectable game items and more as you create your own customised maze game. More importantly the coding concepts you learn will be transferrable to other languages and systems, making this a perfect introduction to game design and programming.
Age
9-12
Price
£199
Suitable For
Anyone without strong skills in GameMaker already
Type
Mon-Fri 2hr/day video classes
Venue
Your Home
Skill Building90%
Coding / Programming80%
Creativity70%
How does this online course
WORK?
Learn at home
Daily 2hr video classes with max 8 students and optional 1-2hr/day project-based learning set between lessons
Professional Help
Learn from expert tutors, with bespoke assistance over Zoom during the sessions
Unique Projects
Interactive learning with daily creative & hands-on projects only available at Tech Camp
You'll learn how to
- Design game graphics and backgrounds
- Create characters, enemies and levels
- Implement cheat codes
- Build a maze game
- Program intelligent enemies
You'll need
- Mac or Windows PC
- Webcam & Broadband Internet
- Speakers & Microphone or Headset
Our Tutors
We've brought together the best of our tutors to instruct and help the students. They're typically recent graduates or undergraduates studying Engineering or Computer Science at leading Russell-group Universities. Of course they're chosen for their communication and technical skills and have Enhanced DBS checks for working with children.
Our Sessions
Engaging learning must be hands-on. Our 'At Home' programme offer a mix of video tutoring, collaborative learning and self-paced project work during and after the session to make sure that learning is deep, engaging and lasting.
First book your course
Sign up to GameMaker, on your chosen week.
We'll be in touch with more info
We'll do a quick check
On your first day
Between sessions
FAQs
My child has no prior experience - can they still attend?
Yes! We don't assume any prior knowledge for our courses. The only exception is if when we run followup courses that are labelled as 'Advanced' or 'Level 2' that normally require the prior course to have been taken. Do ask if you're unsure.
Should my child do anything to prepare for the course?
Do we really have to have the webcam on?
Will they be with similar-aged children?
What do they have to do after each session finishes?
The online course was great and the tutor engaged with the children and helped them calmly and effectively - we were not needed at all. My son really enjoyed the course and did all of the extra challenges too.
Alina Goad, July 2020
