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| Indie Game Coder |
| Age guide: 9 to 12 |
| 98% recommended |
Learn how to design a Indie game
Our Indie Game Builder camp is great introduction to game design for kids. We use hands-on exercises and projects to teach your child the skills and techniques required to design and build an interactive game. They'll get an introduction to core coding concepts and learn how to export and publish their game on the web. At the end of the course, your child will take home their game and will be able to use their new skills to create more games.
What your child will learn
- Construct 2
- Creating Sprites (Sprite Sizes, Transparency, Collision Polygons)
- Creating Animations (Frames-Per-Second, Looping)
- Objects (Assigning Sprites, Placement in Levels, Instancing)
- Event-Based Programming (Events, Actions)
- Branching (If-Statements, Else-Statements)
- Iteration (For-Loops)
- Families (inheritance)
- Exporting Games as Web Apps
About this camp
This camp builds the game design process from the ground up. Your child will begin by understanding the principles of a successful indie game, such as user experience, display area, and more.
Through a series of fun, game-based exercises, they’ll learn to use event-based programming to animate, control, and position their objects. Their code will consider a broad range of events and outcomes. What should an object do if it collides with a wall? The code has the answer!
Additional concepts covered include game logic, digital media creation, creative asset management, programming concepts, and user interaction. Once they’ve mastered all that, they’ll design and build their own game. Finally, they’ll export it and come home with a finished product that everyone can play!
Requirements for Virtual Course
Internet speed requirements
- 5Mbps download speed and 3Mbps upload speed (per user)
- If using FunTech Virtual Machine at least 6Mbps download speed and 6Mbps upload speed; lower speeds will work, but the quality of the remote computer experience will deteriorate (per user)
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FAQs
Absolutely. We accept a number of childcare voucher schemes. Please see our childcare voucher page for more details.
Our summer camps last for 5 days, Monday to Friday, 9:00am to 5:00pm (we do not offer single or 3 day camps). There is an option for early drop off (8:30am) and/or late pick up (5:30pm) each day.
Our residential camps vary slightly as we welcome students to check-in on Sunday at 5:00pm, check-out is Friday at 5:30pm. There is an option to extend your stay until Sunday at 2:30pm.
Please note: some locations’ start/end times may be vary: please check your welcome pack for specific details.
For Day and Residential Camps lunch break is 90 minutes and comes with the option for some activities. These vary from location to location, so please check the individual location page for more details.
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Only £145 for the whole year (if booked at the same time as your camp).
26+ Years’ Experience
Small Class Sizes
Ofsted Registered
Structured Curriculum
Book with confidence
We understand that your summer plans and child’s passion change. So, our Camp Swap gives you the flexibility to change your camp as many times as you like.
| Virtual Camps | |
|---|---|
| To another virtual course or date | FREE |
| From virtual to location | Pay difference |
| From virtual to residential | Pay difference |
| Day Camps | |
|---|---|
| To another location or date (same course) | FREE |
| To another higher course fee | Pay difference |
| To another lower course fee | Difference credited |
| From location to virtual | Difference credited |
| From location to residential | Pay difference |
| Residential Camps | |
|---|---|
| From residential to location | Difference credited |
| From residential to virtual | Difference credited |
Camp Swap are available up to two weeks prior to camp start date and subject to availability.