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Game Design

Online Game Design Courses for Kids

FunTech is one of the UK’s leading providers for online game design courses for kids. Our courses offer a unique opportunity for young people to learn valuable skills but at the same time, having fun.  Our online game design courses...

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23rd May 2024

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Coding, Game Design

Can a 10 Year Old Use Unity?

Unity is a cross-platform game engine that’s behind the development of popular games including Angry Birds 2, Beat Saber, Cuphead, Escape Plan, and Pillars of Eternity. It’s also something that kids can start to learn, providing they...

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24th April 2024

Blue background with text: What language does Unity use?

Game Design

What Language Does Unity Use?

Unity is used to create games that can be played on multiple different platforms. The primary programming language used in the Unity game engine is C# (pronounced C Sharp). C# is an object-oriented programming language that was...

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23rd April 2024

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Coding, Game Design

Is Unity Good for 11 Year Olds?

Unity is a cross-platform game engine that’s behind the development of popular games including Angry Birds 2, Beat Saber, Cuphead, Escape Plan, and Pillars of Eternity. It’s also something that kids can start to learn, providing they...

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15th June 2023

Game Design

How Do Video Games Help with Math Skills?

Research results published by Science Daily in 2016 explained how teenagers who played video games, got better scores at school. However, this contrasted with kids in the same age bracket who spent time on social media, where their...

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25th July 2022

Game Design

How Do Video Game Designers Use Maths in Their Careers?

When it comes to careers in tech, video game design is one of the most popular choice, with millions of kids dreaming of one day creating their own games. Video game design can also be lucrative, with many titles raking in millions...

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25th May 2021

Game Design

5 of the Best Educational Video Games for Kids

Many kids will have been playing more video games than usual over the last year for obvious reasons which we don’t need to explain. As parents, this can be a concern, but it is a common misconception that all video games are violent or...

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7th April 2021

Coding, Game Design

Online Roblox Coding Classes for Kids

With over 56 million players worldwide, Roblox has evolved into one of the most popular gaming platforms of all time. It lets kids design and code their own games which can then be played and enjoyed by other players around the globe.  ...

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6th April 2020

Game Design

My Child Wants to Make a Video Game: Where to Start?

Most kids loving playing video games, and some of them will even go on to express an interesting in making a game themselves. This could result in your child becoming a professional video game designer; which a great career to have!  ...

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13th March 2020

Game Design

What Roblox Teaches Kids? (+ FunTech Roblox Camps!)

Roblox is an incredibly popular game among children, with over 100 million users playing every month. Kids all over the UK play it or are asking their parents to let them play it.   But what, if anything, can Roblox teach kids and is...

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28th February 2020

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