Video Game Design
For a moment, imagine working for Nintendo or Electronic Arts. Don’t think you have the necessary skills to do it? Utilize Video Game Design curriculum in Talent Box and learn how to plan and program clever, enjoyable, and thought-provoking experiences for others to play and explore. For 2D Video Game Design, students will use Game Maker Studio, a video game engine with a drag-and-drop interface and scripting capabilities, to sculpt your own personalized platformer, maze, or space shooter, learning the fundamentals of coding along the way. From there, students can jump to 3D Video Game Design, utilizing the more sophisticated Unity application software to render three-dimensional worlds and characters. Remember— even the creators of Super Smash Bros. had to start somewhere!
- Why It Matters: The world of video game creation is an imaginative space where designers, engineers, artists, and writers collaborate to render the next great virtual adventure. And it isn’t just for kids— it’s a global, multi-billion dollar industry whose branches extend into film, television, and a multitude of other media outlets.
- 21st Century Skills Acquired: Problem solving, collaboration, user experience design, critical thinking, communication, creativity, technical literacy
- Learning Objectives: Students will recognize and describe the relationships between objects, sprites, and rooms; reproduce events and actions to move a character; and achieve simple goals within game play. Students will also identify various basic types of artificial intelligence and code with text.
- Recommended Technology: Game Maker Studio, Unity
- Recommended Ages: 8 and up
