Video Game Design
Ready player one.
Bring your ideas to life. Students will turn creative ideas into playable video games using the Scratch platform. They’ll design characters, code simple game mechanics, and be introduced to the exciting world of game development.
Code your own games! Through hands-on activities, students will explore essential coding concepts like motion, events, loops, and variables. Each week, they’ll build new skills and apply them to their own game projects.
Create, play, and share. By the end of the program, students will have created their very own video games. They’ll share their creations with classmates and can continue to access their games in their Scratch accounts from home.
No prior coding experience needed!
This program is designed for beginners. All students need is an email address to save their Scratch projects. Instructors will guide them step-by-step.
Curriculum notes.
Appropriate to their age and abilities, students will be instructed in:
- • Designing customized sprites.
- • Making characters move and interact using events.
- • Adding logic and repetition to create dynamic gameplay.
- • Tracking scores, lives, and other game data with variables.
- • Animating game concepts using sprite properties.
- • Combining skills to create and share a unique video game.
Students need an email address to save their Scratch projects.
No spercial software is required to access Scratch projects at home.
Available as Lunch and After-School Programs
Our Clubs are run as extracurricular programming in schools across the Greater Toronto Area. With exciting subjects, engaging instructors, and hands-on activities, this program offers educational experiences beyond the school curriculum. Learn more>
Available as In-Class Enrichment
This program (delivered in-school, during class time) has been designed to supplement and extend Ontario school curriculum. Our experiential mode of instruction brings unique activities into any classroom, resulting in meaningful and memorable learning outcomes. Learn more>
Flexible program delivery
Our Lunch and Afterschool Clubs are typically run as three to eight-week programs, but we also offer one-off presentations, including half-day or full-day activities.
Our In-Class Enrichment programs are tailored to suit the particular needs of any given classroom and school budget and can be presented as half-day, full-day, multiple-day, or weekly activities.
Grades 4 to 6.
Available in English and French.
