Exploring Fantasy Game Design
One-Week Workshop, Dates Offered:
- Session 1A (June 21-25, 2027) @ Digipen
- Session 3A (July 19-23, 2027) @ DigiPen
- Session 4B (August 9-13, 2027) @ Cascadia
Early Bird Tuition: $899 $719.20
In video games, players battle dragons, explore enchanted castles, and solve magical mysteries – adventures that bring imagination to life through interactive storytelling. Game design teaches how to build worlds players want to explore and craft challenges that feel rewarding, connecting creative thinking with problem-solving and planning.
Explorers will transform their fantasy world ideas into playable adventures through physical design activities and digital coding with MakeCode Arcade. Through creating mystical levels and designing epic challenges, students build their own unique ProjectFUN game to take home on a handheld console – an enchanted creation they can quest through and share.
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- What goes into planning and developing a game
- Core engagement principles
- How to design and develop game systems
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Exploring Sci-Fi Game Development
Exploring Fantasy Game Development
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- Designing and building a dungeon for an adventure game
- Designing a platformer game in real life using chalk
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- Laptop computer
- Microsoft MakeCode browser-based coding program
Thank you for organizing such a wonderful program.
Parent of an Explorer
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