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ACADEMICS
- Intro to Game Design: students learn gameplay models, mechanics, and terminology
- Intro to Game Art: students create characters and backgrounds in photoshop
- Intro to Programming: students learn basic fundamentals and logic.
EXPOSURE
- Career discussions and presentations with game industry professionals
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Hands-on activities:
- i. Sound engineering
- ii. 2D Art and animation
- Field Trip Fridays hosted at a local game development company
MENTORSHIP
- 5:1 Student to Counselor ratio
- College students enrolled in game programs offer on-going mentorship after camp ends
Presentations
- Students are mentored on ways to effectively pitch their final projects
- Camp ends with teams QAing and playing each others' games
Press Roundup
- IGN: 7 High School Girls Are Kickstarting Their Way Into Their Award-Winning RPG The Hole Story
- GameSpot: How a Summer Camp Made Middle and High-School Girls Game Developers
- Mashable: Inaugural 'Girls Make Games' Summer Camps Fight Industry's Gender Gap
- Polygon: What it's like to attend Girls Make Games, the all-girls game dev summer camp
- Joystiq: Girls Make Games winners dig into The Hole Story
- Gamasutra: These girls are ready to shape the future of game development
Upcoming Workshops
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Europe:
- London
- Warsaw
- Copenhagen
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Middle East:
- Dubai, U.A.E.
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United States:
- Boston, MA
- San Diego, CA
- Denver, CO
- Washington, DC
- Chicago, IL
- New York City, NY
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Australia:
- Melbourne*
- Sydney*
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*Indicates 2-3 week camp. All other 2014 workshops are 2-3 days long.