GMG Jr. Summer Camp Parents Guide

Welcome!

I’m thrilled to welcome you to the 7th summer of Girls Make Games!

What a year it has been. We’re all still reeling from the impact of Covid-19, and it’s impossible for us to imagine what the last few months have meant for kids missing out on daily life interactions. GMG’s entire year revolves around our summer camp program - we held out as long as we could in hopes of creating a safe space for the girls to meet in person, because no matter how hard we try, no virtual experience can replace the human touch.

Every day my team and I continue to draw inspiration from our girls. They have shown incredible resilience and courage in the face of an unthinkable challenge. They’ve been the first to assist GMG in testing our new curriculum and offering their ideas and perspectives. With their help, we believe we’ve managed to create something lasting with the GMG virtual summer camps.

You wouldn’t think much of a summer camp, and I didn’t either until I ‘went’ to camp and met our girls. A few weeks of being surrounded by love, encouragement, inspiration and validation can be immensely powerful. This transformative experience goes so much farther than simply learning technical skills - when you’re confident in who you are and what you believe in, you are unstoppable.

A big Thank You for being a part of GMG’s summer and community; I hope your daughter/camper has the most amazing summer, and I can’t wait to meet her and play her game.

For so many of you joining us for the first time this year, I invite you to view a short documentary outlining GMG’s mission and founding story.

Here’s to another #GirlPower summer of game making!

Laila Shabir
Founder and CEO, Girls Make Games

//GMG Jr. Camp Overview

• Closed group with limited spots

• Live, guided instruction over 4 Zoom webinars.

• Evening sessions designed and scheduled to allow guardians to work alongside and support jr. developers

• Meet industry role models: 2 Speaker sessions led by women in the games industry. Speaker sessions followed by QnA open to participants

• All camp participants have the opportunity to submit their game concept/idea for a chance to win prizes sponsored by Nintendo of America

• All camp participants will receive a GMG t-shirt, swag, as well as a GMG camp journal

• Video recordings of webinars available for rewatching

AGE REQUIREMENT:

• Open to girls ages 8-12 based anywhere in the US

Guardian support recommended to help troubleshoot technical difficulties

//Guide Contents

1. Camp Logistics, Dates & Hours

2. Two Week Agenda

3. Curriculum Topics

4. Demo Day & National Competition
(August, 2020. Sponsored by Nintendo of America)

//Camp Logistics, Dates & Hours

//Camp DELIVERY:

All camp instruction and interaction will be delivered via Zoom.
GMG will send out Zoom call links the week before camp.

//CAMP Dates:

July 20-31, 2020 (Mon-Fri only)

//CAMP Hours & Schedule:

1 hour daily; 6 pm - 7 pm;
Timezones offered: EST and PST

//Curriculum Topics

In a span of 2 weeks, we will cover topics from:

1. Game Design

2. FUNDAMENTALS OF Game Programming

3. Game Art –

—Creating, animating and importing art assets

4. Music and Audio –

—Importing game audio

5. Other Highlights:

• Industry Speakers,

• Online Games and contests,

• Submit your game ‘idea’ and enter Demo Day for a chance to win Prizes sponsored by Nintendo of America

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//2020 Virtual Demo Day

Our favorite day of the year <3 Virtual Demo Day will be held in August (exact date TBA)

Meet the 2019 Finalists here, and check out the winners from 2014-2018 below!

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// Technical Requirements

• Internet Connection

• Computer mouse

• Webcam and microphone

• One of the Supported Browsers

  Google Chrome 57+, Firefox 55+, Safari 11+, Microsoft Edge 16+

• One of the Supported OS:

  Windows: Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 or newer
  Mac: OS X / macOS 10.9 or newer
  Linux: 64-bit Ubuntu 14.04+, Debian 8+, openSUSE 13.3+, or Fedora Linux 24+
  Chrome OS: Any Chrome OS device updated to v57+

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