Virtual Summer Camps  >  GameMaker Level Design

GAMEMAKER

Level Design

CAMP DESCRIPTION

Anyone can play a game, but it takes specialized knowledge and ambition to create them. In this virtual camp, students explore the fundamentals of designing and developing multidimensional video games and create an understanding of what it takes to build one from scratch. Students will use GameMaker Studio 2 to create an adventure game complete with custom sprite art, programmed behaviors and reactions, and fine-tuned gameplay mechanics. They will learn to streamline the game development process as they build, playtest and iterate their games, incorporating player rewards and challenges to balance gameplay along the way. Upon completion, students will better understand the work that goes into the games they play and the complex decision-making process that helps to make these games fun.

OBJECTIVES (Camp Highlights)
 

• Develop in the GameMaker Studio 2 IDE

• Utilize fundamental design and programming principles to create games

• Customize a visual style with personally crafted art assets

• Program gameplay features, character abilities, and adjust degrees of difficulty

• Collaborate with peers to ensure the design effectively communicates the vision

 
FINAL PROJECT

Students create an adventure game with personally customized art, logic programming, and level design.

WHO IS THIS FOR?

Kids who are interested in experiencing the game development process from beginning to end.