Game Dev and Design
Year Level: Grade 3 - 6
Total Session Time: 6 hours

What is the Course?

Students will get the chance to design and build their own games for them and their peers to play. The program concludes with a Game Jam where students are judged on the quality of their games

This program focuses more so on programming rather than the electronics in the alternative Game Console engineering course.

Course Outline

  • Students are introduced to electronics
  • Student are introduced to programming and game development.
  • Students program and create their own games, gaining valuable design and development skills.
  • The program culminates with a Game Jam Competition.

Course Outcomes

Skills Learnt
This course prepares & equips students with the following skills:
  • Team work skills
  • Design Thinking (engineering mindset, iterative designing, ciritcal thinking)
  • Invaluable knowledge on relevant subjects
  • Programming skills
  • Visual Arts & Design
Curriculum Links
Some possible links to the curriculum include:
  • Mathematics
  • Programming
  • Engineering
Future Careers
This course inspires and prepares students to seek a career in:
  • Computer Science
  • Software Engineering

Other Details

Equipment Needed: No equipment is required.
Student Prerequire Skills:
No background or experience in mathematics, physics or programming is necessary.