“We designed our game because we didn’t want anybody else to think we had the wrong idea of what genocide was. 

We know what it is; we know how it impacts the world. 

So we wanted to show it both through our art and through our game.” 

- Youth Participant (more testimonials)

Do you have what it takes to level up?

Don't just play games - design them, in Global Kids' new serious game design boot camp: Level Up!  (in New York City)

Designed for high school sophomores, juniors and seniors, this week-long summer intensive will train you in basic game design, global literacy, and how to combine the two into a serious game design addressing a critical social issue.

Throughout the process you will create smaller games both on
and offline, on your own and with your peers, while meeting professional game designers in the field and in universities.

So sign-up now and find out if you've got what it takes... to level up! learn more...

Got Game?

According to the Pew Research Center, 97% of American youth play digital games. That should come as no surprise. Youth also want to learn how they can make a difference, in their community and around the world. Increasingly, youth are combining the two, playing, analyzing and now even building their own games designed to raise awareness and inspire action around issues as broad as the genocide in Darfur...
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