$15/hr | Full Week AM & PM both $100
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TWO CAMPS
7 + years
Do you play Roblox with your friends now - then this is your camp - Unlock Your Potential in this hands-on, fully guided camp experience as you learn the basics of game building in Roblox! Learn how to plan, design and build your own 3D world!
Need to have Roblox Playing experience
In this hands-on, fully guided camp experience, ninjas learn the basics of game building and creative development in an exciting, user-generated online gaming platform called Roblox! This camp will teach ninjas how to plan, design, and build their own 3D world to create much more than just a game!
11 + years
Explore the concepts of scripting (coding) & dig into game making. Using Lua you will create your own game plus an interactive obstacle course! Showcase your creation to the Roblox world!
Perfect for experienced Roblox players with basic coding skills.
Ninjas will take their Roblox skills to the next level as they learn coding fundamentals and dig deeper into the game making side of Roblox. Using the Lua programming language to move from Roblox player to developer, ninjas will create their own timed, sudden-death Roblox game along with an interactive obstacle course game. At the end of camp, ninjas will showcase their game, play their peers’ games, and then publish their creation to the Roblox world.
If you are creative and love to see how coding makes things move, then this camp is for you!!!
Beginner Coders welcome!
During the MakeCode Arcade with Meowbit camp, ninjas will learn how to code video games and bring them to life on their handheld gaming device, a Kittenbot Meowbit!
Campers will learn the power of coding with either MakeCode (a visual block-based coding environment) or JavaScript to create their own retro video games and see their games come to life in the physical world on the Meowbit!
Builders and Innovators this camp is for you! Tinker, Play and make household items like PlayDoh, Cardboard & LED Lights come to life with your creativity!!! You will have a blast - just bring your creativity.
Beginner Coders welcome!
Ninjas become makers, coders and designers to create exciting interactive games and projects using the new BBC Micro:Bit V2, a small programmable computer.
This new Micro:Bit will allow ninjas to build and program a variety of exciting and challenging projects with sensors, sound, and music that they will share in an end-of-camp arcade-style celebration
Transform from a player to a game developer throughout this unforgettable week! Learn computer science concepts & earn bragging rights when you share your own original game with friends!
Perfect for beginners and intermediate skill levels. Campers can take this camp multiple times as projects will be tailored to each camper's skill level and creativity
Ninjas explore different programming concepts as they create various games – including Block Stacker, Catch Cats, Dodgeball and Red Light, Green Light – using a block-based programming language called Scratch. Each game focuses on a different type of block (or programming concept) and provides ninjas with extra tools to use in their own games. Concepts include variables, loops, functions, animation, clones, video detection, audio detection and more!
Transform from a player to a game developer throughout this unforgettable week! Learn computer science concepts & earn bragging rights when you share your own original games with friends!
Perfect for Junior Beginners
JR ninjas will build a foundation of basic coding concepts by creating various Scratch Jr games – such as Space Jam, Secret Agent and Maze Olympics. By remixing these games as their own, ninjas will learn game design concepts, including how to make backgrounds and characters, create and hide objects, and code arrow keys!
5-7 yrs
Perfect for Junior beginners
Micro:Bit is a pocket size computer that lets you get creative with digital technology.
Tinker, play and build and bring things like play dough, cardboard & LED lights to life using your creativity.
Avid Minecrafters! Use block coding to create 2D & 3D textures for your Minecraft® world and learn how to develop your very own custom content - including weapons, armor and enemies!
Need to have Minecraft JAVA PC Edition account & Minecraft Playing on PC experience
Need intermediate Minecraft skill levels!
Manipulate and master Minecraft® by making unique mods (modifications)! Using basic block-based coding, ninjas will learn procedures, conditionals, and variables. They will create 2D and 3D textures for use in their Minecraft® world along with their own custom content, including weapons, armor and even enemies!
We cannot wait for this camp - Immerse yourself in the Minecraft world of digital modeling and storytelling. Build incredible scenes & produce stories of YOUR own digital world. Record, edit, mix audio + video to produce your story as a short movie!
Need to have Minecraft JAVA PC Edition account & Minecraft Playing on PC experience
Ninjas will gain an understanding of digital modeling processes and storytelling as they build scenes in their own Minecraft® world. They will also be introduced to video recording, editing, and mixing audio as they produce their final stories as short movies. Using Minecraft® as a creative medium, ninjas will have fun expressing themselves and sharing their stories with friends.
This is your dream camp! Explore a whole galaxy with Galacticraft OR transport yourself back to the age of dinosaurs with Jurassicraft
Need to have Minecraft Modding experience
They will choose either Jurassicraft or Galacticraft. Ninjas will gain learn how to build a spaceship, fly to different planets, and mine for resources unlike anything they have seen before OR . Build a home and civilization alongside the ancient beasts that used to roam our planet.
Ninjas will learn how to create and customize their own YouTube channel, including the design of unique channel art, profile pictures, and video thumbnails. They will also be guided through how to record, edit, and upload videos. Throughout camp, ninjas will analyze popular YouTube videos and learn about copyrights and fair use to give them what it takes to become a YouTuber!
Tap into the incredible world of stop-motion animation and learn techniques from the ground up to create your own movies! Use media such as Claymation, LEGO figures, pipe cleaner creatures & your creativity and cameras!
Experiment with video production through a variety of mediums including Claymation, LEGO® Minifigures, pipe cleaner creatures, and much more! Ninjas will capture images frame-by-frame and produce videos in a rapid prototyping style. They will work independently on their videos and collaborate in teams during the entire design process