Game Development Online (Ages 8-12)

Ready to bring your own video game to life? In this class, you’ll learn the basics of game development—starting with 3D modeling in Blender, moving into the Unity Game Engine, and adding coding to bring your creations to life. By the end, you’ll have a playable game demo you can run on any Windows computer. 

What we’ll do each week: 

• Week 1: Get to know Blender + 3D modeling basics 

• Week 2: Explore 3D modeling + get started in Unity 

• Week 3: Dive deeper into Unity + learn coding basics 

• Week 4: Begin assembling your game demo 

• Week 5: Finish and test your game demo 

What you’ll need: 

• A webcam 

• Blender 3D (installed) 

• Unity Engine (installed) 

• A Windows PC with: 

• 64-bit operating system 

• CPU with SSE2 instruction set support 

• Graphics card supporting DirectX 10, 11, or 12 

• 8 GB RAM 

• Mouse with wheel

This class will be held on Zoom. You’ll need a webcam and the ability to download Zoom on your computer, phone, or tablet. We’ll send the login link by email after you register.