Adventurers: Ages 8-12

Adventurers: Spring-tastic Roblox and Game Design

Explore how games are designed and built in this Spring-themed camp. We’ll start off by making games you can play with your friends like your own version of Sonic or Mario. We’ll then look at Roblox Studio and make our own "obbies" (Roblox lingo for obstacle course).
Difficulty Level
Suitable for beginners and experienced students alike
Date
2 April to 5 April
From 10AM to 4PM early drop-off from 9AM
Price £500.00 £500.00

Our program offers a dynamic blend of both on-screen and off-screen activities, carefully curated to provide a comprehensive learning experience. From outdoor playtime to hands-on coding sessions, participants will engage in a variety of activities aimed at fostering creativity, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills while also encouraging a healthy balance of screen time.

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Learning outcomes

Introduction to game design: Teach students the basics of the game design and development process, including storyboarding and level design.

Introduction to games programming: Introduce students to programming concepts, including variables, loops, and conditional statements, applied to game development. Students will work in Microsoft MakeCode and Roblox Studio through the week. 

Understanding of game engines: Students will learn how game engines are used in the game development industry. They will learn to use Roblox Studio as a natural stepping stone to industry-standard engines such as Unity.

Creative problem-solving and collaboration: Encourage students to use their creativity and problem-solving skills to design and develop their own games in Roblox and Microsoft MakeCode

Online Safety: Students will be able to identify how to use Roblox safely and things to look out for to ensure a safe online gaming experience.

 

Information for parents

This course will use Roblox Studio. Please ensure that Roblox Studio is installed and running properly on your child's computer. Please follow this link to install Roblox studio.

Camp structure

This is a sample schedule for a typical day at camp. In between each lesson there will be a 15-minute snack break, or a 1-hour lunch and play break.
10.00 - 11.00
Lesson 1
First off we'll get to know our teacher and classmates through some great mini games. Once we're all friends, we'll be introduced to our activity for the day. Let's jump in to coding!
11.15 - 12.30
Lesson 2
Now that we've had a healthy snack, we're ready to get right back into our activity. We'll carry on flexing our creative muscles by designing, coding and building our project.
12.30 - 13.30
Lunchtime
After half an hour for lunch it's time for some offline, outdoor time. Students take part in activities ranging from inflatable obstacle course races to football tournaments, scavenger hunts to water games (fingers crossed for some sunny weather!).
13.30 - 14.45
Lesson 3
Let's refocus after lunch and playtime by diving into building our robots!
15.00 - 16.00
Lesson 4
It's time to finish off our project for the day and show it off to the rest of the class. Time has flown by - let's tidy up our work stations, pack up our things and get ready to go home!
My favourite part was making the texture packs

Student, aged 9

Policies

Illness policy

Campers should not be brought to camp if they are displaying signs of illness. In the case of a camper who has become ill during camp hours, parents will be notified immediately to pick their child up. If a child misses a day or multiple days of camp because of an illness, credit towards another camp can be arranged for when they're feeling better.

Refund policy

You can cancel your camp booking up to 14 days prior to the start date. If you want to cancel your camp booking less than 14 days before, you can receive 50% refund or full credit towards future courses when cancelling between 13-7 days before, or full credit when cancelling less than 7 days before. If we are unable to run our camps, you will receive credit or a full refund. If you cancel for any reason you may be liable to pay the difference if our prices increase. 

(Please note credit is only valid for 1 calendar year.)

FAQs:

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  • "Thank you BlueShift for doing such a great job. My son is so excited about coding and learning made fun."

    Natalia, parent

  • "These courses are an amazing way to get kids interested in coding and robotics. Fun and educational"

    Isabel, parent

  • "My son was very keen to advance in programming. Not only has this been achieved, but his self-esteem has been greatly raised through your work. Thank you!"

    Marcos, parent

  • "The teachers have been excellent, full of enthusiasm and patience making the whole experience really fun"

    Angela, parent