Innovators: Ages 10-14
Innovators: Ages 10-14
Innovators: Hatch a Game: Pygame Coding
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31st - 4th April
From 10AM to 4PM early drop-off from 9AM
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| Price | £475.00 |
Have a future game developer at home? This hands-on course introduces students to Python and Pygame, guiding them through platforming, simulation, and arcade game design. They’ll even create their own game, learning real coding concepts along the way!
Learning outcomes
Please email hello@blueshiftcoding.com for a day by day breakdown of activities.
To learn how to create simple graphics using Pygame.
To understand how a video game accepts user input by running a game loop and listening for keyboard or mouse input.
To develop their optimisation and debugging skills to make their game run properly under a variety of conditions.
Camp structure
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!
We'll have a short stretch and will begin our second activity. We might continue making our game or animation, especially, if we've spent some time planning our work with drawings and storyboards.
Now that we've had a healthy snack, we're ready to get right back into our third activity. We'll carry on flexing our creative muscles by designing, coding and building our projects.
Let's refocus after lunch and playtime by diving into building robots!
It's time to start our late afternoon activity. Usually we'll do something creative like digital art, practicing our digital skills by using the mouse to create art and animations.
Our last lesson of the day is an opportunity to finish up our work, recap on what we've learned today and tidy up ready for home time!
I liked making my robot move!
Student, aged 10
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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