Workshop Description

CodeMasters transforms the classroom into a real game design studio where youth take on professional roles—designer, coder, artist, tester—to collaboratively create a fully functional video game. The team develops, tests, refines, and prepares their game for open testing or online release.

Objectives

• Introduce students to the full game development cycle

• Build technical and creative skills through teamwork and production

• Provide experience with real-world game design tools and workflows

Topics Covered

• Game design documents, mechanics, and core loops

• Coding logic, collisions, variables, and events

• Digital art, animation, sound design, and UI

• Playtesting, debugging, iteration, and polish

• Publishing to itch.io, Google Play (Closed Alpha), or TestFlight

Course Objectives

By the end of the workshop, students will:

• Understand the roles and workflows of a game studio

• Build functioning prototypes and refine them through testing

• Design levels, characters, scoring systems, and UI

• Apply teamwork, communication, and project management skills

• Produce a game trailer and upload a playable build

Course Outcomes

Participants leave with:

• A playable game created as a team

• A basic understanding of game engines and coding

• Experience giving and receiving structured feedback

• A published or test-ready game link to share with family and friends