iHub Game Design Studio for Middle School Students

2 Merrimack Street,Haverhill MA 01830

04 October, 2022

Description

iHub Haverhill invites youth to attend our next iHub Game Design Studio Youth Game Night for a fun, free game making workshop!COME OUT AND GAME! Sign up today for a guided game making design workshop: Learn game design process through tabletop games and demos of digital game tools. Work independently or pair up to create original games through a series of creative exercises. Participants will have an opportunity to playtest their prototyped games with others…and meet new friends along the way! Participants will: • Brainstorm original game concepts • Be guided through a game design process • Learn about the different roles in a game design team • Create physical prototypes for their own tabletop game concepts • Playtest games with other participants • View demo of free tools to evolve game prototypes into interactive digital games Workshop will be led by Emily Treat Czar, award winning game industry veteran and educator: • VP of Design Strategy at MeQuilibrium • Former VP Production Services at Games for Change • Began career making learning toys at Leapfrog • Game Project Advisor at Carnegie Mellon for 3 yrs • Game Design Instructor for iHub Haverhill, New York Film Academy, Bunker Hill CC No experience necessary and all materials will be supplied. Program is open to youth in grades 5-8 who live in or go to school in Haverhill. This workshop is free. Space is limited and registration is required. This program is supported thanks to grant funding through the Haverhill Cultural Council and the Mass Cultural Council.