Game Design Full Program

Unlock Student Creativity with Expert-Led Game Design Programs

• STEM skills taught through project-based game design courses by expert remote instructors. These comprehensive programs combine software, curriculum, and instructors into an integrated, easy to implement program for grades 4-12.
• Our Game Design Program provides schools an innovative course that teaches students skills including programming, digital literacy, animation, and 3D modeling.  The program also promotes problem-solving and critical thinking, fosters collaboration and communication, and introduces students to careers in game design and related fields.
• Our highly-capable instructors guide students through their game design projects, providing expert support and personalized feedback.
• All STEM Forged programs come with an online portal that gives educators and administrators a view of students’ progress. This portal tracks student progress, giving administrators meaningful data about student and program performance.

Implementation

• Grades: 4-12
• Students: Groups of up to 30
• Contact Hours: 20-170, custom options available

Activity Details

• Remote Instruction: Every full program class has a dedicated remote instructor that collaborates with your on-site facilitator to provide students with the highest-quality learning experience. These instructors connect virtually to any in-person or virtual classroom, delivering live instruction directly to students.
• Each Activity Includes: A dedicated remote instructor that guides students through project-based game design lessons. All lessons include a section of time for reviewing and troubleshooting individual projects.
• Student Takeaways: All students retain ownership of their video game and creations permanently, even after their account is removed from the school hub.
• Recommended Settings: After-school programs, elective courses, esports clubs, and school-based teams.

Product Orientation

• Full programs have two meetings prior to day one with students. First with IT to ensure that all technology is set up correctly. Then a 30-minute orientation with site facilitators on how to join classes with their students, and navigate the portal.

Course Content

• Curriculum Targets: Develop creative thinking and innovation capabilities, enhance technical skills and digital literacy, promote problem-solving and critical thinking, foster collaboration and communication, and prepare for careers in game design and related fields.
• Subject Targets: Creativity and Innovation, Critical Thinking and Problem Solving, Communication, Collaboration, Information Literacy, Media Literacy, ICT (Information, Communications, and Technology) Literacy, Flexibility and Adaptability, Initiative and Self-Direction, Social and Cross-Cultural Skills, Productivity and Accountability, Leadership and Responsibility.
• Curriculum Topics: 3D Modeling Techniques, Building with a Theme, Animation, Event Systems, Trigger Systems, Variables, Debugging, 3D Viewport Navigation, Project Planning, Asset Management, Scripting Logic, Spawners and Navigation, Multiplayer Lobby Creation, Mechanics, Playtesting, Constructive Feedback, Project Collaboration, Javascript, Loops, Object Oriented Programming.
• Standards & Alignment: ISTE, Cognia QSELP, CASEL, GDAS - GA, TEKS - TX, BEST - FL, CA, ID, NV, CO

About STEM Forged

• For schools looking to implement game design and/or esports programs, STEM Forged provides a fully integrated, easy to deploy offering that includes proven curriculum, assessment software, and expert instructors to deliver these programs or to provide training for your educators.