Game Development with Roblox

Ready to turn your gaming passion into game creation? Join our Game Development with Roblox camp to learn how to design, code, and build your very own interactive Roblox games! Using Roblox Studio, a free game design engine, students will dive into the fundamentals of game development and coding in a fun, hands-on environment.

When?

Monday March 17 - Friday March 21, 2025

1:00-4:00pm.

Who?

This camp is for students in grades 6-9.

Where?

The Vancouver Independent School for Science and Technology (VISST) - 1490 West Broadway,Vancouver, BC.

What Will You Learn

Welcome to Roblox Studio!: Students will get an inside look on how some of their favourite games are formed in the Roblox Universe and begin to create their own environments.

Custom 3D Designs: Using Roblox’s modeling tools, students will create their own game pieces to interact and build with.

Hello World!: Scripting with Luau, an extension of the Lua coding language, students will learn how to program their own game commands to design a beginner friendly project - a platformer.

Design Theory: There is more to designing a game than just making it look good. Students will be led through thought-provoking discussions about several game design concepts and theories such as line of sight, player predictability, linear vs divergent pathing, and how challenging is too challenging?

Communication Skills: Exchange of feedback will be facilitated once projects are underway to develop tactful and constructive feedback - how to effectively give as well as receive.

Audio and Ambience: projects will be wrapped up by adding audio to help elevate the player’s experience.

Play with Friends: Students will be able share/post their own games to play with not only their classmates, but also family and friends.

Program Requirements

Students should bring their own laptop.

Students should try to install and run ROBLOX STUDIO (iPads and tablets as well as some Chromebooks cannot run Roblox Studio).

A mouse is strongly recommended as it is difficult to design using a trackpad.

Camp Instructor

Thanh Nguyen is a multimedia artist with over a decade of experience in teaching creative technology and digital fabrication in the Metro Vancouver region.

Since graduating from the Art Institute of Vancouver with a degree in Game Art and Design, she has been teaching game design and programming, 3D modeling and animation. She has been developing specialized curriculums and teaching creative technology courses, workshops and camps with

Byte Camp and MakerLabs, and is currently the Design and Technology Specialist with VISST.

Thanh is always looking for ways to provide accessible avenues of learning to students keen on learning about the digital arts.

www.linkedin.com/in/thanh-nguyen-a2775826

Questions?

Please email camps@visst.ca