Making Games with Rough Science is a two-day workshop (7, 8 April) encouraging students to make their own digital games. During the two days, students will learn the basics of:
o Designing games;
o Sourcing and make art for games; and
o Basic coding for games.
Intended for participants in year 4 to year 9.
Register more than one participant and receive 20% off the booking price!
The workshop is supported by the Victorian Space Science Education Centre, and will be taking place at their premises in Strathmore.
A special third day (9 April) has been added that will explore the basics of cryptography. In this day session, participants will discover:
o How to hide messages in plain sight;
o An introduction to programming in Python;
o How to get a computer to decrypt the following: VHDQK HUHVW RSLIB RXFDQ UHDGW KLVPH VVDJH VHQGP HDQHP DLOZL WKWKH VXEMH FWWXU LQJDQ GLZLO OVHQG BRXDS ULCHV WRS
This session is intended for secondary school aged students.
Rough Science is a science communication and outreach company based in Melbourne. Since 2011, Rough Science has produced video content, stage shows, holiday programs and class activities on a variety of themes in science. Find out more at roughscience.com.au
You have the choice of either the One Day Introduction, or the Full Workshop.
Participants in the One Day Introduction with attend only the first day of the Full Workshop. This one day gives an simple overview of the game programming environment that Making Games with Rough Science will be using.
The Full Workshop goes for two days, and will cover the introduction to the game programming environment, as well as get into more indepth game making options, looking at game design and art making.
Both programs include a USB stick to take home any completed work, as well as instructions on how to set up the programming environment at home to keep crafting your game.
The Cryptography Workshop can be booked sparately or in conjunction with either the One Day or Full game making workshops. In this one day workshop, participants will get an introduction to the concepts of cryptography, as well as the basics of the Python programming language. Participants will receive an overall discount if booking for all workshops.
The Victorian Space Science Education Centre is a specialist science centre which promotes and demonstrates engaging science education. VSSEC delivers programs which engage students by using space as a context for learning. Find out more about their school programs at www.vssec.vic.edu.au
Full Workshop
Dates: Tuesday 7 to Wednesday 8 April
Time: 10am to 4pm
Cost: $160
Introduces the game programming environment, designing games, simple programming and art making.
One Day Introduction
Date: Tuesday 7 April
Time: 10am to 4pm
Cost: $80
The first day of the Full Workshop. This one day gives an simple overview of the game programming environment.
Cryptography basics
Date: Thursday 9 April
Time: 10am to 4pm
Cost: $80 ($225 if booking with Game Making workshop)
Introduces cryptography and the Python programming language.
Any questions, comments or observations can be directed to:
Sean M Elliott
Director, Rough Science
Email: sean@roughscience.com.au
Twitter: @rough_science
Mobile: +61 (0) 422 260 116
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