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 10 - Friday March 14, 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.
If you want to borrow a laptop from us, we have a VERY limited number available. Please email us to request one.
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.
Make it a Full-Day camp
If you want to make this a full day camp experience, you can register for this camp AND our 3D Modeling and Animation camp from 9:00am-12:00pm (March 10-14) concurrently and save $40. Students who take both camps can stay at VISST from 12:00-1:00pm for a supervised lunch. Please bring your own lunch (no nuts or seafood).
Fees and Registration
If the fee is a barrier to your participation, a limited number of bursaries are available for eligible families - please email camps@visst.ca to inquire.
Refund policy: To request a refund, email camps@visst.ca. We will refund you for all remaining classes occurring at least 2 weeks after the date of the refund request.
Cancellation policy: VISST reserves the right to cancel camps and refund camp fees due to low enrolment. In this event, we will provide as much advance notice as possible.
Questions?
Please email camps@visst.ca