Resource person: Community Manager

Location: Ethọ́s Lab | 177 East 3rd Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V5T 3B8

Description:

Where storytelling meets gaming!

Our iconic weekly program will empower youth to use their imagination to create their own unique story complete with characters and challenges, and then build it into a video game using the Unity engine. 

Unity is a 2D, 3D, VR, and AR development platform that is used by gaming studios to create MANY of the best known games on the market such as Pokemon Go, Marvel Snap, and Subway Snap. And youth will have the chance to start at the beginning, learn the fundamentals, and create something amazing during our program!

Video games are actually filled with creativity, design, art, story, challenge, and skill building. In our program, youth will get to shift from consumers (playing video games) to creators (making video games) and build a whole new relationship and understanding of this industry.

Participants will be led through a complete process of brainstorming, prototyping, and iterating until they have their own game to show for it by the end.  There will be a game demo day on Friday June 21st from 6:00pm - 8:30pm. 

This program will be facilitated by Glen Hamilton and Koda Villela:

Growing up in Brazil, Koda Villela came to Canada to pursue their passion for game development. A graduate of Vancouver Film School and British Columbia Institute of Technology, they have experience making projects using different software. With their knowledge and background, Koda can provide insight into game design, coding, and technologies used in the industry. At Ethos Lab, Koda aims to increase diversity in the games industry by showing youth how to bring their ideas to life and building an environment that welcomes everyone.

Available: 7/10

Price: $500.00 Taxes waived

Required age: 12 - 18 years old on the day of the activity

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