Game Jam 2022 - The Floor is LAVA

Day 1 of our very first Game Jam yesterday and we saw loads of children join us online to start work on their "The Floor Is Lava" themed game!

Game Jam 2022 - Day 1
Ant and Dell joined me on a stream to chat about the theme and share ideas for games we'd love to see!  If your child is struggling for ideas, there are LOADS in here.  And we're all online throughout the day if they need a hand with turning ideas in to reality.
 
You can view the stream (and other club updates) on our Facebook community group: Watch the Game Jam stream on Facebook
 
We'll be streaming every day this week, keeping up with the coming and goings of this Game Jam.... the creativity is hotting up!  Join the Meta Code Zone group for regular updates
 
Taking part in the Game Jam is free for all members, and you can join any time this week.
 
See you online - Tom & the mentor team!

 

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About our game jams

A game jam is a themed build: we announce a theme, and children across the Academy spend a few weeks making something from it. There is no brief beyond the theme and nothing to finish by a deadline you can fail. Children share what they made on our own platform, where chat and sharing between members is moderated by mentors.

Jams are included in Academy membership. They are the part of the Academy where everybody is working on the same thing at once, which for a self-paced course is worth having.

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