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WHAT

What’s Camp Make-A-Game you might ask? Camp Make-A-Game is a camp that teaches campers how to create digital and physical games. Mornings are spent indoors with digital screen instruction, teaching kids to use point-and-click game creation tools. Because these tools don’t require coding, most of the instruction can focus on design principles like game mechanics or game feel and not just be focused on technical hurdles. Afternoons are spent outdoors, discussing and playing physical games like tag and soccer – and then the kids will re-design the rules and play the modified games, learning about game design while getting some exercise. By the end of the week, they’ll be game makers!

WHEN

Mon July 15 – Fri July 19
Camp will run from 9am-3pm with a break for lunch.

WHO

For ages 8-12.

WHERE

Maria A. Schuka Toronto Library Branch
1745 Eglinton Avenue West

Space is limited. Call 416-394-1000 to register or for more information. This is a featured Summer Wonder Camp.

Camp MAG 2018 Photo Album

Thanks to Reptoid Games, Stitch Media, Little Guy Games, Dave Burke, DrinkBox Studios and VRGEN for supporting last year’s Camp!

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Huge Thanks to our 2019 Studio Membership Supporters

Want to support a free week of Camp Make-a-Game for just $200/year? Find out more about Studio Membership here!

Thanks to Matt Hammill for Camp Make-a-Game’s amazing logo!

As summer seemingly approaches, Camp Make-a-Game comes near! There are still spots available for the Hand Eye Society’s week-long, full-day summercamp for kids ages 8-12 with Ryerson University.

This ain’t your typical summer camp! Kids will have digital screen instruction in the mornings, where they will learn point-and-click game creation tools. A majority of instruction will focus on design principles like game mechanics and game feel. After lunch, we will bring kids outdoors (that’s right, zero screen time) discussing and playing physical games like tag and hide-and-seek — then we will have them re-design the rules to make and play their own modified versions of the games, while getting some exercise. Kids will have both a digital and physical game by the end of camp.

The following are available dates that you can sign up for:

Week #1 (8 & 9 years) – Tuesday, July 3 – Friday, July 6, 2018

Week #2 (8 & 9 years) – Monday, July 9 – Friday, July 13, 2018 ** Full!

Week #3 (10 – 12 years) – Monday, July 16 – Friday, July 20, 2018 ** Less than 10 spots left

Week #4 (10 – 12 years) – Monday, July 23 – Friday, July 27, 2018 ** Less than 15 spots left

Fees: $465 (5-day weeks) / $410 (4-day week)

Have any lingering questions for us? Get in touch by emailing us at info@handeyesociety.com.

REGISTER FOR JULY HERE!

Wanna learn more about Camp Make-A-Game? Click the video below to see what we were up to last year!

Camp Make-a-Game 2018 Sponsors! <3

We want to give a huge shout out and thank you to our Camp Make-a-Game sponsors who will be bringing an additional week of camp to the Maria A. Shchuka Library neighbourhood. We are able to make these camps FREE for participants thanks to their incredible support. Here are our amazing sponsors:

Asteroid Base, Capybara Games, Longbow Games, David Burke, Globacore Inc, Get Set Games, Rocket 5 Studios, Drinkbox Studios, Uken Games, Little Guy Games, Reptoid Games, Phantom Compass, VRGEN

Want to join the esteemed ranks of these fantastic studios? For only $200/year, you can help us bring the videogame arts to neighbourhoods all over Toronto and the GTA. Just select the Studio option when signing up via Paypal and we’ll be in touch to confirm your registration.

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Interested in partnering or sponsorship opportunities, or know a community that might want a Camp brought to them? Get in touch at info@handeyesociety.com.

Our Partners

Thanks to Ryerson University and the Toronto Public Library for their continued support and interest in Camp Make-a-Game!

The amazing visual identity of Camp Make-a-Game was created by Matt Hammill of Asteroid Base.

Registrations are once again open for the Hand Eye Society’s week-long full-day summercamp for kids 8-12 with Ryerson University. It’s the return of Camp Make-a-Game 2018!

Mornings are spent indoors with digital screen instruction, teaching kids to use point-and-click game creation tools. Because these tools don’t require coding, most of the instruction can focus on design principles like game mechanics or game feel and not just be focused on technical hurdles. Afternoons are spent outdoors, discussing and playing physical games like tag and soccer — and then the kids will re-design the rules and play the modified games, learning about game design while getting some exercise. By the end of the week, they’ll be game makers!

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Click to play a video showing what Camp Make-a-Game is all about!

Support Camp Make-a-Game for Communities

Last year, we worked with our partners Toronto Public Library and Ubisoft Toronto to bring two additional weeks of camp to under-served neighbourhoods, with York Woods Library at Jane and Finch and UrbanArts in Weston. We were able to make these camps FREE for participants thanks to incredible support from our local Studio Sponsors, who can be seen at the end of the video above.

This year, we’ll once again be working with TPL and other to-be-announced groups to bring the program to more neighbourhoods across Toronto and the GTA, but we need your help! Send a kid to Camp for just $200/year, and join the ranks of last year’s Camp Make-a-Game supporters including: Capybara Games, Reptoid Games, Torn Banner Studios, Stitch Media, Rocket 5 Studios, DrinkBox Studios, Little Guy Games, Longbow Games, Globacore, Dave Burke, Get Set Games, Phantom Compass, Uken Games and Asteroid Base.

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Interested in partnering or sponsorship opportunities, or know a community that might want a Camp brought to them? Get in touch at info@handeyesociety.com

Camp Make-A-Gamers at UrbanArts, 2017!

The amazing visual identity of Camp Make-a-Game was created by Matt Hammill of Asteroid Base.