Career Experience In Video Game Design

Interested in working in the video game industry? Discover what it might be like, exploring aspects of the industry, different job types and realistic video game projects with your own human coach. Finish with a complete skills report and a career experience reference.
The gap between what young people need to be able to deliver in the world of work, and what they are taught at school is growing wider, especially around digital skills. At the same time it is becoming more difficult for companies - and in particular tech companies which are increasingly the engine of our economy - to show young people what it would be like to work for them.
On this unique video game career experience course, you can change that.
You will discover lots of fascinating facts about the industry and discover what it could be like to work for a virtual indie video game design studio. You will learn about prototyping games, adapting to feedback and pitching your ideas. This is your opportunity to be part of a Video Game Design Team and work alongside live teammates to build a video game you can put on your portfolio.

Video Game Design

Turn your enthusiasm for gaming into real-world tech skills! Our Video Game Design courses will provide you with the tools to create your own video games to play on the web or your smartphone.
The fundamentals covered in Video Game Design are a great first step into the world of coding. Students are introduced to programming and a behaviour-based logic system – applying behaviours and attributions, testing, debugging and fine-tuning products – that comprises a core component of computer science and is familiar to any programmer. This is a rich course and one of our most popular, and many kids take it more than once to take their skills even further.  
We use Construct 3 ® to develop games that you can play on any platform. It is a free platform, which means once you have an account, you can keep developing games after your course has finished! Construct 3 ® makes it easy to get started, work with an impressive library of behaviours and attributes, and produce some great-looking final products.

Making Video Games with Python

You may already have done our Junior Python course, or you may be taking your first steps with text-based programming. Either way Making Video Games with Python is for you. Students will start off by making some purely text-based games, including a text-based adventure game, that will enable them to get to grips with the basics of the Python language.


The next stage will be to take a deep dive into the PygameZero library for making 2D games. This will include a more in-depth look at common patterns in game programming and give the students a better understanding of how to develop their programs and games, based around making a series of different games to explore different aspects of the process.


The week will culminate in the students developing a game of their own.

Making Games With ROBLOX

This fantastic course is based on the amazingly popular Roblox platform, and introduces budding young designers and developers to the principles of practical game design &amp; development, world building and Lua programming.
Students will first be introduced to Roblox and to Roblox Studio as a platform for creating games. They will build an obstacle course (Obby) game and publish their game for others to play. Next, students will meet programming concepts using Lua, creating custom interactive obstacles for their Obby game. Student will also create their own unique Roblox games and publish them to the Internet for anyone to play!
Using Roblox terrain editor tools, students will then build a basic RPG where they can explore a custom built world and harvest the items they have created.
This course is designed for students aged 9-12 who may or may not have programmed previously. Some may have already played Roblox games, or even made their own. Others may have experience with different game engines or programming languages, whilst there may be some for whom game development and programming is a completely new endeavour.

Machine Learning For Artificial Intelligence

From decision trees to neural networks, equip yourself with the tools to create and manipulate fantastic Machine Learning models using Python and Google Collab!
Topics covered will include:
<ul style="list-style-type:circle;"><li>Computer Vision</li>
	<li>Text Recognition</li>
	<li>Classification</li>
	<li>Decision Trees</li>
	<li>K-nearest Neighbour</li>
	<li>Naive-Bayes</li>
	<li>Intro to Deep Learning</li>
	<li>Neural Networks</li>
</ul>As well as using Google Collab to make Machine Learning projects, you will also be shown TensorFlow, SciKit Learn, importing Python modules and tKinter to create graphical projects!

Junior Scratch Coder

Scratch is a block-based visual programming language and website used as an educational tool for coding. In this course, students will explore the basics of computer programming and program design by building some amazing projects in Scratch!
Every student will get hands-on with coding from Day One and learn how to share and collaborate on projects with their peers. We believe that the skills to communicate and work with others are just as important as the technical aspects of programming and that's how great apps and computer programs are made.
<ul><li>+ Learn the fundamentals of programming with Scratch, with program flow, inputs and outputs</li>
	<li>+ Build a maze and racing game, using sprite interaction, control and automation</li>
	<li>+ Create a complex platformer with multiple levels, power-ups and a scoreboard</li>
	<li>+ Create a virtual character with camera interactions, text and audio</li>
	<li>+ Get creative - make something new and original, or expand on a previous project, and share it with the world!</li>
</ul> 
This course is perfect for those who are looking for a new creative outlet, starting out on their coding journey or those who want to take their Scratch skills to the next level.

Teen Coding with Python II

Take your coding further with this second step in learning Python. This course builds on the Python fundamentals covered in the Teen Coding with Python course and helps you to deepen your knowledge of this powerful and popular coding language that is helping a wide range of industries push the boundaries of digital innovation and creation. 
Whether you dream of building the next million-pound start-up, working at Facebook or Google, or becoming a Data Scientist, this course will give you a valuable skill to build a rewarding career in whatever field you choose. 
For details of how this course covers the coding components of GCSE Computing, download the mapping grid <a href="https://www.firetechcamp.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Python-course-mapping-to-GCSEs.pdf">here</a>. Students will also cover topics such as Object Oriented Programming and Creating GUIs which they often won’t encounter until they study Computer Science at A Level or beyond.

Minecraft Machine Engineer

Learn how to automate your Minecraft world! In this course, you will develop automated tools to mine and harvest resources as well as craft new items. You will truly become a Minecraft Machine Engineer!
As a Minecraft Machine Engineer with Fire Tech, you will be thrown into an intensive mix of creativity, gaming and engineering. Each student finishes with an impressive command of important computing concepts, practical making skills, and will have extended their understanding of how to expand and enjoy their Minecraft universe. 
This is an engaging course for 9-12 year olds that will allow them to delve deeper into advanced techniques for automating their worlds, whilst learning the basics of computer programming.
Minecraft is an incredibly popular block-building game, the second most-downloaded game of all time. Through this course, students will gain an understanding of how simple circuits and logic gates work, how to automate processes in Minecraft and how to build automated machines to mine, plant, sow and build in the world.

Python with Minecraft

Minecraft is an engaging environment that allows fans of all ages to exercise their creative powers, make exciting worlds and populate them with creatures and objects. One of the neat features of Minecraft is that it is possible to "hack" the Minecraft game with real Python code. Our students use Python to automate the building of huge structures, code shortcuts, and build a "game within the game".
Python is one of the world's most popular programming languages it is used by everyone from companies that are household names such as Instagram, Dropbox and Pinterest through to schools and colleges teaching the programming aspects of GCSE, A-Level and Degree Level Computer Science Courses. This course will help introduce students to the language in a fun, enjoyable way. Our Tutors will teach students how to set up a server on their local machine that will allow them to write Python code which will have an effect in the Minecraft world.
Over the course of the week, the students will program a number of elements in Minecraft using Python. This will build up to them creating a project on the final day, which may be an interactive game within Minecraft, it might be a huge structure that will be created at the snap of their fingers or it may be something imaginative which we haven't even thought of.

Ultimate Digital Graphics With Photoshop

Ultimate Digital Graphics combines two creative disciplines together, Photography and Graphic Design and takes you through how these two mediums can work extremely well together in creating your own unique portfolio pieces. 
This course is open to all skill levels as it will cover the fundamentals of composition and framing, as well as the building blocks of design while also delving into more complex and advanced techniques and software tools.

Junior Python Coding

Learn, design and experiment with code! Gain knowledge in coding fundamentals and then rapidly proceed to using that knowledge with confidence.
On this course, kids aged 9 to 12 will be introduced to Python, the programming language that tech behemoths like Instagram, Pinterest and Spotify are all built on.
Led by our code-loving instructors, kids will be taught key programming concepts and how to apply them in exciting ways. Use Python to create video games and as a general purpose tool to solve maths and other problems. Discover the role of Python in the multi-billion-dollar tech industry, while learning the skills they need to build their own projects at home.
Challenging, interactive and lots of fun, this course does more than just teach the fundamentals. It unlocks the world of programming for young people – and sparks the interest that makes them want to keep on exploring it.

Minecraft Maker

Become a part of the Maker Movement by using Minecraft! In this course, you will make your own world, blocks and structures. As a Minecraft Maker with Fire Tech, you will be thrown into an intensive mix of creativity, gaming and engineering. Each student finishes with an impressive command of important computing concepts, practical making skills, and an enhanced understanding of how to expand and enjoy their Minecraft universe.
This is an engaging course for 9-12-year-olds that will get them building, designing, coding, and making, all using the Minecraft “sandbox”.
Minecraft is an incredibly popular block-building game, the second most downloaded game of all time. Through this course, students can gain experience in core computing concepts such as Computer-Aided Design, conditions, loops, and iteration.
We have explored more of the educational and computing benefits of Minecraft in our blog post on  <a href="https://www.firetechcamp.com/news-and-media/benefits-learning-minecraft/">The Benefits of Learning with Minecraft</a>.

Teen Coding with Python

Get familiar with Python, one of the most widely-used and widely-taught programming languages in senior schools, universities and businesses, and learn to code from the ground up.
Learn one of the most in-demand coding languages in the world, used in start-ups, enterprise companies, and academic institutions. This is a top choice for students studying Computer Science for their GCSEs and want to take their skills to the next level in a fun and supportive environment.
Our code-loving instructors develop your programming proficiency by teaching you how to use variables, integers, floats, strings, loops, file I/O’s and data structures, as you work on your own challenge-focused projects. You will leave with the confidence to use the Python programming language independently.
While this is a beginners’ course, we do find that many teens who have already started to learn to program on their own find our “back to basics” approach very helpful as they fill in any gaps in their fundamentals.

Creative Digital Design

Learn how to take your graphic design skills from average to awesome and create an envy-worthy portfolio, with Adobe Creative Cloud.
This course is designed for students interested in graphic design, digital publishing and online media creation. During this course, students will learn how to use the Adobe Suite, which includes Photoshop, Illustrator, Clip, Premiere Pro, and Audition.
Students will gain core skills within creative digital design that will be highly adaptable and applied across personal, academic and professional contexts, and learn how to create different digital media using professional-level Graphic Design tools.

Teen Coding With Python - Build Amazing Projects

Develop your understanding of Python by working on real-world projects. Build fantastic desktop apps, websites and videogames, and hack on any project from your own imagination!
In this advanced course, you'll spend time learning how to build websites using the Flask web framework that is used by Netflix, Uber and Lyft to power parts of their infrastructure. Next, you'll learn how to build desktop apps using a professional-grade GUI library. Then you'll move on to look at how Python is used in Data Science and Machine Learning, before spending further time building video games using the Pyglet library. Finally, you'll get a chance to hack on a project of your own devising based on one of the topics you've covered earlier in the course.
Whether you dream of building the next million-pound start-up, working at Facebook or Google, or becoming a Data Scientist, this course will give you a valuable skill to build a rewarding career in whatever field you choose. 
The course will assume all students have at least a familiarity with Object-Oriented Programming and will give you the opportunity to develop this more fully by solving real-world problems. If you're interested in studying Computer Science to A-Level and beyond or are just fascinated by programming this course will help you extend your knowledge further.

Digital Music Production

Learn one of the industry’s leading Digital Audio Workstations, Ableton Live, and make music the way the professionals do.
Course participants will have the opportunity to work with one of the industry’s leading Digital Audio Workstations (DAW), <a href="https://www.ableton.com/">Ableton Live</a>. Whether you are a budding producer or complete novice, this course enables each person to build on the skills they have already. Fire Tech provides the opportunity for young people to explore some fantastic software and make their own professional music.
With the combination of digital music theory and technology skills, kids finish understanding how music is created and assembled, and know how to do it themselves! We aim for our students to be inspired and create something that is meaningful for them.
At the end of the course, students will publish their work so that the world can hear their achievements! Check out our previous students' work on <a href="https://soundcloud.com/firetechcamp">Soundcloud</a>.

Teen Coding With Java

Meet Java, the language that powers Android phones and the world’s best selling video game, Minecraft. Challenging, interactive and lots of fun, students will be taught key Java programming concepts and how to apply them in exciting ways.
Led by our code-loving instructors, students will be taught key programming concepts and how to apply them in exciting ways. They will start by learning how to use Java as a general-purpose tool to solve maths and other problems, discover the role of Java in the multi-billion-dollar tech industry and along the way learn the skills they need to build their own projects at home.
Using industry-standard tools, students will learn how to set up their own projects and develop them further independently. 
Students will be introduced to the concepts of Object-Oriented Programming through Classes and Objects, ideas that have underpinned virtually all major programming projects for the last 30+ years. These concepts are also fundamental to the way that Java as a language functions.
Challenging, interactive, and lots of fun, this course does more than just teach the fundamentals. It unlocks the world of programming for young people – and sparks the interest that makes them want to keep on exploring it.

Senior Adventures In Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the hottest topic in tech. With Fire Tech, learners will build AI models to control autonomous vehicles and smart homes and attempt to show the power of AI in ways such as predicting a movie's success based on its poster. We will also use IBM Watson to build a series of AI models that can recognize a celebrity Twitter account based on their tweets. The ideal way to inspire further learning in this fascinating subject.
This course does more than teach the fundamentals of AI. It also explores issues of computer bias, ethics and the moral dilemmas programmers face when using AI.
AI is becoming an integral part of our lives, evolving and developing faster than we think. It's being used in medicine to spot cancer cells, courtrooms to help determine the risk of criminals re-offending, as well as in art to create new art from analysing music from composers like Brahms. <a href="https://www.pwc.com/gx/en/news-room/press-releases/2017/ai-to-drive-gdp-gains-of-15_7-trillion-with-productivity-personalisation-improvements.html#:~:text=AI%20will%20contribute%20%2415.7%20trillion,over%20the%20period%202016-2030.">PwC estimates</a> AI deployment will add $15.7 trillion to global GDP by 2030.

Junior Adventures In Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the hottest topic in tech right now and is already having a significant impact on our lives. Want to know how a computer named 'Deep Blue' beat a chess grandmaster over twenty years ago? Or how the AI behind AlphaGo beat the best human 'GO' player in the world?
Get introduced to the amazing world of AI! Build your own AI models using sound, numbers, text and images, using the latest super-smart technology!
Learn how to create complex AI models. Create a celebrity response bot, make and then train a video game to play itself, and even create a friendly alien detector all on this new course!
This is an excellent choice for children interested in technology, coding and AI. Absolutely no previous programming knowledge is required. It is perfect for beginners who are curious to learn more about one of the hottest and most dynamic tech topics around!

Roblox Arcade - Monetise Your Games

Our super exciting Roblox Arcade course is based on the popular Roblox Studio game development programme and aims to help you design not just one but a variety of games to amaze your friends. Budding game designers will learn the principles of practical game design, Lua programming and earning Robux currency.
Students will design an obstacle course with a variety of scripted features, create collectible objects and earn points that will be shown on a leaderboard. They will learn how to become a young entrepreneur by earning Roblox currency Robux, learning how to monetise their game and creating advertisements.
Students will then create a battle royale arena, in which they enhance their Lua programming skills by coding game loops, surface GUIs, managing players between different locations and several other features. Students will learn how to use local servers to simulate multiplayer game environments.
By the end of the course, students will have created at least two fully-functioning games with multiple advanced features for others to play!

Making Multiplayer Games With ROBLOX

Take your video game creation skills to the next level with this course dedicated to making multiplayer games using Roblox Studio. Challenge your friends in games you've made.
You don't have to have any previous knowledge about Roblox as we'll cover everything in this course but those who have taken our Making Games With Roblox course will find the scripting aspect of the course easier.
Students will learn about:
<ul style="list-style-type:circle;"><li>Servers and how they are used in gaming</li>
	<li>High scores</li>
	<li>Player interactions</li>
	<li>The Lua scripting language </li>
	<li>Publishing your game</li>
	<li>Sharing your game</li>
</ul>Students will get to create a fully working multiplayer game that has a high score, shop and multiple games for their friends to play! Using the Roblox Studio software and we will take you through everything you'll need to create a multiplayer environment with more than one game!

Coding Games With Java

Master key computing concepts and coding basics. Students will use Java and the Greenfoot library to learn computer science theory, syntax, and object oriented coding.
We teach Java using the <a href="http://www.greenfoot.org/door">Greenfoot</a> platform, developed at the University of Kent. Greenfoot makes coding interactive, easy and fun, providing a supportive environment for the creation of 2D graphical games and simulations. Students will learn coding concepts such as variables, functions and classes, as they go from game consumer to game creator.
We also show students the tools and resources available so they can continue learning and developing independently with Java after the course.
This is an excellent first coding course for teens aged 12+ and no previous programming knowledge is required.

Creating For YouTube

Become a YouTube influencer with original content and master YouTube’s professional tools. Learn to create eye-catching content that your followers will love. The sky’s the limit!
Our specialist tutors will show you how to create unique content for your YouTube channel and teach you how to create stories that drive engagement and boost your following.
You will storyboard, script, film yourself or your screen, discover the YouTube video editing tools and work  to publish eye-catching content.
By the end of the course, students will have their own YouTube channel with original content and the tools to keep creating!

Junior Augmented And Virtual Reality

Imagine it. Build it. And go to a brand new place. Students learn how to create immersive environments so they can build what's in their brains.
Virtual Reality (VR) endeavours to simulate real-life situations through the use of three-dimensional computer-generated environments. Augmented Reality (AR) on the other hand is the integration of digital overlays to enhance the physical world around us.
During this course, students will learn about how to use the newest AR &amp; VR creation tools and use them to create and code their own augmented and virtual experiences.
You can read our <a href="https://www.firetechcamp.com/news-and-media/preparing-kids-future-virtual-reality/">AR/VR Blog Post</a> to see how this technology will affect your future.

Making 3D Games with Unreal Engine

Unreal Engine is a game engine and powerful development platform for creating 2D and 3D games. It has quickly become one of the industry standards when it comes to Game Development. You can use it to create games for desktop, mobile devices and even consoles. Unreal is the engine behind <a href="https://www.thegamer.com/great-games-use-unreal-4-game-engine/">many popular games</a> such as Fortnite, Street Fighter V, Borderlands 3 and the remake of Final Fantasy VII. The software is free to download, and students can continue to use it as a development platform after the course is finished.
On this new Fire Tech course, specialist instructors will teach the Unreal Engine platform and C++ programming language, as they guide students through a variety of activities whilst building a number of different games.
Please note that we recommend students to have done our <a href="https://www.firetechcamp.com/course/coding-games-with-java/?s=java&amp;post_type=product">Coding Games with Java course</a>, or <a href="https://www.firetechcamp.com/course/teen-coding-with-python/?s=teen+python&amp;post_type=product">Teen Coding with Python</a> course before taking Making 3D Games with Unreal Engine, as having programming experience is highly recommended.

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