St. George International School Summer Camp with coding

Java Coding: Build Mods with Minecraft

• Age: 10-12 liters.
• Equipment: Minecraft, Java, IntelliJ.

Students will learn the source code for Minecraft, the core of the Java programming language. The course will allow you to integrate custom tools, blocks, mobs when creating your own version of this open game. The course introduces Java programming in an accessible way, which allows you to prepare for future programming.

Java Coding: Custom Blocks and Maps in Minecraft

• Age: 10-12 liters.
• Equipment: Minecraft, Java, IntelliJ.

Using Java code to add a personalized, modernized style to Minecraft, students will create their own items, blocks, design and build an adventure map, incorporating their own add-ons into the game. The practice of Java coding and game design will allow you to create mods and maps, share them with friends.

Game Creation and AI with JavaScript

• Age: 10-12 liters.
• Hardware: JavaScript, HTML5.

Students will master the powerful JavaScript language, which is used to create 95% of all sites in the world, the basics of coding, and create exciting interactive games. Coding projects with vivid graphics and reading the input data, participants will be able to recreate their favorite games, try their hand at machine learning, include voice and sound, image recognition in the developed game. With the help of artificial intelligence, JavaScript and HTML, students will develop the next generation of games and begin to program.

Coding and engineering 101

• Age: 10-12 liters.
• Hardware: JavaScript, micro: bit.

A universal dynamic course combines coding and development, learning the basics of computer, hardware. Young people will combine this knowledge with the concepts of object-oriented programming, master programming with the help of micro: bit - an interactive handheld computer that will be taken home. Using micro: bit JavaScript, participants will determine movement, send messages, create games. Before starting the course, students are encouraged to deepen their coding and hardware skills.

Creative Design Studio with Adobe Animate

• Age: 10-12 liters.
• Hardware: Adobe Creative Suite.

The Creative Design Studio with Adobe Animate course is based on a study of the fundamental principles of art and animation that are used by game design and animation professionals. Participants will use premium software - Adobe Animate and a range of other Adobe products - to reveal their inner vision. Participants will develop critical thinking, problem-solving skills, composition planning, will receive a solid foundation in the field of design and creative solutions - the necessary skills to succeed in the future.

Game Design and Development 101

• Age: 13-17 years.
• Equipment: Autodesk Maya, Unreal Engine 4.

Program Game Design and Development 101 will help you master the professional design of video games using the most popular industry tools. Starting a week by exploring the creation of 3D objects with Maya and level design in Unreal Engine 4, participants will combine new skills to create a carefully designed world. By importing their Maya models into Unreal, participants will develop their own game world, add unique encoded elements using the UE4 Blueprints visual scripting system. Students will leave this comprehensive course with their own professionally designed game level to demonstrate in their portfolio.

Level Design and Cinematics with Unreal Engine 4

• Age: 13-17 years.
• Equipment: Unreal Engine 4, Adobe Photoshop.

When developing Unreal Engine 4, participants will create a whole world, apply a world-class photorealistic game engine, using it to create award-winning games. Using Sequencer, a tool for editing and animation in real time, students will shoot dynamic videos with detailed characters, animations, sounds.

Program Gameplay Mechanics with Unreal Engine 4

• Age: 13-17 years.
• Equipment: Unreal Engine 4.

Gameplay Mechanics with Unreal Engine 4 allows you to push the boundaries, create unique games, and work with the full set of tools in Unreal Engine 4 - the leading game engine that is used to create award-winning games. Participants will learn how to develop traditional types of games: FPS, platformers, racing games. Using Blueprints, a visual programming language for modifying and creating game events (moving platforms, breakpoints), students will hone their design skills on their way to an exciting career in game level design.

VR Design with Unity and Oculus Go

• Age: 13-17 years.
• Equipment: Unity, Magica Voxel, Oculus Go.

The program VR Design with Unity and Oculus Go includes the development of games with virtual reality and Oculus Go - this all-in-one virtual system without connected wires or cords is combined with Unity, a standard game engine. Participants will develop game worlds in which you can see, hear, experience complete immersion. Upon completion of the course, students will take their projects and Oculus Go home, continue to create and improve exciting interactive virtual environments.

Intro to Python Coding for Machine Learning

• Age: 13-17 years.
• Equipment: Python, Tensorflow, PyCharm.

Coding skills are some of the most sought after in the modern labor market, and this course will introduce students to machine learning. Participants will learn the basics, see how their coding knowledge is put into practice, starting with logic games, Python - the fastest growing programming language available, will move on to object-oriented concepts. As coding knowledge deepens, participants will master the creation of simple neural networks and prepare for advanced machine learning courses.

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

• Age: 13-17 years.
• Equipment: PyCharm, Python, TensorFlow.

The Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning course will explore the coding possibilities and the challenges of machine learning. Students will immerse themselves in this evolving field using data sets, probabilities, statistics, master Python and TensorFlow tools (which help computers emulate the work of the brain).

Novice students should start with an introduction to Python (optional).

Code Apps with Java

• Age: 13-17 years.
• Hardware: Java, IntelliJ.

Learn the basics of Java, one of the oldest and still relevant programming languages! Java has many uses, from game development to business applications. Regardless of how far the student has come in learning code - just starting out, preparing a resume for college, or preparing for the AP Computer Science exam - he will be able to hone his Java skills with console applications and programming tasks.

Java Coding and Game Development

• Age: 13-17 years.
• Hardware: Java, IntelliJ, Processing.

The Java Coding and Game Development program is built at the intersection of coding and graphics. Young people will use Java - one of the most popular coding languages - learn the basics of programming, create arcade games. Participants will go beyond text programs and create visual interactions using a processing library. Attractive graphics will take developed programs beyond the console framework and allow you to create a portfolio that colleges will notice.

Code Apps with C ++

• Age: 13-17 years.
• Hardware: C ++, Microsoft Visual Studio Community.

The summer shift of Code Apps with C ++ includes learning the basics of C ++, one of the most important programming languages, applications covering system software design, game development. C ++ opens the door to the vast world of coding and development, regardless of what students want to create: using the acquired coding skills, they will create projects and discuss coding problems in the interview style.

Develop and Code Games with C ++

• Age: 13-17 years.
• Hardware: C ++, Microsoft Visual Studio Community.

Students will be able to take their C ++ knowledge to a new level, introduce new images into the developed games. Using graphic libraries, they will create arcade games in one of the most popular programming languages. Young people will focus on the implementation of keyboard, mouse, basic artificial intelligence controls, the interaction of all the basic components of creating a game. Classes provide an opportunity to start a career in gaming programming, using the standard edition of Microsoft Visual Studio Community Edition to create new projects.