Future Game Designers is a free, intensive 14-week workshop hosted by NYU Tisch School of the Arts that introduces high school students in grades 9 through 11 to digital game development, tabletop game design, and game industry concepts. The program is hands-on and lab-based, with students working both individually and in teams to build a series of digital game prototypes, culminating in a final polished game project. Participants develop practical game development skills and tools while also exploring game history and critical frameworks for understanding the medium. It is a rare opportunity to receive professional, university-level training in game design at no cost.
Writing code to build software, automate tasks, or bring an idea to life on a screen.
Breaking down a challenge and working through it methodically to a solution.
Guiding a group toward a shared goal and keeping everyone moving together.
Planning tasks, timelines, and resources to get a project done on schedule.
Students create digital game prototypes and learn game development methods, tools, and principles directly.
The workshop teaches programming and digital game development techniques applicable to software engineering.
Game design involves user experience and interface design principles students learn through hands-on prototyping.
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