iHub Game Design Studio for Youth

Sign up today for a guided game making design workshop: Learn game design process through tabletop games and demos of digital game tools.

No experience necessary and all materials will be supplied. Work independently or in small groups to create interactive stories through a series of creative exercises.

Participants will have an opportunity to playtest their prototyped games with others…and meet new friends along the way!

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:

Students in grades 4 through 7.

Must live in or go to school in Haverhill!

Participants will:

· Brainstorm original game concepts

• Be guided through a game design process

• Learn about the interactive storytelling techniques and tools

• Create physical prototypes for their own tabletop game concepts

• View demo of free tools to evolve game prototypes into interactive digital games

• Create and playtest digital games with other participants

Program is open to youth in grades 4 through 7 who live in or go to school in Haverhill. This workshop is free. Space is limited and registration is required.

Workshops will be led by Emily Treat Czar, award winning game industry veteran and educator:

• VP of Design Strategy at MeQuilibrium

• Former VP Production Services at Games for Change

• Began career making learning toys at Leapfrog

• Game Project Advisor at Carnegie Mellon for 3 yrs

• Game Design Instructor for iHub Haverhill, New York Film Academy, Bunker Hill CC

This program is supported thanks to grant funding through the Haverhill Cultural Council and the Mass Cultural Council.

Host or Publisher Innovation Hub | Haverhill