Game Jams: Kick Starting Your Students’ Career Exploration in Game Development

Our students are playing games. We know that. There are many opportunities to help students on the path to developing their own games. Game Jams are one exciting way. Over the past 3 years, the Epic Education team, Cleverlike Studios and University partners like the team at UNCG and Full Sail have been creating these opportunities for students. This session will share how we take students with little to no experience and guide them in the process of creating playable games over the course of a weekend! Students form teams and collaborate to create engaging immersive experiences. It''s amazing to see what students can do when we provide the space and support. Students leave with the tools they need and we have seen many students continue on their game development journey far beyond these experiences.