Unreal Engine Camps
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Grades 5-8: Unreal Engine – 3D Video Game World Design & 3D Printing
Experience the exciting expansion of our popular 3D camps with 3D: Video Game World Design & 3D Printing! This camp dives into everything three-dimensional, blending creativity with cutting-edge technology. Using Unreal Engine, students will learn the fundamentals of 3D world-building and level design. They’ll create their own video game worlds while exploring key concepts in game design.
But the fun doesn’t stop there! Students will also design 3D objects and bring their creations to life by 3D printing one to take home. If your Maker is in grades 5-8 and loves designing and playing video games, this camp is perfect for them!
Breaks, games and park time are also included for kids to exercise their imagination, have fun and strengthen team-building
This camp is a pilot and space is extremely limited. We encourage prospective students to register ASAP.
Why Learn Unreal Engine?
Unreal Engine is an industry leading real time rendering game engine that is well known and respected for pushing the boundaries of technology with cutting edge graphical capabilities and innovative in engine tools designed to streamline the game making process. Thanks to its expansive toolbox and impressive capabilities, Unreal Engine is an excellent platform for more than just programmers. Unreal Engine is also an excellent creative outlet for visual artists and other creatives. Whether your maker loves programming, visual arts, sound design, or story telling, Unreal offers a compelling suite of awesome features that caters to each individual interest. (note: this camp primarily focuses on world/level design)
Unreal Engine also offers a promising future career path thanks to its widespread adoption in the entertainment industry. While many would attribute Unreal Engine to the $217 Billion video game industry, Unreal Engine is also widely used in film and media production to build virtual sets for green screens and VFX, offering a unique type of cross-disciplinary job security.
A short list of the many many amazing and innovative games that run on Unreal are Sea of Thieves, Fortnite, The Witcher, Uncharted 4, Rocket League, and Satisfactory (2024 Game of the year, Golden Joystick Awards).
Check out Unreal Engine’s immense graphical capability – Images sourced from official Unreal Engine tech demonstrations owned & published by Unreal Engine/Epic Games.
