Hi, I'm Truman. I'm a rising senior at Brooklyn Tech, and I've been teaching myself game design, digital art, and coding for years. I make games you can play and objects you can hold, and I built betrumaker.com as a free resource site for kids who want to make their own things. In my maker workshops I take a small group through my whole process: we start with a sketch, make it digital in Procreate, drop it into a real game, and finish the week with your character printed on something you can take home. It's real, hands-on making, built for kids going into 4th to 6th grade.
The Format
2 hours a day, Monday to Friday
Typical time: 10am to 12pm
Small groups
Lots of individual attention
Kids going into 4th to 6th grade
Bring an iPad with Procreate and a laptop
$75 per week
All supplies included
The Week
Start with an idea
Intro to the maker process and how art and game design work together. Sketch your own character.
Bring it to life
Take your sketch into Procreate and build a digital version of your character.
Build the game
Drop your character into a real game and start building. No experience needed.
Test and fix
Play each other's games, find what breaks, and make it better.
Take it home
Print your character on a shirt, tote, or sticker to take home. Plus a show-and-tell.
"One of the best guest visits we've had."Heather Prince, Library Media Specialist
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