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E-mail to a friend | This summer, Rowan-Cabarrus Community College embarked on its second year of Gaming Camps to help students imagine, plan, design and create their own computer game.
Building off the success of last year?s week-long camp, the college created two additional week-long camps. These camps, Intro to Graphics and 3D Modeling and Intermediate Game Development, are scheduled the weeks of July 16-19 and 23-26, respectively, and the college is still accepting registrations.
?Game development is being implemented in many different types of industries and professions. Simulation and design are already being used in Fortune 500 companies for education, training and management modules,? said Pepsi Boyer, instructor for the day camp and web technologies. ?The expansion of game design development techniques within all industries will eventually be inevitable.?
Rowan-Cabarrus developed the Gaming Camps as an introduction for students to the world of computer programming.
?These budding developers often don?t even realize they?re learning important transferrable skills and concepts they must eventually master to succeed in the competitive global IT workforce ? things like object-oriented and event-driven programming, agile development, graphic interface design, idea sharing, peer review, revisioning, presentation, and, above all, confidence,? said Rob Muhlstein of IBM who assisted with the camp.
There were 25 students ages 12-21 in the Introduction to Game Development camp.
The camp consisted of four full days of training from 9:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m., with a special evening showcase for students to reveal their games to family and friends. The camp was held at the college?s North Carolina Research Campus (NCRC) building in Kannapolis.
The two remaining Gaming Camps are still accepting registrations:
? Intro to Graphics and 3D Modeling ? July 16-19
In the graphics and 3D modeling camp, students will gain the knowledge needed to develop images for the game, web, photography, film, editing, graphic arts and advertising design industries. Major industry graphics and 3D modeling software programs such as Photoshop, Gimp and 3D Coats will be introduced.
? Intermediate Game Development ? July 23-26
In this camp, students will begin to build more complex games with more enhanced sounds, music, levels and gameplay. More complex game rules and more sophisticated games will continue to satisfy the campers need to be intrigued and to create. Students will receive a professional copy of the software used in the development of their game(s).
For more information on these offerings, contact Dr. Scott Nason, program chair, web technologies, at scott.nason@rccc.edu or visit www. rccc.edu. The college is registering students for fall semester; classes begin Aug. 15.
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