2010 Course Descriptions
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First Person Shooter (FPS) Creator | |
| Difficulty Level: Beginner to Advanced | Ages 10-17 | |
| Create your own First Person Shooter (FPS) game. We brainstorm, layout the levels, then start designing. Campers will beta test each other’s games and then learn how to debug. Advanced students will learn how to add music, customize menus, and scripting. Every student goes home with a full game of their own to play over and over again. Your student won’t soon forget this class. It is a fantastic experience start to finish. Yes, you can take it more than once! Software used: FPS Creator X10, Photoshop CS4. Hardware: desktop or laptop |
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MMO Game Creation | |
| Difficulty Level: intermediate to Advanced | Ages 12-17 | |
| Suggested for all RPG junkies! Design your own Multiplayer Role-playing game. Design, create characters, design quests, dungeons and more. Best of all it’s multiplayer. Do you like World of Warcraft, EverQuest, or Runescape? Well you will love this class. It’s time to make your own world for you and your friends to conquer. **Lab Week Not Available Software used: Realm Crafter, Photoshop CS4. Hardware: desktop or laptop **This is an online game creator. In order to host it from home, additional software will need to be purchased. Information will be provided during camp. |
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RPG Game Design | |
| Difficulty Level: Beginner to Advanced | Ages 8-12 | |
| Create your own point and click RPG this summer! Campers will layout their levels, create their stories, characters and more. This is a perfect course for our younger campers who want to create their own world to play in. Software: RPG design software Hardware: Desktop or laptop |
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Dungeons & Dragons 101 | |
| Difficulty Level: Open to any level | Ages 8-17 | |
| Before popular online RPGs like Everquest and World of Warcraft, there was 'pen and paper'. Campers will delve into their imaginations to defeat obsticles, mythical beasts and more with nothing but a set of dice, a little math, and a lot of luck. They will learn the art of dungeon mastering, campaign creating, and character creation. This course promotes peer to peer socialization, problem solving, and critical thinking, and is a great way to bring even the shyest camper out of their shell. Dungeons & Dragons is widely regarded as the beginning of modern role-playing games, and the RPG industry. Forget the stereootype! This course is a must for anyone who enjoys gaming, both online and off. **Lab Week Not Available Hardware used: A set of gaming dice, various D&D books, dungeon master aides |
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World Of Warcraft Insider (WoW) | |
| Difficulty Level: Open to any level | Ages: 9-17 | |
| Whether you already play WOW or just starting out, this class will take you from noob to guru. Learn how to get the most from your account and how to spend more time having fun and less time farming items and gold. Twinking, Instances, Add-ons and Battlegrounds will be camp life. If you are a WOW fan or a just a wannabe, you want to get a spot in this class. Our local WOW guru, Tony, will be the instructor for the week!! Enjoy. This class is designed to enhance existing characters. Individual attention will be given to every camper to discuss their particular character strategy. **Lab Week Not Available Software used: World Of Warcraft w/All Expansions, Various WOW add-ons. Hardware: Gaming desktop **Campers will need to have a World of Warcraft account to attend this session. If they do not have one they can create one the first day. The cost is $90 which includes the initial World of Warcraft game, Burning Crusade expansion and a 60 day membership. Your camper will bring home the necessary software to load the game at home. Please note Blizzard charges $14.95/mo to access their game. Please call or email with any questions or concerns. |
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3D Modeling | |
| Difficulty Level: Advanced | Ages 12-17 | |
| Ever wonder what it takes to make your favorite game characters? Camp Katy teach you how to create your own characters from scratch. Using leading industry tools, you will learn to model and animate your creations. This advanced course is perfect for budding game designers and animators.
Software: Blender, Milkshake, Photoshop CS4 Hardware: Desktop or laptop |
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Movie Making (2 week course) | |
| Difficulty Level: Beginner to Advanced | Ages: 12-17 | |
| Want to know how the professionals do it? Campers will dive into the life of a film maker. We will take you through the exciting journey of scriptwriting, storyboarding, casting, sets, shooting the movie, editing your movie and even producing your own custom DVD, cover and movie trailer. This 2 week adventure will take you through the film making process from start to finish. Your movie will even be shown at The Alamo Drafthouse theater at our special premier night. You will have a chance to invite your family, friends and fans to watch your movie on the big screen. This will be a team effort and will reinforce social skills and give campers a huge sense of accomplishment. How many of your friends can say they've made their own movie? **Lab Week Not Available Software used: Apple Final Cut Pro, Adobe After Effects 3, Photoshop CS4, Microsoft Office 2007 Hardware: HD Movie Camera, Boom Mic, Lighting, different camera mounts and more. PC and Apple workstations **Special: This is a two week course and is offered at a discounted rate of $649 per camper. You save $141! Each team will be given a budget for props and costumes which is included in the tuition. |
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Junior Film Maker | |
| Difficulty Level: Beginner to Advanced | Ages: 8-11 | |
| Our young film makers will choose their script, assign roles, shoot their movie and learn the editing process. This is a great fit for campers who are interested in the process but don’t have the skills yet towork on their own or with more advanced programs and equipment. Software used: Windows Movie Maker, Microsoft Office 2007 Hardware: HD Movie Camera, Boom Mic, Lighting, desktop or laptop |
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| **Their movies will be part of our annual premier night at the Alamo Drafthouse Theater. That's right...their movie on the big screen for all of their friends, family and new fans to enjoy. This is a must class for any of our younger campers! | ||
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Web Design | |
| Difficulty Level: Intermediate to Advanced | Ages: 8-17 | |
| Looking for a course for your creative camper? Students will build their own personal website from scratch. Learn design layout, utilizing templates, Flash buttons and menus, importing/editing graphics, domain registration, uploading to the web and more! Camp Katy teaches with industry leading software Dreamweaver CS4 and Photoshop CS4. Software used: Dreamweaver CS4, Flash CS4, Photoshop CS4, Fireworks and Filezilla Hardware: Digital camera, desktop or laptop |
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Comic Book Creation | |
| Difficulty Level: Beginner to Intermediate | Ages: 8-14 | |
| KABOOM! Insert an explosion or crash at the thrilling climax of a traditional comic made with your scanned artwork, or use fight sound effects in comics made from screenshots of your favorite PC video game. You’ll be amazed at how you can turn your ideas into a full fledge comic book. You can use your own artwork or many of our stored pictures. If there is a creative mind in your child, this is a great medium for expression. Each camper will leave with a full color comic book they made! Software used: Comic Book Creator Hardware: Scanner, Bamboo tablet, desktop or laptop |
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Computer Building | |
| Difficulty Level: Intermediate to Advanced | Ages 8-17 | |
| You may know how to use a computer but can you build one? We will tear apart a computer and rebuild it from the floor up. Learn how to piece components together, install/optimize Windows 7 & Vista, computer maintenance, basic hardware and software troubleshooting, and networking. Campers will complete projects which include removing spyware, installing antivirus and removing viruses, Windows installation and updates, troubleshooting common computer ailments, and setting up a home network.**Lab Week Not Available Software used: Windows 7 Home Premium and Professional, Technician toolbox Hardware: Router, Wired/Wireless network adapters, desktop or laptop |
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Games! Games! Games! | |
| Difficulty Level: Open to any level | Ages: 6-17 | |
| The name says it all. Campers will have access to many age appropriate games to play till their hands go numb. The awesome thing about games at camp is you can play against your friends. From first person shooters like Call of Duty Modern Warfare, Left 4 Dead and Crysis to real time strategies like Age of Empires III and Red Alert 3, campers will have access to more than 80 titles. There is no end to the fun! Click HERE for game list! Prerequisites: Love to play video games! **Lab Week Not Available This class is offered every week of summer camp subject to availability - only 15 spots per week. ONLY $135/wk |
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| Do you have your camper signed up for Games, Games, Games but want them to get more out of their time at camp? Try out our new mini camps! They are available every week and can be taken more than once to continue to build their skills. Campers will have free time in the morning to relax and after lunch their mini camp will begin. Mini Camps currently available: |
| Typing/Keyboarding | There has never been a more important computer skill for our kids to have. Good keyboarding skills will make homework easier and give them core skills they will need to be an efficient touch typist. |
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| Microsoft Office 2007 | All children should to be proficient with Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint. This mini camp will introduce them each program, teach them shortcuts, how to find help and include projects to reinforce their new skills. |
| World of Warcraft Power Leveling |
Does your camper want to add a little more fun to their week? Every week there will a staff member ready to help you level up your WOW character. Level 1 or Level 70, we can help. Level up quickly, get gear and gold. |