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Creative STEM on THURSDAYS - Theme: Design and Code Your Own Games, Mazes, Puzzles, and Escape Room


  • P.S. 033 Chelsea Prep 281 9th Avenue New York, NY, 10001 United States (map)

DESCRIPTION: For kids who dare to puzzle!

Join us to build epic puzzles and challenge others to solve them! Play all sorts of puzzle games and decide how to use elements for your own. Create your own mazes, logic puzzles, riddles and sequence all sorts into designing your own escape rooms and games for others to solve. Master giving clues to help or hinder people and learn game dynamics and techniques to use in your story to keep people on their toes. Participants will also explore game genres, like spinner games and games of chance, timers and timed games, mazes and pac-man style games. This experience is a wonderful mix of game design, math, technology and storytelling.

Kids will be picked up at dismissal time. From 3 to 3:30 they will engage in free play/making time while waiting for all of the participants to arrive.

Recommended for ages 6-9

FORMAT: In Person at PS 33

DATES: Mondays at 3:00-5:30pm, from Jan. 9th to Apr. 3rd (Skipping 1/16, 2/20 for public schools holidays)

LEARN ABOUT

  • Fundamentals in block-based coding (logic, loop, variables, functions, events, and more)

  • Digital art and animation

  • Game design, prototyping, and fabricating physical arcade games, board games, and more

PRICE: $48 per session when you sign up for the full semester or $54.40 per individual session