They play games all day. This week, they make one.
5 days, ages 10–15. Pencil and paper first, pixel art and music by Friday. No coding needed.
FROM PENCIL TO PIXEL
They've played a hundred games. They've never made one.
Your child knows what makes a game good. They just don't know how it's made. How someone designed that character. How someone chose those colours. How the music makes a boss fight feel different from a menu screen.
This camp starts with pencil and paper. Character sketches before character sprites. Moodboards before monitors. By the end of the week, they've designed a game: the characters, the world, the animation, the soundtrack. All theirs.
5 DAYS · AGES 10–15 · NO CODING REQUIRED
THE WEEK
What they create each day.
They look at their favourite games and figure out what the designer actually did to make them feel that way. Art, sound, story. Then they build a moodboard and sketch their first game concept on paper.
Why does Mario look round and friendly while Bowser looks spikey and dangerous? They learn shape language, sketch character designs, then turn their best one into a pixel art sprite.
They make their character move. Walk cycles, jumps, idle animations. Simple techniques that make the difference between "I drew this" and "I built this."
Boss fight music sounds different from menu music for a reason. They learn why, then compose their own game soundtrack.
They put it all together and present their game to the group. The concept, the art, the animation, the music. Some kids build a playable prototype in Scratch. Others present a full design concept. Both count.
WHAT PARENTS ASK
"My kid just wants to play games. They won't want to learn about them."
That's the starting point. We meet them where they already are. The jump from "I love this game" to "I could make something like this" is smaller than you think. By Day 2 they're sketching characters. By Day 4 they're composing music.
"They can't draw. They're not the 'artistic' type."
No art background needed. Pixel art works with a few squares in the right place. Shape language gives every kid a framework so their characters look intentional, not random. Some of the best results come from kids who've never drawn before.
"Is this just screen time dressed up?"
Day 1 starts with pencil, paper, and moodboards. They sketch before they click. About half the week is hands-on with physical materials. The camp is called "Pencil to Pixel" because that's the actual sequence.
"Is game design actually useful, or is it just fun?"
Both. Visual design, animation, music composition, presenting work to a room. These are design skills that show up in architecture, film, product design, marketing. The game is the context that makes a 9-year-old care enough to learn them.
"What’s the cancellation policy?"
No refunds. If your child needs to miss a day, they can replace it during another week of the same camp, subject to availability.
They come home with a game they made.
A game concept they designed from scratch: characters, world, animation, and a soundtrack they composed. They also come home having presented their creative work to a room of people, which at age 9 is a bigger deal than the pixel art.
JUNE–JULY HOLIDAYS 2026
Game Design Camp: From Pencil to Pixel
Same programme, fresh start each week. Pick the week that works for you.
15 HOURS TEACHER-LED · 5 ORIGINAL ASSETS · 1 LIVE PRESENTATION
They'll want to show you.
Ask about the character. Ask about the music. They won't stop talking.
JUNE–JULY HOLIDAYS · MON–FRI · 9:30 AM–12:30 PM
FLOOR 13 · 583 ORCHARD ROAD · SINGAPORE 238884
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