Instructor
Tom Wolken
Tom Wolken, MAT, has taught robotics, stop-motion video, game coding, hardware coding, forensics and mathematics to children and adults for fourteen years.
About the course
4th-8th Grade, Begins March 4
Meeting time: 4:00PM EST
Duration: 45 mins
Level: Beginner
Meets Virtually Via Zoom
You’ll code games that are platformers, action/adventure, space battles and, well, just about anything else you can dream up. The game engine comes with hundreds of predesigned characters, objects, map tiles and sounds to choose from. You can share your games with family and friends. Bring your imagination because no hardware or programming experience is needed. All games are added to a virtual arcade on the STEAMPunks Website!
Requires one of the following: Windows desktops/laptops, Chromebook or iPad. A mouse is highly recommended for Windows and Chromebooks.
This course meets for 45 mins on Thursdays for 5 weeks between 5:00-5:45PM EST. Class begins March 4th and runs until April 1st. Students will do 45 mins of instruction and are expected to spend a minimum of another hour outside of class working independently to truly benefit from instruction.