{"id":9422,"date":"2023-10-24T07:12:53","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T14:12:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yourplanbproductions.com\/openworld\/?post_type=workshop&#038;p=9422"},"modified":"2025-12-10T10:07:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T18:07:22","slug":"exploring-scifi-game-development","status":"publish","type":"workshop","link":"https:\/\/yourplanbproductions.com\/openworld\/workshops\/exploring-scifi-game-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring Sci-Fi Game Development"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-9422\" data-postid=\"9422\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-9422 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_db7j110 tb_first tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-2 tb_3tdw110 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_9w5s111   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p><em><strong>One-Week Workshop, Dates Offered:<br \/><\/strong><em>Session 1B (6\/29\/26<\/em><em> \u2013 7\/2\/26)<br \/>Session 3A (7\/20\/26 \u2013 7\/24\/26)<br \/>Session 4A (8\/3\/26 \u2013 8\/7\/26)<\/em><\/em><\/p><p><em><strong>Tuition: <\/strong>Session 1B: <del datetime=\"2025-11-06T22:52:03+00:00\">$799<\/del> <strong>$639 with code EARLYBIRD_26<\/strong> <br \/>Other sessions:\u00a0<del datetime=\"2025-11-06T22:52:03+00:00\">$899<\/del> <strong>$719 with code EARLYBIRD_26<\/strong><\/em><\/p><p>In video games, players can pilot spaceships, explore alien worlds, and solve futuristic puzzles \u2013 experiences that spark curiosity about technology and space. Game design teaches how interactive worlds are built and how challenges keep players engaged, skills that connect creativity and fun with logic and systematic thinking.<\/p><p>Explorers will transform their sci-fi adventure ideas into playable games through physical experiments and digital coding with MakeCode Arcade. Through building explorable space worlds and engineering challenges, students create their own unique ProjectFUN games to take home on a handheld console \u2013 a cosmic creation they can play and share with friends.<\/p><p>Projects in this workshop may include: Designing and building a spaceship for a scrolling platformer game and crafting a real-life space exploration game using outdoor objects<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-2 tb_29zy112 last\">\n                    <!-- module accordion -->\n<div  class=\"module module-accordion tb_9spy112 \" data-behavior=\"toggle\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    \n    <ul class=\"ui module-accordion separate rounded tb_default_color\">\n            <li class=\"builder-accordion-active\">\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-9spy112-0\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" 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