She Got Game! Hands-on Game Design Workshop

We’re welcoming you into Girl Geeks Toronto’s fall session with a fun, hands-on event on game design. It may be back-to-school season, but we’ll show you that serious gaming isn’t just for kids!

This hands-on workshop event will be led by Brittney Oberfeld, Technical Lead for the Girls Learning Code and Kids Learning Code programs offered by Ladies Learning Code. Brittney will offer up some of the lessons she’s learned teaching girls to design games, introduce us to some of the key principles of good game design, and then we’ll dive into some hands-on work designing your very own game using the web app Scratch.

This is a BYOL (Bring Your Own Laptop) event hosted in the beautiful workshop space of our September sponsor, Bitmaker Labs. Their space has many outlets, but we suggest that you bring a fully charged laptop so that a low battery doesn’t interrupt your game making groove at any point during the event!

A big thank you to this month's sponsors:

Bitmaker Labs for providing us with a perfect workshop space

gdR for giving attendees of this month's event the chance to win a free ticket to FITC Web Unleashed 2015 ($499 value).

Agenda:

6:30pm - Doors open at Bitmaker Labs

7:00 - 8:30 - Brittney’s workshop

8:30 - 9:00pm - Work on your game & hang out with some awesome Girl Geeks

Introducing our workshop leader:

Brittney Oberfeld

Follow her on Twitter @Boberfeld (http://twitter.com/Boberfeld)

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Brittney is currently Technical Lead at Ladies Learning Code for the Girls Learning Code & Kids Learning Code camps, and Producer and Creative Director at Good World Games, where she helped conceptualize and develop several iOS and Android mobile/tablet games such as Charades for good, Guess Charades and Musingo.

A creative and hard-working professional, Brittney Oberfeld wants to make an impact through games. The games industry is forever changing at incredibly high speeds and she loves the rush of learning something new, expanding her skill set and taking on new projects. A graduate of The Ontario College of Art & Design (University), Brittney has taken the early education of game design that is only now blossoming in such institutions and applying it to her work. She has been hard-wired to think outside the box, bring meaning to her work and work independently and collaborate with others to bring an idea to fruition.

SYPA (Stuff You'll Probably Ask):

You: What time do the presentations start?

Us: Doors open at 6:30pm and we begin the talks at 7:00pm. Before and after the talks, there are opportunities for conversations, and the enjoyment of refreshments and hors d'oeuvres.

You: Hors d'oeuvres, you say? Is there dinner?

Us: We always organize food and beverages for everyone, be it sandwiches or hot appetizers. Come hungry.

You: Are guys allowed to come?

Us: Yes. Our group is accessible to all women and men while maintaining a strong support for women in technology.

You: Why the $10 fee?

Us: All monies collected go directly to bringing you a top tier experience with notable speakers each month. Some months we get help with sponsorship and others months we do not, so the small fee balances out over the year and ensures that the events can continue to grow. Food and refreshments are provided each month and vary based on the venue. Your $10 directly goes towards covering the costs of food, drinks, hosting of our web spaces and other costs incurred to run events. We are a non-profit group run by volunteer organizers and we do not make money through this group.

You: Are you taking pictures at the event?

Us: Please note that we may take photographs or videos of the event, including attendees, individually or in groups. These photos or videos may appear in future publications, on our website, social media channels, or other promotions. By participating in the event, attendees consent to have their photograph taken or for any video to be recorded and subsequently shown.