All events sponsored by the Game Design Club

Event: Game Design Club Monthly Meeting
Date: 1st Monday of every month
Location: Warming House Youth Center, Wilmette, Illinois

Next meeting: October 4th, 4:00-5:00 pm.

Note: Game Maker Academy and the Game Design Club are now hosted at the Warming House Youth Center in Wilmette. For more information about our Scratch, Greenfoot, Robocode, Game Maker and Digital Storytelling programs, please contact Brian via his web page.

Event: Game Maker Academy (2 sessions)
Date: June 22 & 25, 2010 (Call for specific info)
Location: Park Ridge Public Library, Conference Room (3rd Floor)

Event: Opportunities for the Future Conference (Greenfoot Workshop)
Date: June 26, 2010 (Call for specific info)
Location: Northwestern University

Event: Computer Game Design with Java (4 sessions)
Dates: July 7 - 16 (Call for specific dates and times)
Location: Warming House Youth Center

Event: Retro Gaming Tournament
Date: August 20, 5:30 - 7:00
Location: Warming House Youth Center, Wilmette, Illinois

Event: Game Maker Academy (4 sessions)
Date: Wednesdays, 2:00 - 4:00 pm (August 3 -24)
Location: Wilmette Public Library, Small Meeting Room (Lower level)
Instructor: Anish Krishnan

Event: Robocode Workshops & Tournament
Date: October 1-8 (Call for specific times)
Location: Park Ridge Public Library

Event: Game Maker Academy (3 sessions)
Date: November 11-13 (Call for specific times)
Location: Skokie Public Library

Game programmer Josh Criz (upper row, 3rd from left) and game artist Rachel Nador (upper row, 2nd from left) visited the Game Design Club and shared their knowledge and experience about working as members of digital design teams. We were also joined by Jeff Sweeton (upper row, 2nd from right) of the Intel Computer Clubhouse in Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood, and Seth Larsen (upper row, right), technology coordinator for the Howard Area (Chicago) Community Center.

Game designer Patrick Curry (Stubbs the Zombie, Stranglehold) visited the Game Design Club to talk about creativity in game design. (www.patrickcurry.com)

Computer game artist Rachel Nador joined members of the Game Design Club to demonstrate 3D modeling techniques. (www.rachelnador.com) char secret_msg[] = 66 101 32 99 114 101 97 116 105 118 101 33;