Samsung IT School held an intensive on Mobile Game Development for schoolchildren of the Moscow region

Samsung IT School announced the results of the ten-day program on Mobile Game Development for schoolchildren Mobile GameDev Bootcamp. The author’s intensive from Samsung experts was held at the E.M. Primakov Gymnasium with the «Vzlet» Educational Center*.

The program was successfully completed by 22 high school students from educational organizations of the Moscow region. Under the guidance of mentors and experts, the students learned Java, one of the most popular programming languages, and LibGdx, a framework for creating games.

In addition to professional skills in IT and GameDev, the participants developed interdisciplinary skills important for their future careers, such as teamwork, creativity, leadership and project management skills. During the intensive, high school students formed six teams, working on creating a story, gameplay and game design, programming the logic and mechanics of the game process, and thinking about future monetization and promotion of their application.

As a result of the teams’ presentation of their projects to Samsung experts, 3 winners were chosen.

First place went to the «Elexum» team, which presented the Time To Run game. This is an arcade game with puzzle elements, where the user has to pass a maze and escape from the opponents. The map of the maze is randomly generated each time, which creates additional interest.

Second place went to the «Pelmeny» team, which presented The Maxim’s big adventure. This is a platformer with a medieval setting, where the protagonist, a knight named Maxim, has to collect priceless treasures. There are three different paths in the game, differing in difficulty: an above-ground level, a surface level and the most difficult one — underground caves.

Third place — the team «How to Catch a Tiger in a Cage?», which presented the casual game Give Me A Drink. In it, the user can play as a bartender who needs to serve as many visitors as possible in a limited time and not to mix up orders. The mechanics of the game is simple and accessible to everyone: just turn the phone in the right direction to move the drinks.

«As a result of intensives under Samsung IT School, we are attracting more and more young talents into the programming and mobile development. Such events are a great opportunity to evaluate their skills and hand at team projects. I am sure that such experience will be useful for all participants not only in their further education, but also in building their future careers,» commented Sergey Pevnev, Vice President of Samsung Electronics CIS headquarters.

In addition to the program for schoolchildren, Samsung experts held a series of master classes for computer science teachers in the Moscow region, which covered career guidance in the IT industry, business aspects in educational project activities, and an introduction to Android-based application development.

Samsung IT School is a federal educational program to train IT specialists as part of the Samsung Innovation Campus global initiavtive. The project was recognized as the best in the categories «Science and Education» and «Education and Personnel» of the national Runet Awards. 

* «Vzlet» Educational Center was established in January 2019 as a regional center for identifying, supporting and developing abilities and talents of children and youth in the Moscow region as part of the National Project «Education» and the Federal Project «Success for Every Child». The Center functions within the structure of Regional Gymnasium named after E.M. Primakov.