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Think Like a Game Developer Presented by Studio 304

2025-07-15 14:00:00 2025-07-15 15:00:00 America/New_York Think Like a Game Developer Presented by Studio 304 Learn some of the basic building blocks of coding. Use logic to decode how they were used to program some of today's most popular video games. Ages 8 - 12. Western Branch - Western Meeting Room

Tuesday, July 15
2:00pm - 3:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-07-15 14:00:00 2025-07-15 15:00:00 America/New_York Think Like a Game Developer Presented by Studio 304 Learn some of the basic building blocks of coding. Use logic to decode how they were used to program some of today's most popular video games. Ages 8 - 12. Western Branch - Western Meeting Room

Western Branch

Western Meeting Room

Learn some of the basic building blocks of coding. Use logic to decode how they were used to program some of today's most popular video games. Ages 8 - 12.

Kids will: 

- Learn about some of the basic building blocks of coding.
- Examine some popular video games and think about the gameplay.
- Win candy for guessing the correct coding "blocks" that could have been used to program the gameplay.

Event Contact: Jen Strombeck, j.strombeck@sjcpl.org, 574-282-4646

AGE GROUP: | Children (6-11) |

EVENT TYPE: | Games & Play |

Western Branch
t.lax@sjcpl.org
Phone: 574-282-4639
Branch manager
Tamika Lax
Hours
Mon, Jun 02 9:00AM to 7:00PM
Tue, Jun 03 9:00AM to 7:00PM
Wed, Jun 04 9:00AM to 7:00PM
Thu, Jun 05 9:00AM to 7:00PM
Fri, Jun 06 9:00AM to 5:00PM
Sat, Jun 07 9:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Jun 08 Closed
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