Carnegie Mellon National High School Game Academy
- Pittsburgh, PA
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Min. Session Length:
6 Weeks
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Min. Costs:
$13,281 (residential)
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Application Deadline:
March
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Eligibility:
Rising 11th, 12th
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Residential -
Online Option
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About Us
Learn how to聽work with others to聽create original games using advanced technology.
Experience six weeks of video game development using current gaming industry best practices. Sharing methods and paradigms used in Carnegie Mellon’s (M.E.T.) graduate program, the NHSGA teaches an innovative blend of hands-on team projects combined with in-depth traditional classwork, lecture, and discussion to 鈥渓evel up鈥� a student鈥檚 skills and design thinking. The program culminates with each team creating an original game prototype which often serves as a portfolio-quality piece for the student鈥檚 college application.
The summer begins with two weeks of intense class study. As a verification of competence, individual and team homework is assigned and evaluated as the student progresses through the curriculum. Students must demonstrate a viable set of skills and methodologies in order to advance to the team game-building phase of the program.
Students are expected to remain fully engaged throughout the six-week program, producing the quantity and quality of work required for meaningful team collaboration, attending in person every day, and arriving on time. If the student misses a critical number of days, regardless of the cause, or fails to complete the requisite quantity or quality of homework, this can result in removal from the program without a refund.