Roblox Game Dev Academy (Middle School Edition)
- Price: Starting at $999
- Age: Ages 11-16
- Skill Level: Beginner-Advanced
- Format: Summer Online Teen Academies | Small-Group, Online
- Duration: Two-week program, 2-hour lesson per day
About This Course
As you develop your skills in this online academy, you’ll dive into Lua, the official coding language of Roblox, and start building advanced mechanics like enemies, weapons, and rewards for your players to interact with. Create unique challenges and customized game mechanics that you’ll code and playtest yourself, like a variable score that could put your name at the top of the leaderboard! Then, explore how to implement monetization so you can sell your custom scripts and products to other game designers.
Publish, share, and play your game with friends on any platform, from the web to mobile—or even virtual reality!
Topics Covered
- Create and publish games to the Roblox website
- Implement level design fundamentals
- Learn how to build and monetize items
- Add custom Lua scripts to create checkpoints, variable scores, and a leaderboard
Course Format
This course is part of an intensive two-week summer program held online for two hours each day, Monday through Friday. Your child will learn and collaborate with a small group of other students in assignment-driven workshop courses led by experienced instructors. Office hours are included for further help and personalized guidance. Learn more below.
Sample Schedule
Here’s a sample of what two weeks in this course could look like. Keep in mind students will progress at varying paces, and this is meant to serve as an outline of key materials and the overall experience.
Portfolio-Boosting Certificate
Upon successful completion of this program, iD Tech grants a certificate of completion to participants. This program is graded as a pass or fail; students must earn a pass on their final submitted project to obtain the certificate of completion.
Certificate recognizing your skills and success
Skills that can help secure internships and potential jobs
Portfolio to share with colleges and future employers
Designated office hours for additional help and advice

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