Code Workshop
Game Pitch Challenge
Event Report
I helped out with the SUMO Game Pitch Challenge at West Coventry Academy alongside Ahead Partnership!
There were 10 volunteers from Sumo Digital Ltd / Lab42 Games / Sumo Leamington, and a year group of around 120 Year 8 students!
We ran workshops in Code, Art, Design, and Audio.
Me and 2 colleagues were running the Code workshop, where we had to help students debug a Python game with lots of intentional bugs!
There was also a game pitch challenge throughout the rest of the day where all the students got together and pitched a game, and drew up ideas in their own teams!
There were some amazing ideas from the students, they all did a really great job!
• 94% said taking part helped them think about their goals after school
• 93% increased their knowledge about technology and digital
• 93% developed their creative-thinking and design skills
• 82% increased their optimism and excitement about the world of work and their options after school
