LearnIT Event

The LearnIT Event is an event I organized in 2018 and 2019 to teach game development to teenagers. It was planned over two weekends with the first weekend being dedicated to learning the craft and the second one being a game jam for the students. Students were split between four different course paths: Game Design, Programming, Art and Sound Design.

The responsibilities for organizing the event included finding funds, securing a location for the event (the He-Arc in Neuchâtel was kind enough to lend us their classrooms), finding teachers and volunteers for each of the courses, feeding and paying everyone.

Overall the event performed well with about 30 students per year and everybody having a good time. Above all else though, I recently met a LearnIT student who was all grown up and was looking for the best way to become a game developer thanks their experience at the LearnIT Event.