Students build their own video games in world-wide event

 

Springfield Public Schools students hosted and participated in the Daydream Hackathon, creating their own video games with students from around the world on Sept. 27 & 28. 

Students in 100 cities across the world were given a theme and 24 hours to create a video game. High school students from around the region participated, including a winning team from Hillcrest High School. 

In addition to the students creating their own games, there were student-led workshops on how to develop games throughout the two days. Drury Professor Chris Branton also led a game development workshop for the high school students. 

The local portion of the event, organized by Kickapoo High School students Tracy Do and Ronin Gambill, was the only one located in Missouri. Drury University Math and Computer Science department hosted the event on campus, allowing the high school students to take over their spaces for two days. 

This worldwide event was created by Hack Club, a nonprofit network of high school computer science clubs and makers around the world. The group’s Daydream Hackathon is considered the world’s largest social coding marathon, called a Game Jam.