Christmas Hackathon – Blind Pig Carols

<b>BLIND PIG CAROLS</b>

You’re alone, deep underground, and monsters are after you: how will you escape? Let's find out!

  • WHEN?
    <h2>December 20th-21st '22</h2> <p>2 days, 2 sessions</p>
  • WHAT TIME?
    <h2>9:30am-3:30pm</h2> <p>Both days</p>
  • WHERE?
    <h2>On Zoom</h2>
  • HOW MUCH?
    <h2>£5 + Eventbrite fees</h2>
  • WHO CAN JOIN?
    <h2>Students aged 8-14 years (flexible)</h2> <p>Interested in <span data-slate-fragment="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">games, music, stories, and pixel art - in any combinations!</span></p>

Description

Embark with us for two great days of interactive online sessions: we’ll use spooky urban legends of monstrous pigs and septic rivers under the City, to show you how story, coding, pixel art and music can make amazing arcade games. Then we’ll help you combine those ingredients together to create your own cool videogame quest!

By the end of the hackathon, you will have created an epic new musical platformer, and you’ll take away all the skills and (free) software you need to make more!

What you need: Laptop/tablet, ideally with external screen connection (TVs are fine!), Headphones, Zoom app and Chrome browser

All software is FREE and browser-based (no installations required)

To be available on 20th and 21st Dec to follow the lessons

What you will learn: Dream up a fantastic ‘sewer-crawl’ quest, and shape it into the perfect videogame plot, with Laura Sampson, a professional storyteller. Create a great game setting and characters with Dr. Yui Shikakura, pixel art wizard and Japanese performance expert. Code your game to life and build spooky soundtracks with chief coder and music maestro Dr Enrico Bertelli. Bring this all together in your very own musical platformer.

PRIZES and Certification! Win: Voucher worth £19.99 on Udemy for one of our on-demand Storytelling, Pixel Art, Music and Coding courses.

Achieve: Your very first Conductive Music Hackathon Certificate.

<b>COMMENTS</b> FROM OUR STUDENTS...

A little feedback from our participants

Year 6 student Waltham Forest
<p><span data-slate-fragment="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">Quality was EXTREMELY good. Enjoyed every moment of it 10/10 </span></p>
Year 7 student Reading
<p><span data-slate-fragment="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">I really enjoyed the course because everyone that was teaching me was very kind. learnt lots of different skills in the coding language.</span></p>
Parent of a Year 5 Redbridge
<p>My children thought it was fantastic and would like more like this. “Amazing”</p>
Year 5 student North Tyneside
<p><span data-slate-fragment="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">I have been following Conductive Music's free lessons since March and have really enjoyed it. I hope to follow more lessons in future. I also look forward to the Video Game School in October. Thank you to everyone who took part in planning the lessons.</span></p>

19,103

Students taught

3,543

Workshops delivered

595

Schools reached

9.2/10

Average feedback

Get ready

Don’t hesitate, the places for this Hackathon are limited. Will you be the creator of the next Musical platform?

Your journey begins here…

In your inventory, make sure to pack a laptop or a tablet (two, if possible, or an external screen) and the Chrome browser up to date.

The Hackathon will start on December 20th and the adventure will continue until the 21st, through lots of exciting Musical Video Game creations.

If you complete the missions successfully, you will also achieve the

Conductive Music Hackathon Certificate.

See you soon!

<b>GRAB</b> YOUR TICKET HERE

One ticket per household, and it will last the whole week!

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