The Queen City High School Game Jam Powered by AT&T to Provide Students a Hands on Experience Making Video Games that address Social Good

The Buffalo Game Space, Buffalo Public Schools, InfoTech WNY, WNY STEM Hub and AT&T have partnered to create the region’s first high school game jam to showcase the growing industry and future  career possibilities

Buffalo Game Space, 2495 Main Street, Suite #454

BUFFALO, NY, October 12, 2016 – The Buffalo Game Space, Buffalo Public Schools, InfoTech WNY, WNY STEM Hub and AT&T have partnered to create The Queen City High School Game Jam Powered by AT&T, the region’s first high school game jam, offering a unique opportunity for local public high school students interested in learning what it takes to make a video game and gain a new technological skill for free.  This applied educational experience is designed to introduce and encourage more students to follow along a technology or STEM career path. The event will challenge teams of high school students from Hutchinson Central Technical High School, City Honors School, Computing Academy of Technology Sciences at Bennett, Leonardo da Vinci High School, Wesllsville High School and an all-female team consisting of members of the year-long It’s Your World! Develop It! Powered by AT&T coding program, to develop functional video games that have an overarching theme of social good. The event is free for the more than 40 students taking part and development resources will be available for all students that they would not normally have access to in an effort to eliminate economic barriers and promote an all-inclusive experience.

The Queen City High School Game Jam Powered by AT&T will take place over the course of a weekend, starting on Friday night, October 14 and ending on Saturday night, October 15 at Buffalo Game Space, 2495 Main Street, Suite #454, and will feature local professional game developers, computer programmers, artists, and musicians to act as mentors and allow the  student teams to take a hands-on approach, designing levels, crafting art, creating music and more, all resulting in a set of original games the students can call their own.