based on 3 reviews
By: Your Neighbor
Date: June, 2008
My eight-year-old daughter completed the 1-week Adventures in Game Design camp. She loved it! It was a great hands-on introduction to game design. It was age-appropriate, her instructor was great - she got lots of one-on-one time, it's a little pricey but a great summer activity/camp for kids. I'd like to see idTech expand and host more classes in the North Bay (i.e. Napa).
By: Your Neighbor
Date: June, 2008
Totally worth every penny! I was surprised my daughter loved it so much. She loves to play soccer and goes to a camp for it every summer as well. She is cutting it short to go back to iD this year which is saying a lot. The camp is on a university campus which I liked but our daughter really got a kick out of it. She learned to create a video game there in a week. i was impressed on the family day with how much she had learned. She had a game that she could play and has since taken it home and continued to work on it. My main reason I am ok with paying for camp this season (its not cheap but it is worth it) is the staff. They are awesome. From her point of view she thought they were cool and they knew what they were talking about. When we dropped her off we could see that it was well run and the staff seemed to know what they were doing. It was also nice to see her instructor was a girl as well. There were only about 4 other girls there and maybe 30 boys. One thing to think about but about half of the staff was female. Her instructor really did inspire her to keep learning about technology. She is looking to take a course where she creates her own website this year. She hasn’t been this excited about computers ever; it’s really cool to see. I recommend this camp to anyone who has a child that is interested in technology and having fun.
By: ReginaPA
Date: May, 2008
This camp was great for my daughter. She took a video game creation course at iD Tech Camps last year. At first I was nervous about her attending camp at a University and also a technology camp. She was eager to go but I was not sure she would pick up on the information. After the first day, I knew I was wrong. She came home excited about her project, she was having fun and she really liked her instructor. She also really liked playing Guitar Hero during activity time. I noticed after camp that her confidence level had risen dramatically, especially with things on the computer. I would definitely recommend this camp to anyone looking for a fun educational summer activity. The tuition is not the cheapest but it was worth every penny. She is looking forward to going back this summer
