Girls Make Games Virtual Summer Camp
A three-week live virtual summer camp for girls and non-binary students ages 8-18 (with a dedicated Teen track for ages 13-18) to learn game design and development in small groups, culminating in an individual practice game and a team game for Demo Day.
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Games for Change Student Challenge
The largest student-facing game design competition in the U.S., inviting middle and high school students nationwide to design a digital game addressing a real-world issue tied to the UN Sustainable Development Goals; the top Game of the Year winner receives a $1,000 scholarship.
GGJ Next (Global Game Jam Next)
The middle- and high-school-focused arm of the worldwide Global Game Jam, offering flexible short game-design jams (as brief as 4-6 hours, spread across one or more days) for school clubs and student teams, with a pathway into the Games for Change Student Challenge for a shared $10,000 scholarship prize.
DigiPen Academy Pre-College Game Design
A four-week, beginner-friendly online summer program for rising juniors/seniors (16+) covering game design principles, applied computer science for games, narrative design, and collaborative game development; graduates who later enroll at DigiPen Institute of Technology within three years receive a tuition credit equal to the program's cost.
Veritas AI Scholars
A Palo Alto-based introductory AI bootcamp for high school students in grades 9-12 with no prerequisites, covering key AI and data science concepts through live online instructor-led sessions culminating in a small-group mentored project.
CCA Pre-College Summer Program
A four-week residential (or five-week online) summer program at California College of the Arts in San Francisco for students who have just completed sophomore, junior, or senior year, offering 17 studio courses -- including Animation and Game Design -- and 3 college credits toward a portfolio.
GAMA Aviation Design Challenge
A national high school competition run by the General Aviation Manufacturers Association in which teams of at least three students use free X-Plane-powered flight simulation curricula to learn flight science, then modify an aircraft design and compete in a virtual fly-off scored on aerodynamic and performance metrics.