Millions of people have played video games, but who knows how to create one? YOUmedia teens at the Richard M. Daley Branch have been designing their own video games. See photos of video games designed by YOUmedia Chicago teens on Flickr.
Test drive Block Head, a video game created by Gyasi, 14.
You can learn to build a few key parts of a video game using these web-based platforms too! Check out these free video game design websites:
- Sploder.com: Create your own video game, publish it and share it with your friends.
- Space Zombies on tynker.com: Play it, learn how to make it and make it your own.
- Scratch by MIT: Create an animation or video game from "Scratch"—pun intended.
Share your game with teenvolume@chipublib.org and see it published on our Teen Volume Tumblr.
Books about Video Games and Game Design
While you're here, check out one of our books about video games and game design:
