Sixteen students and one parent participated in the 12-hour, 2-day Level One game development workshop offered by Adventures in Gaming at the Santa Fe Institute. The students represented seven area schools: Desert Academy, Academy for Technology and the Classics (ATC), Santa Fe School for the Arts, Santa Fe Prep, Monte del Sol, Ortiz Middle School, and the Santa Fe Community College. More...

Beginning Fall 2006, Desert Academy of Santa Fe, a private 7th-12th middle/high school in Santa Fe, New Mexico, will begin offering a 4 year program in Computer Science featuring a game development thread. 7th and 8th graders at Desert Academy are already required to take Intro to Computers and Computer Graphics courses. But, 9th grade students will now have the opportunity to pursue a 4 year intensive computer science path which will include both game development and applications development focuses.

MIT, renowned for its undergraduate programs in computer science, is one of the best places in the country for aspiring computer scientists to hone their interest and expertise in game development.

Students seeking careers as game developers often major in both computer science (Course 6) and Comparative Media Studies (CMS), the home of many creative experts. While programming expertise is built in computer science courses, principles of character design, story development, and other essential skills are honed in CMS, along with critical connections to key insiders in the games industry.