Learn how to design your own videogame in just one week, through practical weekly challenges delivered by some of the UK’s biggest studios. Side Quest is a totally free learning community, dedicated to showing you how to build your very own game. Get started by visiting the Side Quest website here!

Every two weeks a new quest will be set by a major game studio that tasks you with designing a game in just one week. Daily industry expert livestreams will guide you through the process of developing your game, and our free Side Quest resources will give you all the tools you need to build it. Submit your game at the end of the week to see it shared and played around the world.

This weeks quest is courtesy of Creative Assembly, the makers of Total War and Alien: Isolation!

Theme: Connect

Everything is connected! We only have to look around our home to see it is built with bricks that are all connected, the home is connected to the ground, maybe your home is connected to neighbours, living on a street connected to a village/town. This level of connection is apparent before we look at the wires, the plumbing, the fabric on the furniture; all held together by connections. During this time in the world, we are now connected by unseen digital lines, social media, shared thoughts and even the clapping on the streets for our nation’s keyworkers every Thursday. Just think, you can use ‘connect’ in a myriad of ways, so let your creativity fly! We are excited to see what you make!~

Join the Side Quest Discord community to get the full breakdown, rules, and to find other members to collaborate with.

Follow the Side Quest Twitch channel to join daily livestreams from major UK game studios streamed Monday through Friday at 3pm. Here are the speakers for this weeks quest:

Tuesday 19th May 3pm BST - Making Game Jams Fun with Mohrag Taylor
Going through the thought process of making our most recent game jam entry, and general advice about how to make a complete game jam game,

Thursday 21st May 3pm BST - From Gamer to Games Designer with Yasmin Curron
Learn the tricks that helped Yasmin break into the industry, as well as helping to bridge the understanding of what game design is to a first-time game developer.

Friday 22nd May 3pm BST - Becoming a Master Games Producer with Douglas Pennant
Communication skills are important for everyone in the games industry, but production staff need to be real experts! In this 30-minute talk, I will give an overview of the responsibilities, essential skills, and handy tools that every new producer should be prepared to master. I will then have another 30 minutes in which to answer any questions the students have about production, communication, teamwork or game development in general.

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Watch the daily Twitch livestreams right here