Animation + Game Design (9-12 yrs)

Enter the magical world of Animation and Game Design - where anything is possible!

New Autumn term course covering animation and/or game design projects.

9-12 yrs - Thurs 4-5.30pm

Available to book full term or in 2 blocks.
Places are limited so book erly to avoid disappointment.

Suitable for beginners or progressing students.

Join us this autumn for a unique after school course for kids who love animation and gaming. Develop your animation skills using stop motion and digital techniques. We will be setting projects and tutorials in Procreate and Procreate dreams and you can choose whether you’d like to create animated film sequences or game design using the brilliant visual coding app Hyperpad.

Our courses are aimed at developing creativity and bringing your ideas to life. At Submarine we encourage kids to work with ideas and styles they enjoy, build confidence and make friends in a fun, inclusive and creative environment. Create a film, develop concept art or build your own video game.

This course will cover.

• Tutorials in Procreate, Procreate Dreams, Stop Motion Studio and Adobe Premiere Rush

• Develop drawing skills and explore different illustration and animation styles.

• Stop frame animation

• Stop motion animation and modelmaking

• Character design, concept art, expression and lip syncing

• Storyboarding

• Motion graphics

• Introduction to Game design and visual coding.

• Sound effects and editing

Learn how to layer compositions, add backgrounds and use simple puppeting tools to bring your characters and designs to life. Export animated character sequences and designs to build your own games and film edits.

The course will be run by Tom Ellis and Charlotte Pang.

More details to follow.

iPads and all materials will be provided.

All work will be uploaded to our online class galleries.

Submarine Terms of Service

VENUE: SUBMARINE

36 HENDERSON ROW, EDINBURGH

Class Dates: Autumn 2025

Full term - 17 weeks

9-12 yrs Animation/Game Design

Block 1

Thursday 21st Aug
Thursday 28th Aug
Thursday 4th Sept
Thursday 11th Sept
Thursday 18th Sept
Thursday 25th Sept
Thursday 2nd Oct
Thursday 9th Oct

Block 2

Thursday 23rd Oct
Thursday 30th Oct
Thursday 6th Nov
Thursday 13th Nov
Thursday 20th Nov
Thursday 27th Nov
Thursday 4th Dec
Thursday 11th Dec
Thursday 18th Dec