Weber County Library System, Ogden, UT

Project Description: This ambitious proposal to move tween/teens beyond merely playing games, and to immerse them in a physical, creative, visual, and written game creation process to foster artistic, literary, and media literacy has many unique components, including a computer building workshop that addresses a level of

technical analysis and critical planning skills in a practical hands-on effort seen in no other proposal.

Target Population: Teens & Tweens ages 10-18

Project Design: Activities include:

· A board game modification program with a “create from scratch” option

· Classes to teach teens to develop and write game storylines and to design their own professional-grade video games

· An interactive Choose Your Own Adventure (CYOA) program for participants to write and construct CYOA novels and have the opportunity to play a live-action CYOA game, each tween choosing his or her own path

· Console RPGs gaming as research

· A hands-on workshop to teach teens the fundamentals of designing and building gaming PCs

· Podcasting workshops will teach teens to write, produce, and post podcasts featuring book and video game reviews

· An. This interactive Alternate Reality Game that will use the real world to immerse players in a fictionalized narrative quest involving geocaching. Development of a collection of 50 gaming novels to be used in a traveling display for GIG events., complimented by bookmarks, book lists, and booktalks will be developed to market this circulating collection of novels

Project Goals:

· Increase traditional programs attendance by 50%

· Increase in gaming participation by 30%

· Improvement of written/verbal skills

· Increase in knowledge of game story structure and design

The Library will partner with:

· Boys and Girls Club

· The Marshall White [Community] Center

· Youth Impact [Community Center]

· local schools