Intentionally Designed, Large-Scale, Cheap Games

This session will bring participants along on a journey that transformed the programming paradigm at YMCA Camp Cory. Budgetary constraints led to the emergence of high-quality all-camp games. And we are sharing them with you. For free! Come learn about game design and all the things that make all-camp games exquisite (Dramatis Personae, epic music, engaging costumes, pacing, prop building and storage, coopetition, and engagement strategies).

We will share design standards and other strategies we’ve used at YMCA Camp Cory to develop original, all-camp games on a shoestring budget. We’ll introduce some game examples, show the creation process, and provide resources that other camps can use.