BAFTA Young Game Designers competition for 11-16 year olds

Write and illustrate your idea for a new video game for a chance to win the Concept Award, or make a game of your own to get your hands on the Game-Making Award.

BAFTA Young Game Designers introduces the career opportunities and skills development offered by video games. From general capabilities including teamwork, story-telling and problem-solving, to game-design specific skills including level design and work with control mechanisms, young people can explore the process supported by contextual information and interviews from professionals.

In this third year of the competition, entrants can submit a game they have made using available software (the Game-making Award), as well as a paper-based design for a new game (the Game Concept Award). The competition is designed to be worked on by individuals or teams of 11 to 16 year-olds independently and the final competition entry should represent their own creativity and thought processes.

BAFTA Young Game Designers have also provided lesson plans and worksheets for use in lesson time to help stimulate discussion and deliver ‘serious’ learning outcomes, or to use in after-school sessions to support informal and interest-driven learning.