Harrisburg Univ. Teaching Teens Video Game Creation

By The Associated Press
Harrisburg, Pa.

Tori Hepler just graduated from Upper Dauphin High School and is a budding video game artist designing the lead character and monsters in a supernatural quest to defeat the Lord of Shadows.

She is one of 14 students attending Harrisburg University of Science and Technology's three-week summer Gaming Academy launched last week, an intensive course designed to introduce students to the world of game design and programming.

The camp gives high school students a crash course in digital media, where they learn from industry experts and...

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