Computer Game Coding Camp (CGCC) for Autism is a summer camp for high school students and rising seniors on the autism spectrum (ASD) that exposes them to high-level video game development and networking with peers. Throughout the camp, campers learn the high-level processes of software development, game development, interpersonal communication, collaboration, and end up with their own game, from scratch.
We are excited to host this camp for the third year in a row!
Visit our website: codeatclemson.com
2022 Camp Dates: July 11th-29th (M-F)
The Zoom virtual sessions will run from 12:30 - 3:30pm EDT Monday through Friday.
Questions? Contact us at: [email protected]
Paige Anne Rodeghero, PhD (Clemson University)
Andrew Begel, PhD (Microsoft Research/University of Washington)
Thomas Beeson, Ed.S, MA, BCBA (Clemson University - Spectrum Program) (2020, 2021, 2022)
Jeanette Ashworth, PhD (2021, 2022)
Jason Lehmann, B.S. (QA Lead at Aspiritech) (2021, 2022)
Conner Phillis, B.S. (Software Engineer at KeyMark) (2020, 2021, 2022)
Joey Binz, B.S. (Clemson University) (2022)
Tiffany Liu, B.S. (Stanford University) (2022)
James Dominic, M.S. (PhD student at Clemson University) (2020, 2021, 2022)
Ella Kokinda, B.S. (PhD student at Clemson University) (2021, 2022)
Makayla Moster, M.S. (PhD student at Clemson University) (2021, 2022)
Matthew Re, B.S. (PhD student at Clemson University) (2021, 2022)
Kaylin Norman-Slack, The Pokémon Company International (2021)
Sofia Rodriguez and Soo Hyun (Andy) Moon, UW HCDE, Project RESet (2021)
Vanessa Casteñada-Gill, CEO of Social Cipher, Inc. (2021)
Peli de Halleux, PhD, Microsoft MakeCode Team (2020)
Richard Knoll, Microsoft MakeCode Team (2020)
(1) Begel, A., Dominic, J., Phillis, C., Beeson, T., Rodeghero, P. "How a Remote Video Game Coding Camp Improved Autistic College Students' Self-Efficacy in Communication", in Proc. of the 51st Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE'21), Toronto, Canada, March 13-20, 2021. 🎉 Best Paper Award 🎉 Paper Link
(2) Moster, M., Kokinda, E., Re, M., Dominic, J., Lehmann, J., Begel, A., Rodeghero, P. "'Can You Help Me?' An Experience Report of Teamwork in a Game Coding Camp for Autistic High School Students", to appear in Proc. of the 44th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering - Software Engineering Education and Training Track (ICSE SEET '22), Pittsburgh, PA, USA, May 21-29, 2022.
Paper Link | Camp Materials
We are always looking for collaborators. Feel free to reach out and email our team!
We'd love to provide our campers with swag and goodies that are shipped to their homes before our camp every year. We would also like to support our volunteers if at all possible for all the time that they devote to this camp. If you'd like to help fund our camp, please email [email protected].
First, we would like to thank our campers for participanting in the camps. Second, we would like to give a loud shout out to the Microsoft MakeCode Team for their all of their assistance with technical issues both during the camp and the many months before. Third, we would like to thank our guest speakers.