To celebrate International Women's Day, we are excited to invite our students to take part in the GameChanger Girls Game Design Competition. This is an incredible opportunity to reimagine esports for girls, by girls. 

This competition is not about coding or technical skills, it is about imagination, vision and bold ideas. Students will use a Game Design Document (GDD) template to pitch an original game concept from the ground up! Gather a team of girls aged (10- 15 years) and design a knockout esports game for girls!

Students will Create:

The Overview
Students should create a visual that could be the opening screen of their game. This is meant to excite people to want to play the game.

The Storyboard
Step by step students describe the story of their game in images and text. What happens in the game? What is the flow of the game? Is there a story, challenge, mission? Are there levels, XP, health points, currency, loot, hazard, secrets?

The eSports Focus
The challenge asks the students to describe the games features that would make it a great esports tournament game. What can players improve by playing it repeatedly (time, score, tasks, loot etc.)? Students need to imagine the competition that could surround their game and how it takes place (live battle, recorded times, recorded scores etc.). 

Team Files
Files should be saved and submitted using our "school name" and "student names". For example, "ABPatersonCollegeEmilySarahKate". Please email entries to smiddleton@abpat.qld.edu.au

Entries can be submitted from 8 to 20 March. Let us empower girls to reimagine the future of esports! If you would like to take part or need help getting started, brainstorming sessions will be available after school on Tuesday 10 and Wednesday 11 March after school between 3:30pm- 4:30pm in the Metaverse. 

GameChanger's Game Design Document

Samantha Middleton
Coordinator of Digital Literacy Prep- Year 6 | Junior School