04 Feb 2021 - 8:33
The Peninsula
Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q), a Qatar Foundation partner university, held Qatar’s first virtual game development competition, Game Qode, hosting participants from middle school students to industry professionals.
The competition grew out of a series of workshops that CMU-Q held in partnership with GameDev Qatar. The first Game Developer Academy workshop was held for pre-college students in the summer of 2020. Students learned the basics of game development, including coding and design.
The participants were keen to learn, and they asked for more. The team organized more workshops, bringing in developers and other professionals, and opening the sessions up to anyone in Qatar interested in building a game.