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Locality: Victoria, British Columbia

Phone: +1 888-808-2983



Address: 2201 Chambers Street V8T 1L5 Victoria, BC, Canada

Website: www.bytecamp.ca/

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Byte Camp 17.01.2021

Day 4 of our Holiday themed Inkscape creations: Ready for something more challenging? Today we make the Grinch! Check out the video here: https://youtu.be/dTCwdlX3rvI

Byte Camp 05.01.2021

Today, we've made ourselves an adorable Santa! See how we did it here: https://youtu.be/bdxfQ-2qPCw

Byte Camp 16.12.2020

Day 2 of our Holiday themed creations - this jolly reindeer! Check out the video here: https://youtu.be/j4WkXPnUADg We'd love to see what you create. Reach out to us in Messenger!

Byte Camp 05.12.2020

Over the next few days we will be sharing some Holiday-themed Inkscape creations! Here is our take on a cheery gingerbread character - watch the creation process here: https://youtu.be/oZzfdqYDy5I

Byte Camp 01.12.2020

Thanks for joining us as we made our very own 2D platformer game in Godot! We'd love to see what you have created. Send your completed projects to [email protected] The full series can be found on our Youtube Channel here: https://youtube.com/playlist

Byte Camp 15.11.2020

Glory, Trihn, Karsen and Matthew are four of our amazing Vancouver summer staff. While we were unable to run camps in the Lower Mainland this summer, this team dove headfirst into the world of online content... and we think they rocked it! That being said, we are looking forward to offering safe and fun in-person programs again in the new year. Where would you like to see us?

Byte Camp 03.11.2020

In Level 1 we used labels to display our score. This time around, Glory shows you how to create a lives graphic set up in a Canvas Layer using an Animated Sprite. Make sure you don't miss out on future videos! Follow along with this series on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/bytecamp/

Byte Camp 25.10.2020

Here’s what the previous 2 videos have been leading up to! Hesam teaches you how to build your very own world using your tile maps. Use your creativity to make your world fun and challenging! Need to catch up on the last few videos? Find the entire series here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJAdMSaka9w...

Byte Camp 20.10.2020

Our game will look a lot cooler with a Zombie that walks and Emeralds that spin... Learn how in today's video! Just getting started? Check out the entire series here: https://www.youtube.com/watch Intro/Outro: Clockwork Tale by PlayOnLoop.com... Licensed under Creative Commons by Attribution 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) See Less See more

Byte Camp 18.10.2020

Before we go straight to building our dungeon nightmare world, we need to add our Villager into Level 2. Hesam shows you how to duplicate the movement code from Level 1 so you won’t have to type it all again! You can watch the full series here: https://www.youtube.com/watch

Byte Camp 16.10.2020

In today's video, we make Level 2 more interesting by teaching you how to add in Zombies. Even more challenging, these Zombies are able to move, and our Villager will need to dodge them to get to the end of the game! Follow along with the entire series on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/bytecamp/

Byte Camp 11.10.2020

It's time to expand our world! In today's video we show you how to add a camera that follows your Villager as it moves throughout your game! If you liked this video, make sure to check out the rest of the series here: https://www.youtube.com/user/bytecamp/

Byte Camp 07.10.2020

Our game is a lot more interesting with points! At the end of today's video, you will earn points each time your Villager collects an emerald. Need to catch up? Check out the entire series here: https://www.youtube.com/watch Intro/Outro: Clockwork Tale by PlayOnLoop.com... Licensed under Creative Commons by Attribution 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) See more

Byte Camp 06.10.2020

It wouldn't be a platformer game without platforms! We will be building our platforms using a series of tiles - a popular technique in the 2D games industry. In the first of 3 videos, Glory shows you how to setup your tile map. Check out the entire series here: https://www.youtube.com/watch

Byte Camp 29.09.2020

The core of any platformer game is the ability to jump from platform to platform... but how do we do that? Hesam explains how to create gravity in our code and make our Villager jump! Make sure you keep up with our entire Godot series on Youtube: www.youtube.com/user/bytecamp/

Byte Camp 27.09.2020

In today's video we talk about collisions - an important component of our catching game! By the end of this video your falling object will disappear and respawn when it collides with your Villager. This series is a great introduction to coding for kids aged 11-14. Learn how to build your own game on your computer using an awesome free game engine called Godot. At the end of the series you’ll know how to create your very own catch & dodge game! Some coding experience or Byte ...Camp’s Online Learning Series or Intro to Coding camp is a recommended as a prerequisite. SERIES BREAKDOWN 0.1 Villager Dungeon Nightmare Intro 0.2 Installing Godot 1 Intro 2 Godot 2 Adding the Villager 3 Falling Emeralds 4 Respawning Emeralds 5 Left and Right Movement 6 Collsions 7 HUD: Score 8 Animated Sprites 9 Adding background 10 Switch scenes - win screen 11 Debugging 101 12 Groups for bombs and emeralds 13 HUD: Timers 14 Start Screen 15 Wrap up and review Learn more about our Camps: https://www.bytecamp.ca Find us on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/bytecamp/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/byte_camp And don't forget Instagram: @Byte Camp Intro/Outro: Clockwork Tale by PlayOnLoop.com Licensed under Creative Commons by Attribution 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/lic

Byte Camp 08.09.2020

Now that we know a little bit about movement, lets add in some user controls! By the end of this video you'll be able to control your villager using arrow keys. CODE: extends KinematicBody2D... #Variable to track our user input var velocity = Vector2() #Updating process function func _process(delta): #Check if player is pressing left or right arrow key if Input.is_action_pressed("ui_right"): velocity.x = 500 $Sprite.flip_h = false elif Input.is_action_pressed("ui_left"): velocity.x = -500 $Sprite.flip_h = true else: velocity.x = 0 move_and_slide(velocity) __________________________________________________________ This series is a great introduction to coding for kids aged 11-14. Learn how to build your own game on your computer using an awesome free game engine called Godot. At the end of the series you’ll know how to create your very own catch & dodge game! Some coding experience or Byte Camp’s Online Learning Series or Intro to Coding camp is a recommended as a prerequisite. SERIES BREAKDOWN 0.1 Villager Dungeon Nightmare Intro 0.2 Installing Godot 1 Intro 2 Godot 2 Adding the Villager 3 Falling Emeralds 4 Respawning Emeralds 5 Left and Right Movement 6 Collsions 7 HUD: Score 8 Animated Sprites 9 Adding background 10 Switch scenes - win screen 11 Debugging 101 12 Groups for bombs and emeralds 13 HUD: Timers 14 Start Screen 15 Wrap up and review Learn more about our Camps: https://www.bytecamp.ca Find us on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/bytecamp Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/byte_camp And don't forget Instagram: @Byte Camp Intro/Outro: Clockwork Tale by PlayOnLoop.com Licensed under Creative Commons by Attribution 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)

Byte Camp 06.09.2020

We continue on from where we left off in our last video. At the end of this episode you will know how to make your emerald respawn randomely at the top of your game screen after it falls. This series is a great introduction to coding for kids aged 11-14. Learn how to build your own game on your computer using an awesome free game engine called Godot. At the end of the series you’ll know how to create your very own catch & dodge game! Some coding experience or Byte Camp’s Onl...ine Learning Series or Intro to Coding camp is a recommended as a prerequisite. SERIES BREAKDOWN 0.1 Villager Dungeon Nightmare Intro 0.2 Installing Godot 1 Intro 2 Godot 2 Adding the Villager 3 Falling Emeralds 4 Respawning Emeralds 5 Left and Right Movement 6 Collsions 7 HUD: Score 8 Animated Sprites 9 Adding background 10 Switch scenes - win screen 11 Debugging 101 12 Groups for bombs and emeralds 13 HUD: Timers 14 Start Screen 15 Wrap up and review Learn more about our Camps: https://www.bytecamp.ca Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/bytecamp?sub_confirmation=1 Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/byte_camp And don't forget Instagram: @Byte Camp Intro/Outro: Clockwork Tale by PlayOnLoop.com Licensed under Creative Commons by Attribution 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)

Byte Camp 26.08.2020

Are you ready to code? In this episode we start our journey in code by adding falling emeralds to our game. Inkscape Tutorials: https://www.youtube.com/watch Gravit Tutorials: https://www.youtube.com/watch... This series is a great introduction to coding for kids aged 11-14. Learn how to build your own game on your computer using an awesome free game engine called Godot. At the end of the series you’ll know how to create your very own catch & dodge game! Some coding experience or Byte Camp’s Online Learning Series or Intro to Coding camp is a recommended as a prerequisite. SERIES BREAKDOWN 0.1 Villager Dungeon Nightmare Intro 0.2 Installing Godot 1 Intro 2 Godot 2 Adding the Villager 3 Falling Emeralds 4 Respawning Emeralds 5 Left and Right Movement 6 Collsions 7 HUD: Score 8 Animated Sprites 9 Adding background 10 Switch scenes - win screen 11 Debugging 101 12 Groups for bombs and emeralds 13 HUD: Timers 14 Start Screen 15 Wrap up and review Learn more about our Camps: https://www.bytecamp.ca Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/bytecamp?sub_confirmation=1 Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/byte_camp And don't forget Instagram: @Byte Camp Intro/Outro: Clockwork Tale by PlayOnLoop.com Licensed under Creative Commons by Attribution 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)

Byte Camp 09.08.2020

Now that we've created our first Godot project, it's time to start building our game! Our game is made up of data called Nodes. In this episode, we introduce the concept of nodes and import the Villager into our game. You can create your own Villager using Inkscape or Gravit. Inkscape Tutorials: https://www.youtube.com/watch Gravit Tutorials: https://www.youtube.com/watch... This series is a great introduction to coding for kids aged 11-14. Learn how to build your own game on your computer using an awesome free game engine called Godot. At the end of the series you’ll know how to create your very own catch & dodge game! Some coding experience or Byte Camp’s Online Learning Series or Intro to Coding camp is a recommended as a prerequisite. SERIES BREAKDOWN 0.1 Villager Dungeon Nightmare Intro 0.2 Installing Godot 1 Intro 2 Godot 2 Adding the Villager 3 Falling Emeralds 4 Respawning Emeralds 5 Left and Right Movement 6 Collsions 7 HUD: Score 8 Animated Sprites 9 Adding background 10 Switch scenes - win screen 11 Debugging 101 12 Groups for bombs and emeralds 13 HUD: Timers 14 Start Screen 15 Wrap up and review Learn more about our Camps: https://www.bytecamp.ca Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/bytecamp?sub_confirmation=1 Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/byte_camp And don't forget Instagram: @Byte Camp Intro/Outro: Clockwork Tale by PlayOnLoop.com Licensed under Creative Commons by Attribution 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)

Byte Camp 29.07.2020

Godot is a fantastic program, but it can be a bit overwhelming if you don't know where to start. In this episode we give you a tour of the program so that you can jump right into building our Villager Dungeon Nightmare Game! This series is a great introduction to coding for kids aged 11-14. Learn how to build your own game on your computer using an awesome free game engine called Godot. At the end of the series you’ll know how to create your very own catch & dodge game! Some ...coding experience or Byte Camp’s Online Learning Series or Intro to Coding camp is a recommended as a prerequisite. SERIES BREAKDOWN 0.1 Villager Dungeon Nightmare Intro 0.2 Installing Godot 1 Intro 2 Godot 2 Importing Files 3 What is the Node Tree 4 Falling Emeralds 5 Respawning Emeralds 6 Left and Right Movement 7 Collsions 8 HUD: Score 9 Animated Sprites 10 Adding background 11 Switch scenes - win screen 12 Debugging 101 13 Groups for bombs and emeralds 14 HUD: Timers 15 Start Screen 16 Wrap up and review Learn more about our Camps: https://www.bytecamp.ca Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/bytecamp?sub_confirmation=1 Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/byte_camp And don't forget Instagram: Byte Camp Intro/Outro: Clockwork Tale by PlayOnLoop.com Licensed under Creative Commons by Attribution 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)

Byte Camp 19.07.2020

Godot is an awesome (and free!) program that will allow you to make some really cool games! In this video, we show you how to download Godot, so you can join us in making an awesome, Minecraft inspired 2D game. Link to install Godot: godotengine.org This series is a great introduction to coding for kids aged 11-14. Learn how to build your own game on your computer using an awesome free game engine called Godot. At the end of the series you’ll know how to create your very own ...catch & dodge game! Some coding experience or Byte Camp’s Online Learning Series or Intro to Coding camp is a recommended as a prerequisite. SERIES BREAKDOWN 0.1 Villager Dungeon Nightmare Intro 0.2 Installing Godot 1 Intro 2 Godot 2 Importing Files 3 What is the Node Tree 4 Falling Emeralds 5 Respawning Emeralds 6 Left and Right Movement 7 Collsions 8 HUD: Score 9 Animated Sprites 10 Adding background 11 Switch scenes - win screen 12 Debugging 101 13 Groups for bombs and emeralds 14 HUD: Timers 15 Start Screen 16 Wrap up and review Learn more about our Camps: https://www.bytecamp.ca Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/bytecamp?sub_confirmation=1 Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/byte_camp And don't forget Instagram: Byte Camp Intro/Outro: Clockwork Tale by PlayOnLoop.com Licensed under Creative Commons by Attribution 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)

Byte Camp 07.07.2020

We love this adorable stop-motion video created by campers Chloe and Nicole in our Claymation Movie Production camp. Ella & Pudding by Chloe and Nicole | Byte Camp

Byte Camp 18.06.2020

Welcome to our first 2D games series in Godot! In this episode, we introduce you to Level 1 of our Villager Dungeon Nightmare game. This series is a great introduction to coding for kids aged 11-14. Learn how to build your own game on your computer using an awesome free game engine called Godot. At the end of the series you’ll know how to create your very own catch & dodge game! Some coding experience or Byte Camp’s Online Learning Series or Intro to Coding camp is a recommen...ded as a prerequisite. SERIES BREAKDOWN 0.1 Villager Dungeon Nightmare Intro 0.2 Installing Godot 1 Intro 2 Godot 2 Importing Files 3 What is the Node Tree 4 Falling Emeralds 5 Respawning Emeralds 6 Left and Right Movement 7 Collsions 8 HUD: Score 9 Animated Sprites 10 Adding background 11 Switch scenes - win screen 12 Debugging 101 13 Groups for bombs and emeralds 14 HUD: Timers 15 Start Screen 16 Wrap up and review Learn more about our Camps: https://www.bytecamp.ca Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/bytecamp?sub_confirmation=1 Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/byte_camp And don't forget Instagram: Byte Camp Intro/Outro: Clockwork Tale by PlayOnLoop.com Licensed under Creative Commons by Attribution 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)

Byte Camp 01.06.2020

Introducing Jordyn - one of our Vancouver Regional Managers (and don't forget Zola!!!)

Byte Camp 21.05.2020

It's the first day of summer camps!!! While we are running at a limited capacity, we are so excited to see the projects that come out of our camps this week! Animation and Editing by Dianna @ Byte Camp 2015 Learn more about our Camps: https://www.bytecamp.ca... Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/bytecamp?sub_confirmation=1 Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/byte_camp And don't forget Instagram: @bytecamp See more