7–14
National Video Games Day
12 September
Story Builder: Games and Story Builder: Games Lite are two exciting resources from our ever-popular suite of ready-to-use Story Builder activity packs.
Developed in consultation with BAFTA and the Family Gaming Database, the resources support young people in creating their own game ideas and narratives, which they can enter into the upcoming BAFTA Young Game Designers competition. For a little extra support, download our Teaching with Games resource and our Games Glossary to explain the benefits of teaching with games and keep you up to date with the right lingo!
Whatever the subject, you can use Story Builder: Games or Story Builder: Games Lite to apply learners' knowledge of game narratives and structure to curricular topics. Young people will develop cross-curricular literacy skills through a tried and tested framework and build stories for games that can have a specific curricular focus or explore narrative writing with a fresh new approach. Learners will create characters, relevant settings, meaningful stories and more, all based on their research and understanding of their subject.
If you'd like to experiment with games in your classroom, why not start with our Playtest form? It's designed to get learners thinking critically about the games they play. It's a great warm-up activity for Story Builder: Games and Games Lite, allowing learners to apply what they've learned to their game design.
Exclusive Northern Ireland offer
If you are based in Northern Ireland, a limited number of free printed Story Builder: Games resources and workshops are available. To request yours, contact us at games@intofilm.org.
Transform your learners' game time into learning with the Playtest form.
Size: 1.61 MB
A workbook resource that supports 7-14 year-olds to build a game narrative.
Size: 10.26 MB
Use Story Builder: Games to combine curricular topics with games.
Size: 70.97 MB
Keep one step ahead of learners with our handy Games glossary.
Size: 1.95 MB
A black and white version Story Builder: Games for ease of printing.
Size: 25.96 MB
Use this to support your teaching of the Story Builder: Games resource.
Size: 6.19 MB
We have developed a large catalogue of educational resources since launching in 2013, and some references and terminology will inevitably have dated as society and language evolves. We are aware of this and will be updating resources when our production schedule allows.
