Clover Gaming Spark Club is an experience that fosters critical thinking, creativity, competition and collaboration. It inspires confidence and empowers youth to design their gaming (board, card and/or video) ideas.
Clover Gaming Spark Club is a hands-on experience for youth in grades 7 through 12.
The program will cover introduction to game mechanics; communication, rules and challenges; game narrative and storytelling; strategy; careers in gaming; and game creation, showcase and celebration.
Beginning June 13, five weekly sessions will be held at the Hamilton County 4-H Fairgrounds in the Exhibition Center Conference Room. The sessions will be from 6 to 8 p.m. on June 13, 20 and 27, and July 11 and 18.
Instructions for Registration
A $5 registration fee will be required youth currently enrolled in 4-H. For youth not currently enrolled in 4-H, there will be a $30 registration fee. Parents and guardians can click here to register.
Please complete the SPARK Youth Enrollment Form 2018-2019 and return to the Purdue Extension Hamilton County office by June 11. Forms can be emailed to glmarsha@purdue.edu or mailed to 2003 Pleasant St., Noblesville, IN 46060.
Here is what some of the youth had to say about their experience with Clover Gaming:
- “Learning about game mechanics and design has changed the way I think by showing strategy in games.”
- “It makes me want to learn more.”
Here is what some of the parents had to say about their experience with Clover Gaming:
- “I love that it can tie learning into their love of games. My boys love to engineer things and learn how everything works. So I’m sure this will fall right into that, impacting the way they look at games.”
- “Our child wants to be an entrepreneur when he grows up, and enjoys gaming. We think this will give him exposure to these concepts.”
For more information about Hamilton County 4-H, be sure to visit extension.purdue.edu/hamilton or “Like” Hamilton County 4-H – Purdue Extension on Facebook and Instagram.