Need Opinion on Business Idea
I need honest feedback on the following business idea.
I would like to teach live in-person game programming and graphic development classes to teens not yet in college (ages 13-18). For example, one of the classes might be "Intro to game development in Flash - Platform" and would demonstrate the basics of platform game design and development such as collision detection, moving on the screen, scoring, etc... Prior to taking such a class, you would have to have a basic programming experience or you could take our Intro to Programming class which would use a version of BASIC or KPL(Kids Programming Langauage) to understand code structure, loops, conditionals, etc.)
These classes will last about 3 hours and at the end you will have a working program that you have modified using your new skill set and will even have an option to share your creation by uploadng it to our website. I expect to charge approximately ($35-50) per class depending on location and would like to have a class size of around 30.
I beleive this concept will work because more and more teenagers are learning or want to learn how to create games and at the same time there parents want them to get ahead in skillsets that will help them in the "real world" i.e. (Math, Logic, organization skills, etc...) You can of course learn how to program using the 1000s of tutorials & texts online but that can be overwhelming to the first time developer and by going to one of our classes you can pick that knowledge up very qucikly. In addition to game development classes you could teach basic 2d and 3d classes or even how to mod an xbox, ps2 (may be illegal though). I am interested in your opinions.
Thanks.
I would like to teach live in-person game programming and graphic development classes to teens not yet in college (ages 13-18). For example, one of the classes might be "Intro to game development in Flash - Platform" and would demonstrate the basics of platform game design and development such as collision detection, moving on the screen, scoring, etc... Prior to taking such a class, you would have to have a basic programming experience or you could take our Intro to Programming class which would use a version of BASIC or KPL(Kids Programming Langauage) to understand code structure, loops, conditionals, etc.)
These classes will last about 3 hours and at the end you will have a working program that you have modified using your new skill set and will even have an option to share your creation by uploadng it to our website. I expect to charge approximately ($35-50) per class depending on location and would like to have a class size of around 30.
I beleive this concept will work because more and more teenagers are learning or want to learn how to create games and at the same time there parents want them to get ahead in skillsets that will help them in the "real world" i.e. (Math, Logic, organization skills, etc...) You can of course learn how to program using the 1000s of tutorials & texts online but that can be overwhelming to the first time developer and by going to one of our classes you can pick that knowledge up very qucikly. In addition to game development classes you could teach basic 2d and 3d classes or even how to mod an xbox, ps2 (may be illegal though). I am interested in your opinions.
Thanks.
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Sounds like you have an idea of what you want and all though, but I like the idea if that's what you're asking.
I think your concept of teaching teenagers the skills you mentioned is great; I just consider it a creative venue, not logic and so forth. But then, you've now got an opportunity to lower my ignorance level. :smiles: