{"id":27572,"date":"2025-12-17T16:13:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T16:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/digilearn\/?p=27572"},"modified":"2026-02-09T16:40:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T16:40:22","slug":"making-games-bafta-young-games-designer-competition-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/digilearn\/2025\/12\/17\/making-games-bafta-young-games-designer-competition-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Making Games: BAFTA Young Games Designer competition 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"builder-section-text_12\" class=\"builder-section-first builder-section builder-section-text builder-section-next-text builder-text-columns-1\" style=\"background-size: cover; background-repeat: no-repeat;background-position: center center;\">\n<div class=\"builder-section-content\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-row\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-column builder-text-column-1\" id=\"builder-section-text_12-column-1\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-content\">\n<p>Education Scotland is keen to support as many children and young people participate in playing and making games as possible.<\/p>\n<p>We are excited to work with Into Film and West College Scotland to deliver ideas, resources and live lessons to help children and young people participate in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bafta.org\/programmes\/young-game-designer\/\">BAFTA Young Games Designer (YGD) competition<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"builder-text-row\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-column builder-text-column-2\" id=\"builder-section-text_12-column-1\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-content\">\n<p>YGD is &#8220;a chance for 10\u201318-year-olds to design, develop and present new game ideas&#8221;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The competition is now open and the closing date for entries is 12th March 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We have partnered again with Into Film to support educators with YGD participation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sign up for the webinar on Tuesday 27th January at 330pm using this link: <a href=\"https:\/\/events.teams.microsoft.com\/event\/7885e240-0e77-4cc6-9644-1279f47af4ce@0ef77447-1083-4dec-b89f-27c765076840\">Into Film and YGD webinar link<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This will be followed up with 2 LIVE lessons to guide classes through the Into Film Games Lite resource:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Thursday 5th February 930am (<a href=\"https:\/\/events.teams.microsoft.com\/event\/d1b45093-e6b1-4abd-956f-59e1344d5a94@0ef77447-1083-4dec-b89f-27c765076840\">register with this link<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Thursday 26th February 930am (<a href=\"https:\/\/events.teams.microsoft.com\/event\/859e4e6b-ba4f-4c8d-9990-3d9ae1124f8d@0ef77447-1083-4dec-b89f-27c765076840\">register with this link<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"builder-section-text_55\" class=\"builder-section-prev-text builder-section builder-section-text builder-section-last builder-text-columns-3 layout-4-8\" style=\"background-size: cover; background-repeat: no-repeat;background-position: center center;\">\n<div class=\"builder-section-content\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-row\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-column builder-text-column-1\" id=\"builder-section-text_55-column-1\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-content\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/digilearn\/2026\/02\/09\/about-bafta-young-games-designer-comeptition\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"27689\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/digilearn\/2025\/12\/17\/making-games-bafta-young-games-designer-competition-2026\/5-7\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/digilearn\/uploads\/sites\/6913\/2025\/12\/09162632\/5.png\" data-orig-size=\"1200,628\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"5\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/digilearn\/uploads\/sites\/6913\/2025\/12\/09162632\/5-300x157.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/digilearn\/uploads\/sites\/6913\/2025\/12\/09162632\/5-1024x536.png\" class=\"wpa-warning wpa-image-missing-alt aligncenter wp-image-27689 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/digilearn\/uploads\/sites\/6913\/2025\/12\/09162632\/5-300x157.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" data-warning=\"Missing alt text\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/digilearn\/uploads\/sites\/6913\/2025\/12\/09162632\/5-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/digilearn\/uploads\/sites\/6913\/2025\/12\/09162632\/5-1024x536.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/digilearn\/uploads\/sites\/6913\/2025\/12\/09162632\/5-768x402.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/digilearn\/uploads\/sites\/6913\/2025\/12\/09162632\/5.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/digilearn\/2026\/02\/09\/about-bafta-young-games-designer-comeptition\/\">About BAFTA Young Games Designer competition<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"builder-text-column builder-text-column-2\" id=\"builder-section-text_55-column-2\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/digilearn\/2026\/02\/09\/into-film-support-for-ygd\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"27690\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/digilearn\/2025\/12\/17\/making-games-bafta-young-games-designer-competition-2026\/4-6\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/digilearn\/uploads\/sites\/6913\/2025\/12\/09162707\/4.png\" data-orig-size=\"1200,628\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"4\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/digilearn\/uploads\/sites\/6913\/2025\/12\/09162707\/4-300x157.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/digilearn\/uploads\/sites\/6913\/2025\/12\/09162707\/4-1024x536.png\" class=\"wpa-warning wpa-image-missing-alt aligncenter wp-image-27690 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/digilearn\/uploads\/sites\/6913\/2025\/12\/09162707\/4-300x157.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" data-warning=\"Missing alt text\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/digilearn\/uploads\/sites\/6913\/2025\/12\/09162707\/4-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/digilearn\/uploads\/sites\/6913\/2025\/12\/09162707\/4-1024x536.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/digilearn\/uploads\/sites\/6913\/2025\/12\/09162707\/4-768x402.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/digilearn\/uploads\/sites\/6913\/2025\/12\/09162707\/4.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/digilearn\/2026\/02\/09\/into-film-support-for-ygd\/\">Into Film support for YGD including webinars and LIVE lesson recordings<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"builder-text-column builder-text-column-3\" id=\"builder-section-text_55-column-3\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/digilearn\/2026\/02\/09\/examples-of-prior-games-learning-from-scottish-schools\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"27691\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/digilearn\/2026\/02\/09\/examples-of-prior-games-learning-from-scottish-schools\/3-7\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/digilearn\/uploads\/sites\/6913\/2026\/02\/09162818\/3.png\" data-orig-size=\"1200,628\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/digilearn\/uploads\/sites\/6913\/2026\/02\/09162818\/3-300x157.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/digilearn\/uploads\/sites\/6913\/2026\/02\/09162818\/3-1024x536.png\" class=\"wpa-warning wpa-image-missing-alt aligncenter wp-image-27691 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/digilearn\/uploads\/sites\/6913\/2026\/02\/09162818\/3-300x157.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" data-warning=\"Missing alt text\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/digilearn\/uploads\/sites\/6913\/2026\/02\/09162818\/3-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/digilearn\/uploads\/sites\/6913\/2026\/02\/09162818\/3-1024x536.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/digilearn\/uploads\/sites\/6913\/2026\/02\/09162818\/3-768x402.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/digilearn\/uploads\/sites\/6913\/2026\/02\/09162818\/3.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/digilearn\/2026\/02\/09\/examples-of-prior-games-learning-from-scottish-schools\/\">Examples of prior games learning from Scottish 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