Students create video games

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The initiative also benefited students who have creative ideas but are easily frustrated if an idea does not soon pan out. Atkinson also saw students considered to be socially awkward “burst out of their shells.”

Eighth-grader Biannca Pierre said she was scared to speak before a group until she began working with her team members in Lafayette.

“This is good for people to come to if they’re on the shy side,” Pierre said.

“We’re all nerds,” Landry joked.

The students presented their games to professionals on Saturday, and Zachary High sophomore Charlie Flanders said their objective was not to have a finished product, but the basic layout or prototype for a game.

“For the presentation, it’s as if we’re at the last brick in the building,” Shelton added.

While some video game creators can become millionaires overnight, getting rich is not on everyone’s mind, students said.

“I just want to do what I love, and if you do what you love, you never have to work a day in your life,” said Cole Connelly, a workshop counselor from Runnels High School.