Facilitating engagement with Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, students learn vital skills for the future through designing, building and testing an original video game.
The STEM Video Game challenge 2022 theme is Networks.
“We are now all connected by the internet, like neurons in a giant brain. “ Stephen Hawking
Your challenge is to build a game that involves a network in some way. Check out the 2022 theme sheet to get your creative juices flowing.
Round 3 of judging saw some very close contests between games of very high standards as 45 teams competed across six categories. Congratulations to the winning teams:
Year 5-8: Playable game - OPEN CATEGORY
Year 5-8: Playable game in GODOT
Year 5-8: Playable game in SCRATCH
Year 9-12: Playable game - OPEN CATEGORY
Year 9-12: Playable game in GODOT
Year 9-12: Playable game in UNITY & UNREAL
The winning games are currently available to download and play at the Challenge's PAX Aus Online exhibitor page.
Thank you to all the teams who entered this year. Certificates and feedback will be sent out to all participants via their mentors throughout November.
To our Year 12 participants, we wish you all the best for your final exams. We hope to see everyone else again in 2022 with exciting new games. We'll announce the theme for next year shortly.
Our judges have finished the judging for Round 2, and Round 3 is underway.
A big congratulations to all that entered this year’s competition, the games have been outstanding and the judges have had a tough job.
The following teams have made it through Round 2 and have moved into Round 3 of judging.
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The Australian STEM Video Game Challenge is facilitated by the ACER Foundation, a charitable organisation underwritten by the Australian Council for Educational Research. The ACER Foundation engages with many external organisations including our major partner AIE to help make the Australian STEM Video Game Challenge possible, and would like to publicly thank and acknowledge the support of:
