(Ages 9-11, 12-14 & 15-17)

The worldwide phenomenon of esports has arrived at Camp Asia!

Esports Academy takes a deep dive into this emerging digital industry, as Camp Asia provides a safe learning environment for campers to become skilled at the most popular game title, whilst developing strong foundational skills when it comes to digital device interaction and gaming.

Participants will receive gameplay-based coaching on multiple platforms such as consoles (PS4, Nintendos), PCs and Virtual Reality (VR) from top coaches and players from the world-class esports scene in Singapore.

The Esports Academy camp engrains safe practices into each participant's gaming routines including time-based boundaries, warm-ups, physical exercices and proper ergonomics, in order to teach them the tools for a sustainable future in gaming. 

Each group has been carefully curated for age-appropriateness but, across the board, the gamers will compete with friends, learn how to behave like esports professionals and kickstart their own 'path to pro'.

Click below to view in-depth descriptions for each age group!

Ages 9-11 Details
Description

"Play to Learn": Participants will experience gaming on multiple platforms and, with the aid of carefully selected game titles, participants will be encouraged to employ various problem solving, communication & analytical skills with their peers.

Objective
  • Teach & promote healthy gaming practices such as time-based boundaries & moderation (45/15 min break rule, 20/20/20 optical rule, proper ergonomics, viewing distance)
  • Incorporate co-op play as much as possible to encourage acquisition & use of skills such as critical thinking, leadership & effective communication.
  • Development & practice of life skills via play
Delivery Method
  • PC/Console (*All devices are provided)
Games/Titles
  • Building: Minecraft
  • Exploration: Astro's Playroom, Super Mario Party, Rayman Legends
  • Competitive: Overcooked 2, Ringfit Adventure, Rocket League
  • Puzzle: Tetris Effect, World of Goo
  • VR: Richie's Plank, Beat Saber, Astro Bot: Rescue Mission
Ages 12-14 Details
Description

"Learn to Play": This camp will teach children how to incorporate healthy gaming practices & moderation as well as how to identify & navigate away from common online/industry pitfalls. Campers will also learn & exercise leadership, communication & critical thinking skills through a wide variety of activities whilst being immersed in the fun that video games provide!

Objective
  • Promote healthy gaming practices such as time-based boundaries (45/15 min break rule, 20/20/20 optical rule, proper ergonomics)
  • Incorporate co-op play as much as possible to encourage acquisition & use of skills such as critical thinking, leadership & effective communication.
  • Learning through creative play
  • Emphasis on activity immersion
Delivery Method
  • PC/Console-based (*All devices are provided)
Games/Titles
  • Building: Minecraft, Raft
  • Exploration: Astro's Playroom, No Man's Sky, Subnautica
  • Competitive: Overcooked 2, Among Us, Ringfit Adventure
  • Puzzle: Portal 2, World of Goo
  • VR: Richie's Plank, Beat Saber, Keep Talking & Nobody Explodes
Ages 15-17 Details
Description

"Esports Masterclass": Participants will get to meet, interact & be mentored by industry experts, allowing them to learn & equip themselves with key emerging career skills such as digital content creation that are applicable across other industries as well. They’ll also get hands-on experience with tailored activities such as how to set up a professional livestream & try their hand at esports commentary!

Objective
  • Introduction to the global phenomenon of Esports
  • Introduction to the different industry career paths
  • Acquisition of useful career soft & hard skills
Delivery Method
  • PC (*All devices are provided)
Games/Titles
  • FPS: Valorant

"With digital device use on the rise, more & more of today's youth are turning to video games as their primary means of recreation. This camp gives children an introduction to the rapidly growing and emerging digital industry of Esports!"

Camp Asia Elite Sports coach
Philibert Santhanaraj: Esports Head

Phil has worked in a plethora of roles in the video games & esports industry and is a former professional gamer & shoutcaster. In his career as a project & events manager with major esports companies like Electronic Sports League (ESL) & Mineski Global, he has organized some of the region’s biggest esports events. Through the years, he has mentored & run workshops for aspiring youths trying to kickstart their careers in the esports & gaming industry.

13 Years
leading
Esports
Over 30 Major
AAA
Events Organized
5 Years experience
Youth
Development
Camp Asia Elite Sports coach
Abdul Muizz Mohammed Ghazali: Esports Camp Leader

A veteran of the Singapore education sector, Mu’izz credits passion, humour and empathy as the most valuable qualities for his continued success as an educator. Combining his love for sports and education, he operates his own youth football academy, which emphasizes the acquisition of life skills through play. Another of Mu’izz' passions is gaming, which he has forged into a career as an esports shoutcaster & grassroots events organizer.

10 Years
Teaching Experience
3 Years Running
Children's
Sports Programs
6+ years
leading
Gaming Programs
Camp Asia Elite Sports coach
Daryl "Hungrycasts" Lim: Esports Shoutcasting Coach

Daryl started his 'shoutcasting' (aka esports commentary) career with well-known company Garena & League of Legends. Over the years he has honed his craft & widened his expertise to include a multitude of games such as Valorant, PUBG, MLBB & Wild Rift. He is a regular face on the broadcasts of major esports leagues & events in the region, with frequent media appearances.

7 Years
Esports Commentary
3 Years
Shoutcasting
Mentorship Programs

Age Groups Days Timing Price Per Week
9 through 11 Monday to Friday 9am to 3pm $710 (5-day camp)
12 through 14 Monday to Friday 9am to 3pm  $710 (5-day camp)
15 through 17 Monday to Friday 9am to 3pm  $710 (5-day camp)

*Price includes healthy lunch (cooked fresh daily), morning and afternoon snacks and a Camp Asia esports shirt

 

Learning Outcomes (Key): 

= Teamwork = Fitness = Leadership = Problem Solving  = Competitor = Creativity

  Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Daily Themes: Open World Building & Crafting Open World Exploration Competitive Games Puzzle Solving Virtual Reality Immersion
08:30-09:00 Arrival
09:00-10:00

Icebreaker Activities

Astro's Playroom

Rocket League

 

Plexers Warmup

 

Rictchie's Plank

 

10:00-10:30 Break
10:30-11:30

Minecraft: Initiation

 

Super Mario Party

 

Overcooked 2: Competition

  

Tetris Effect

 

Beat Saber: High-score competition

 

11:30-12:30
12:30-13:00 Lunch
13:00-14:00

Minecraft Building Competition

 

Rayman Legends

  

Ringfit Adventure

 

World of Goo

 

Astro Bot: Rescue Mission

14:00-15:00
15:00 Afternoon Snack and Home

*While not listed here, each session will promote healthy gaming practices such as time-based boundaries & moderation (45/15 min break rule, 20/20/20 optical rule, proper ergonomics, viewing distance) with an aim of permanently engraining these acts into participant's gaming routines.

 

Learning Outcomes (Key): 

= Teamwork = Fitness = Leadership = Problem Solving = Competitor = Creativity

  Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Daily Themes:  Open World Building & Crafting Open World Exploration Competitive Games Puzzle Solving Team Building & Communication
08:30-09:00 Arrival
09:00-10:00

Icebreaker Activities

Astro's Playroom

Among Us (Co-op)

  

Plexers Warmup

 

Ritchie's Plank - Immersion

  

10:00-10:30 Break
10:30-11:30

Minecraft: Building Competition

  

No Man's Sky

  

Overcooked 2 Competition

  

Portal 2 (Co-op)

 

Beat Saber: High-score Competition

  

11:30-12:30
12:30-13:00 Lunch
13:00-14:00

Raft (Co-op)

  

Subnautica

  

Ringfit Adventure

 

World of Goo

 

Keep Talking & Nobody Explodes (Co-op)

 

14:00-14:45
14:45-15:00

Daily Reflection

Daily Reflection

Daily Reflection

Daily Reflection

Daily Reflection

15:00 Afternoon Snack and Home

*While not listed here, each session will promote healthy gaming practices such as time-based boundaries & moderation (45/15 min break rule, 20/20/20 optical rule, proper ergonomics, viewing distance) with an aim of permanently engraining these acts into participant's gaming routines.

 

  Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
 Daily Themes: Meet & Train with a Pro Gamer Meet & Train with a Pro Gamer Live-streaming & Content Creation Esports Commentary & Production Live Esports Event
08:30-09:00 Arrival
09:00-10:00

Icebreaker Activities

Pro Gamer: Warm-up exercises and intro to physical training regimes

Streaming: Intro & finding your niche

Esports Commentary: Intro

Live Events: The Competition

10:00-10:30 Break
10:30-11:30

Pro Gamer Module: Intro

Pro Gamer: Core skills optimisation

Streaming: Hardware set-up and what software to use

Esports Commentary: Commentator types & discernment

Live Events: The Competition

11:30-12:30

Pro Gamer: Competitive equipment initiation

Pro Gamer: Effective communication

Streaming: Core skills

Esports Commentary: Core skills

Live Events: The Competition

12:30-13:00 Lunch
13:00-14:00

Pro Gamer: Valorant

Pro Gamer: Strategy formulation & execution

Content Creation: Intro. & storyboarding

Esports Commentary: Live events production

Live Events: The Competition

14:00-14:45

Pro Gamer: Valorant Open Play

Pro Gamer: Game Analysis

Content Creation: Editing/Publishing on platforms

Esports Commentary: Practical

Live Events: Summary & open feedback

14:45-15:00

Daily Reflection

Daily Reflection

Daily Reflection

Daily Reflection

Daily Reflection

15:00 Afternoon Snack and Home

*While not listed here, each session will promote healthy gaming practices such as time-based boundaries & moderation (45/15 min break rule, 20/20/20 optical rule, proper ergonomics, viewing distance) with an aim of permanently engraining these acts into participant's gaming routines.

 

Game Titles and their Learning Outcomes:

Game Description & Learning Outcomes
Among Us Among Us is a social detective multiplayer game that has a huge following among youth. Up to 10 players are placed upon a spaceship with the objective of completing tasks, however, two of the players are randomly chosen to be saboteurs who can win the game by either causing a catastrophic failure on the ship OR eliminating 7 other players. At the end of each round, players have an open round table discussion about who they think is the saboteur & can decide by majority vote to eject a player (who may or may not be an innocent bystander!). Participants will have to communicate effectively & use high amounts of mental acuity to be successful.
Astro's Playroom Astro's Playroom is a 3D platformer in which players are put in the shoes of a cute robot that has to traverse an open world filled with a multitude of objectives to complete.
Beat Saber Beat Saber is a VR music puzzle game in which players are given two lightsabers, they must move in real life to evade dynamically generated obstacles in-game. Also, to gain progress, they must hit "notes" and sync to the rhythm of the song. This game develops spatial awareness and the ability to make decisions under pressure.
Keep Talking & Nobody Explodes Keep Talking & Nobody Explodes is a game in which players work together to defuse a bomb. Only one player is able to see the bomb visually & has to describe in detail its features to the other players. The remaining players are equipped with a "defusal instruction manual" & must relay the relevant details to the defuser. It's a game that will really challenge participants' teamwork & communication skills to the limit!  
Minecraft Minecraft is a massively popular open-world building game. The game allows players to collect resources & build structures. Camp participants will have to work together to build a village which will then be evaluated & judged by the facilitators.
No Man's Sky

No Man's Sky has players in the role of an astronaut in a massive randomly generated universe. The goal of the game is to research & identify extraterrestrial flora & fauna, whilst mining and collecting elements to upgrade their gear & spaceship. With thousands of planets to visit, participants will be spoiled for choice in their freedom of how they approach and interact with the game in pursuit of their objectives.

Overcooked 2

Overcooked 2 is a cooperative multiplayer game that emphasizes effective & concise communication, the need for leadership skills to shine through, and the ability to think & make decisions quickly. Participants play as chefs in the game that need to pass each other ingredients and dishes that take time to prepare. There are various maps that are each have their own special highly dynamic obstacles & challenges that players will have to work together to overcome.

Portal 2

Portal 2 is arguably the most celebrated modern co-op puzzle video game ever created. It centers around using dimensional portals which allow players to use the laws of physics to solve their way through a puzzle lab. Participants will on an active basis have to think outside the box as the game forces them to be very spatially aware.

Raft

Raft is a unique ocean-based builder. Players in this game start off stranded on a simple raft in the open ocean & have to collect resources to build & improve their raft, sustain their hunger & thirst requirements & eventually find land. Similar to the Minecraft activity, camp participants will compete to see who is able to progress further in the game within the allocated timeframe but are also judged on their ability to think out of the box to come up with unorthodox solutions.

Rayman Legends

Rayman Legends has players going on an adventure in a team of up to four players. They'll have to work together to progress through the beautifully designed game world filled with obstacles & puzzles. They'll have to communicate & think outside the box as a team.

Ringfit Adventure

Ringfit Adventure for Nintendo Switch allows players to do dynamic physical workouts using specially made accessories via a highly immersive and interactive gamified world.  

Ritchie's Plank  Ritchie's Plank is a highly immersive VR experience in which participants are tasked to balance on a plank that's hanging off the edge of a skyscraper. The game takes into account the movement & balance of the player & generates responses in the environment via feedback on the controllers & in the video/audio aspect of the game.  
Rocket League Rocket League has players working together as a team of cars playing football in creative arenas. Participants will have to balance teamwork together with spatial awareness & in-game physics to come out on top.
Subnautica Subnautica puts players in the shoes of a spacefaring adventurer whose ship is stranded on an ocean planet. Similar to the No Man's Sky activity but in a completely different world that is mostly aquatic in nature.  
Super Mario Party

Super Mario Party is a highly interactive game situated in a virtual board game environment. Participants will get to experience a wide variety of mini-games and puzzles. Most activities include motion detection & capture so players will have their reaction time, hand-eye coordination, communication & critical thinking skills involved.

Tetris Effect Tetris Effect amplifies this magical feeling of total immersion by surrounding players with fantastic, fully three-dimensional worlds that react and evolve based on how you play. Music, backgrounds, sounds, special effects—everything, down to the Tetris pieces themselves, pulse, dance, shimmer, and explode in perfect sync with how you’re playing.
Valorant Valorant is a team-based cartoon tactical/first-person shooter set in the near future.Players play as one of a set of agents - characters designed based on several countries and cultures around the world.
World of Goo World of Goo is another award-winning puzzle game. In it, players control globs of goo that can link together to form structures and matrices. Different end goal objectives are given to the player to come up with a dynamic structure to move on to the next level.  

Information to note prior to booking:

COVID-19 Safe Management Measures

Each and every camp programme will have its own relevant safe management measures to adhere to. All camps are run within the framework provided by either the Ministry of Health (MOH), Ministry of Education (MOE), SportSG or the Singapore Tourism Board.

In addition to this, Camp Asia works closely with the operations team at our host venue, Stamford American Int’l School, to maintain the integrity of the measures that the school uses during term time.

Dropping Off

Due to COVID-19 requirements, drop-off timings will be staggered between 8.45am and 9am. Your allocated drop-off time will be sent to you in our personalised ‘Parent Information Email’ (sent five days prior to camp).

Our pre-camp morning activities are on hold for the time being, and children will be brought straight to their venue/classroom after signing in.

Medical

We have a full-time nurse on site for every camp week operating from the schools’ health centres. Our nurses are there to administer medication, first aid and support with all COVID-19 reporting, as needed. The nurse is available Monday morning to collect any medications and speak to parents before camp starts. Our Camp Asia team are all first-aid trained.

Food

Healthy Lunch and snacks (cooked fresh daily) are included in the cost of your camp. If your child is a vegetarian, does not or cannot eat beef, pork, seafood, dairy or eggs or has other dietary needs, simply tell us beforehand in your child’s details online. Please also note that Camp Asia has a nut-minimisation policy. As part of COVID-19 Safe Management measures - children will eat in small, fixed groups and we will take guidance from the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) and Ministry of Health (MOH) for anything related to F&B.

Bus Service

We offer a highly convenient, safe, secure and sociable bus service to and from camp, calling at a stop near your home. In line with COVID-19 regulations, buses will be cleaned before and after every journey.

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