Rocklin, CA · Ages 8–16
Your child learns to build something that is truly their own: a real game studio brand. A name, a logo, a polished website, trailers, social channels, and a store of games people actually play.
It's the clearest possible signal that your child can stand on their own and make their own opportunities. The kind of thing that answers the question every parent is quietly asking: "Will my kid be able to make their own way?"
The honest pitch
Degrees cost more and promise less. Whole careers are getting rewritten. The kids who will be fine are the self-reliant ones, the ones who can make something real on their own and put it into the world without waiting to be picked.
That isn't luck or a talent you're born with. It's a teachable habit: dreaming something up, building it, finishing it, and standing behind it. Today it's mostly taught in MBA programs. We teach it to 10-year-olds, using the thing they already love: video games.
Expect a studio so polished that people assume an adult built it. A real brand your child can hand anyone, a link that makes grandparents, teachers, and future admissions officers stop and take them seriously.
Building, branding, and shipping their own product. The self-reliance to create value without needing anyone's permission first, taught almost nowhere else for kids this age.
Not a grade. Not a certificate. A live website, real games, and an audience your child owns outright and keeps building for years.
Here's the idea, made real
Every kid invents their own studio: their own name, colors, fonts, and voice. Below is an example of what one student's studio site looks like.
▼ Example student studio · placeholder content ▼
Indie game studio · est. age 10
Consistent fonts, colors, logo, and voice: a complete brand identity, built by a kid (with a little help from AI).
The Store · 3 games shipped
A puzzle-platformer built in Unity. A Hackingtons belt project, leveled up.
Play / Buy →Latest trailer
☝️ Everything in this frame is placeholder content for the example studio "Nova Storm Games." Real student studios get their own name, identity, and live links.
The "built by a kid" campaign, broken down
Each piece is a real, professional skill they own. Together they make a studio that looks like it came from a grown-up team, built with AI tools and instructor guidance.
A studio name, a logo, a color palette, fonts, and a voice: a consistent identity applied everywhere, just like a real company.
A real site that matches their game's theming: the home of the studio, hosted and shareable with one link.
Playable games with cover art and "buy / play" links. The catalog grows every belt and every advanced project.
Edited game trailers and clips that make the work look as good as it plays. Real video editing, start to finish.
A consistent presence (YouTube, Discord, and more) where the studio posts updates and grows a real audience.
Search-optimized pages so the studio is findable. The marketing layer that turns a project into something people discover.
Why kids keep coming back
Once a kid has a brand and a store, every new class adds to it. More belt projects. More advanced games. A bigger catalog, a bigger audience.
And the audience is built in: the other Hackingtons students who play-test, follow, and buy each other's games. The studio keeps growing as long as they keep building.
Start the First Class FreeA belt project or advanced game gets finished and published to their studio store.
Cover art, a trailer, a website update, a social post. The studio looks more legit every time.
Other Hackingtons students play-test, give feedback, and buy. Real players, real reactions.
The store fills up over months and years. The portfolio compounds, and so does the kid's confidence.
Our first studios
A few of our students are building the very first studios. Their brands and stores go live first.
No card. No commitment. Your child tries a class in Rocklin, and we show you exactly how the studio comes together over time.
Questions? Call (888) 919-4225 · $140/month, no contract.
Rocklin Location
Rocklin, CA 95765 · Behind Starbucks at Stanford Ranch & Sunset · (888) 919-4225