Experience Real Game Development at a Free Community Event: "CI Game School" Holds its 4th Session, Where Children's Drawings and Sounds Become Playable Games
Beam Inc. will hold the 4th "CI Game School," a free game creation experience event organized by the CI Heights Minami Senri Residents' Association, on May 30, 2026. This event allows children to incorporate their drawings and recorded sounds into VR games, fostering their creativity and providing a genuine game development experience.
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Beam Inc. will hold the 4th "CI Game School," a free game creation experience event organized by the CI Heights Minami Senri Residents' Association, on May 30, 2026. This event allows children to incorporate their drawings and recorded sounds into VR games.
CI Game School began when Takayasu Sodeoka, CEO of Beam Inc. and chairman of the local residents' association, noticed a decline in opportunities for local children to gather. He conceived of creating a modern version of a children's club.
Despite being a free community activity organized by the residents' association, the experience is authentic, utilizing Unity, a tool also used in professional game development. Children's drawings and recorded sounds are integrated into Unity-made games on the spot by active game developers, and everyone plays the completed games together.
The goal of this event is for children to experience not just playing games, but also touching the world of creation, through the experience of "my drawings and sounds becoming a game."
For the 4th session, the 2D game creation experience will be further developed, offering a VR game development experience where children's works appear in VR space.
Children's characters and recorded sound effects are incorporated into the game, and everyone experiences the completed boss battle together.
Experience real game development at a free community event.
CI Game School is a free game creation experience event for children, organized by the CI Heights Minami Senri Residents' Association.
Children experience a part of game creation by drawing characters and items, and recording sound effects using familiar tools and their voices.
The created drawings and sounds are immediately incorporated into a Unity-made game prepared by Beam Inc., and the completed game is played live at the venue.
Rather than teaching children programming operations, we value the experience of "what I made moves, sounds, and becomes playable in the game."
Children's drawings and sounds move and sound in the game.
At CI Game School, children's drawings and recorded sounds are incorporated into playable games.
Unity is a game engine used in various game developments, including smartphone games, console games, and VR content. CI Game School uses Unity to integrate children's works into actual games.
Children's characters and items appear in the game, and sounds recorded using familiar tools and voices are played as sound effects such as attack sounds, footsteps, environmental sounds, and production sounds.
The completed game is played live on a large screen or with VR devices at the venue.
It's not just about creating; by playing games that include their own creations, everyone shares the joy of craftsmanship.
Sound effects used in the game are also created with the children, such as breaking celery for hit sounds or using a storm drum for thunder sounds.
The 4th session will be a VR game development experience.
This 4th session will offer a development experience where children's drawings and recorded sounds appear in VR games.
In previous CI Game School sessions, children's works were incorporated into 2D games, and everyone played them on a large screen at the venue.
In the 4th session, this experience will be further developed, allowing participants to enjoy seeing their works appear in VR space.
Using VR goggles, they will enter a game space where their created characters and sounds appear, and play the completed game.
Full capacity reached within 24 hours after Instagram announcement every time.
CI Game School disseminates event information and activity updates mainly on Instagram.
Although it started as a community activity organized by the residents' association, participants from outside the condominium and surrounding areas are also welcome, and participation information is widely distributed.
In previous sessions, full capacity was reached within 24 hours after the Instagram announcement every time, indicating high interest from local children and their guardians.
Furthermore, the process of incorporating children's drawings and sounds into games, and everyone playing the completed games, is also shared, continuously conveying the appeal of the activities.
Representative's Comment:
As the chairman of the CI Heights Minami Senri Residents' Association, I realized that while there used to be children's clubs in the area, opportunities for children to gather in the community have decreased. I wondered if I could create an experience for children that suited the modern era, in a way that I could, given the residents' association. That thought was the impetus for starting CI Game School.
CI Game School is a free event organized by the residents' association.
CI Game School began when Takayasu Sodeoka, CEO of Beam Inc. and chairman of the local residents' association, noticed a decline in opportunities for local children to gather. He conceived of creating a modern version of a children's club.
Despite being a free community activity organized by the residents' association, the experience is authentic, utilizing Unity, a tool also used in professional game development. Children's drawings and recorded sounds are integrated into Unity-made games on the spot by active game developers, and everyone plays the completed games together.
The goal of this event is for children to experience not just playing games, but also touching the world of creation, through the experience of "my drawings and sounds becoming a game."
For the 4th session, the 2D game creation experience will be further developed, offering a VR game development experience where children's works appear in VR space.
Children's characters and recorded sound effects are incorporated into the game, and everyone experiences the completed boss battle together.
Experience real game development at a free community event.
CI Game School is a free game creation experience event for children, organized by the CI Heights Minami Senri Residents' Association.
Children experience a part of game creation by drawing characters and items, and recording sound effects using familiar tools and their voices.
The created drawings and sounds are immediately incorporated into a Unity-made game prepared by Beam Inc., and the completed game is played live at the venue.
Rather than teaching children programming operations, we value the experience of "what I made moves, sounds, and becomes playable in the game."
Children's drawings and sounds move and sound in the game.
At CI Game School, children's drawings and recorded sounds are incorporated into playable games.
Unity is a game engine used in various game developments, including smartphone games, console games, and VR content. CI Game School uses Unity to integrate children's works into actual games.
Children's characters and items appear in the game, and sounds recorded using familiar tools and voices are played as sound effects such as attack sounds, footsteps, environmental sounds, and production sounds.
The completed game is played live on a large screen or with VR devices at the venue.
It's not just about creating; by playing games that include their own creations, everyone shares the joy of craftsmanship.
Sound effects used in the game are also created with the children, such as breaking celery for hit sounds or using a storm drum for thunder sounds.
The 4th session will be a VR game development experience.
This 4th session will offer a development experience where children's drawings and recorded sounds appear in VR games.
In previous CI Game School sessions, children's works were incorporated into 2D games, and everyone played them on a large screen at the venue.
In the 4th session, this experience will be further developed, allowing participants to enjoy seeing their works appear in VR space.
Using VR goggles, they will enter a game space where their created characters and sounds appear, and play the completed game.
Full capacity reached within 24 hours after Instagram announcement every time.
CI Game School disseminates event information and activity updates mainly on Instagram.
Although it started as a community activity organized by the residents' association, participants from outside the condominium and surrounding areas are also welcome, and participation information is widely distributed.
In previous sessions, full capacity was reached within 24 hours after the Instagram announcement every time, indicating high interest from local children and their guardians.
Furthermore, the process of incorporating children's drawings and sounds into games, and everyone playing the completed games, is also shared, continuously conveying the appeal of the activities.
Representative's Comment:
As the chairman of the CI Heights Minami Senri Residents' Association, I realized that while there used to be children's clubs in the area, opportunities for children to gather in the community have decreased. I wondered if I could create an experience for children that suited the modern era, in a way that I could, given the residents' association. That thought was the impetus for starting CI Game School.
CI Game School is a free event organized by the residents' association.