GiveBounty Games teaches children 7 and up to design and direct real games that trigger donations for local causes every time someone plays. No coding required. Just creativity, collaboration, and a lot of heart.
Saturday, September 26 · Fairmount Community Library · $75 per child, $65 each for two or more · enroll by Sept 19
From blank page to published game in one afternoon
Children choose a local cause that matters to them the animal shelter, food bank, library, environment, and more.
Every child becomes the Director of their own game designing the hero, world, and mechanics with AI as their co-pilot.
Children play their game live on screen, give feedback like real QA testers, and iterate until it feels right.
Their game goes live on givebounty.org. Every time someone earns a GiveBounty, it unlocks a real donation for their cause.
No coding. No prior experience. Real 21st-century creative skills.Standards-aligned skills students practice by directing and shipping a real game, all in one afternoon.Real visibility with the local families you want to reach, plus the credit for making it possible.
How to direct AI like a tool, not a replacement. Children learn to prompt, refine, and lead keeping the creative vision their own.
TEKS · Practical Technology ConceptsGenre, story, characters, mechanics, aesthetics. Every creative decision belongs to the child. AI executes it.
TEKS · Creativity & InnovationReal studio milestones: Inception, First Playable, Alpha, QA, Ship. The actual language of the industry.
TEKS · Computational ThinkingHow to articulate what's not working and why. QA thinking. Iteration. The difference between vision and execution.
TEKS · Communication & CollaborationTheir game raises real contributions for causes they chose. Creativity with a purpose bigger than themselves.
TEKS · Digital CitizenshipThey leave with a published game at a live URL. Something they made, with their name on it, that the world can play.
TEKS · Data Literacy & RepresentationEvery child takes home a custom GiveBounty Games shirt with your logo to keep.
Your logo is featured prominently in the room, seen by the children and the parents who come to watch.
Your name and logo on the season's page at givebounty.org, where families and players see who made it possible.
Credited as the sponsor in three emails sent directly to the parents of every enrolled child.
Three posts to our followers, naming you as the reason this season is happening.
Your name on a season that does not happen without you. And because the games still give to local causes, your dollars work twice.
Not ready for a whole season? Sponsor as many seats as you like at $100 each, so local families attend at no cost. No logos or perks with this one, just a good deed, a shout-out on our socials, and our thanks. Anonymous is fine too. Email contact@givebounty.org.
Every skill here maps to the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) for Technology Applications, the standards Texas schools are required to teach in grades K-8. One afternoon covers all five strands, from computational thinking to digital citizenship.
GiveBounty Games is built to drop into the school day. Children direct and ship their own games while practicing the exact skills the state already asks you to teach, and they walk out with something real to show for it.
Every season aligns to the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Technology Applications, touching all five strands in a single afternoon. Built-in evidence for your enrichment curriculum.
We provide and bring the devices, so your school needs nothing but internet and space. No equipment to buy, no software to install, no coding. A facilitator leads the room with a step-by-step playbook.
Each student leaves with a published game at a live URL and a certificate of completion. A finished, playable artifact, not a worksheet.
Designed for ages 7 and up. Works as a library program, in-class enrichment, an after-school club, or a one-day event. We bring the structure, you bring the room.
One sponsorship of $1,500 funds an entire season. A season brings together up to ten children, and your support covers each child's tuition, a custom take-home shirt with your logo, and their place in the room, so their families pay nothing. Put simply, the season does not happen without you.
🪑 Want to help without funding a whole season? Sponsor individual seats instead, $100 each, as many as you like. Every sponsored seat lets a local family attend at no cost. Seat sponsorships come with no logos or perks, just a shout-out on our socials (or anonymity if you prefer) and a family that gets to be there because of you. Email contact@givebounty.org and we'll set it up.
Two seasons are in the books. Our next Game Jam at the Fairmount Community Library is Saturday, September 26, 2026. Seats open to the waitlist first, so add your child and you'll hear from us before anyone else. $75 per child, or $65 each when you enroll two or more.
Enrollment is open. The Fall Game Jam is Saturday, September 26, 2026 at the Fairmount Community Library. Your child picks a Fort Worth cause, builds and publishes a real game, and takes home a cartridge they can share with friends and family to play it. Ages 7 and up, no experience needed. $75 per child, or $65 each when you enroll two or more. Enroll by Sept 19.
Generous community members and local businesses sponsor seats so children can join a Game Jam at no cost to their families. When sponsored seats are available, they are first come, first served, and cost should never be the reason a child misses out.
Check for sponsored seats →Two seasons are in the books and the third is enrolling now. Every game below was designed, directed, and published by a child at the Fairmount Community Library, and all of them are still playable and still earning for the causes their directors chose.
A GiveBounty is a bounty you give. Earn one by playing a child-made game and a slice of the pool is pledged to that game's cause. Every game ships with two GiveBounties built in, so every play moves real money toward a real cause.
Play the games our young directors built. Every GiveBounty you earn pledges a share of the season pool to the cause that child chose. The season closes August 31, 2026. At close, 70% of the pool splits equally across every cause and 30% goes to the cause GiveBounties favored most.
The pool has paid out: $150 delivered to A Wish With Wings, Tarrant Area Food Bank, and the Humane Society of North Texas, split 70% equally across every cause and 30% to the cause GiveBounties favored most. The games are still playable, and still counting toward the next season.
🎮 Play the gamesWant your child in the next one? Join the waitlist for Sept 26 →
When you put money in the pool, you back the pledges children earn through play. At season close, 70% reaches every cause equally and 30% goes to the cause GiveBounties favored most. You are not just donating, you are letting the community decide where the extra support lands, one play session at a time. Part of every program fee also goes directly into the pool.
We deliberately choose hyper-local organizations that don't have national marketing budgets or celebrity donors. A child's game might be the most attention they get all year.
Contribute to the pool →Families pay to participate, but running the program still costs money: technology, tools, materials, and the work of making every season great. Direct support helps us keep doing it.
Every dollar supports the program directly. None of it touches the season pool.
Support the program →We send a note when there's something real to share. No drip campaigns, no fundraising blasts.
A few times a season. Never more, and one click to leave.
We don't sell, share, or rent your email. Ever.
Next Game Jam at Fairmount Community Library: Saturday, September 26, 2026. Waitlist families hear first when seats open. $75 per child, or $65 each when you enroll two or more.
Fall Game Jam at Fairmount Community Library: Saturday, September 26, 2026. Ages 7 and up. $75 per child, or $65 each when you enroll two or more. Enroll by Sept 19.
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