Introduction To Games Development

Course content 

Students will be guided on the development of a simple game. The game mechanics will be pre-defined but students will add their own creativity during asset creation. Students will develop all core assets themselves.

Teaching will be in the form of a series of short lectures backed up by workshops (with one-to-one teaching where needed to ensure nobody is left behind).

Course structure

Day 1

• Course introduction
• Design workshop
• Modelling workshop.

Day 2

• Further modelling workshop
• Short lecture on animation
• Skinning rigging and animation workshop.

Day 3

• Short lecture - introduction to programming and vector maths
• Workshop Unity (introduction)
• Workshop - plug in preexisting game code with students model.

Day 4

• Workshop Level design
• Short lecture (UI in unity)
• Workshop UI (plug in existing system and edit).

Day 5

• Fixing issues and bugs, further one on one teaching
• All demonstrate games and discuss.

Learning outcomes

• Create a complete simple computer game.
• Understand and create basic 3d models.
• Understand and create basic animation.
• Understand basic code.
• Understand and create basic game designs.

Applicant requirements

• Basic (GCSE or equivalent) understanding of mathematics
• Basic computer literacy
• An understanding of what computer games are (must have played some computer games).

Certificates

You'll get a certificate of attendance on completing the course.

Costs and booking

Price per participant is £976 and includes course materials.

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