VIDEO GAME DESIGN
Duration: 4 weeks (40 hours, 2 hrs/day)
Grade: 5 to 12
Cost: $ 1999 + GST
Course Overview
The most
important, but least emphasized as a career in the video game
industry, is
game play, or what makes the game compelling and
entertaining. This course prepares you to move from being a video
game programmer, a game artist, or animator to being the influential
leader of the game designing processes. This course is the most
up-to-date, tightly focused method of driving your career in Video
Gaming to the next level. You will be exposed to the entire game
development process, from brainstorming the ideas, to establishing the
focus, to writing the storytelling, to documenting the design.
Course Objectives
- The objective of this course is to
facilitate your professional growth into the world of video game
development as a Game Designer.
- To equip the student with the technical
knowledge and skills vital for success in vocational endeavors.
Course Prerequisites
- Software
& application knowledge:
- Windows
- FTP
- Files and folders
- Email
- Chat
- Windows media
- Excel
- Microsoft
- Project
- PowerPoint
- Skill-sets:
- Basic PC skills
- Knowledge of computers
- Better than average understanding of the Internet
| Course Outline |
- The History of Games
- Design Rules (aka the Player's Bill of Rights)
- Understanding Genres
- First-Person Shooter
- Platform
- RPG
- Strategy
- Sports
- Adventure
- Breakout Trends
- Game Development Process
- The Business of Games
- Game Review Workshop
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For more information, please
call us at 647-430-7478 or email us at:hr@whizkids.ca |