Computer Game Design Course

Over the last 20 years, the gaming industry has seen exponential growth and is now considered to be one of the largest entertainment genres on the globe. With this trend continuing on an upward trajectory, there is an influx of opportunities for those who are interested in starting a career in the games development industry.

This course is designed to teach you the skills that are required for character design and animation and will help you to program them into a 2D hack and slash side scroller game. It is a fantastic study companion to students studying IT at KS2/3 level or any individual looking to understand how a computer game is made. There are three stages that make up the course:

Stage one has a strong focus on character design with the utilisation of traditional drawing techniques. It will also teach you the basic interface and features of Adobe’s Photoshop.

Stage two introduces you to the 12 principles of animation as used by Disney Animation Studios. This is also where you will begin to animate your character.

Stage three places your character into the actual game with the help of the Unity games engine.

What you will learn:

• Researching your character
• Developing your design
• Walk cycles
• The 12 principles of animation
• Game objects
• Layers and tags
• Paralaxing

Support

Our dedicated and widely experienced Games Dev 101 support staff will assist you with any queries that you may have as you progress through your course. Also included is our tele-mentoring service where which assists you with compiling a professional portfolio and demo reel. This will show that you are dedicated to the industry and have the necessary experience.

Curriculum for the Games Dev 101 Character Design Course:

• Lesson 1: Researching your Hero Character
• Lesson 2: Developing your Hero Character Design
• Lesson 3: Using tablet pressure in Photoshop
• Lesson 4: Import your Hero Character for Scale and Clean-up
• Lesson 5: Sketching your Hero Character's Head
• Lesson 6: Inking your Hero Character
• Lesson 7: Designing your Hero Character's Costume
• Lesson 8: Painting your Hero Character

Curriculum for the Games Dev 101 Character Animation Course:

• Lesson 1: The 12 Principles of Animation
• Lesson 2: Skeleton Key Frames for Walk Cycle
• Lesson 3: Skeleton Inbetweens for Walk Cycle
• Lesson 4: Walk Cycle Solid Drawing Straight Ahead
• Lesson 5: Rough Attack Keys using Pose to Pose
• Lesson 6: Rough Attack Extremes using Pose to Pose
• Lesson 7: Rough Attack Breakdowns using Pose to Pose

Curriculum for the Games Dev 101 Game Development Course:

• Lesson 1: Introduction to Unity
• Lesson 2: Game Objects
• Lesson 3: Components
• Lesson 4: API
• Lesson 5: Setting up a Unity project
• Lesson 6: Layers and Tags
• Lesson 7: Game space Object and Prefabs
• Lesson 8: Adding our Hero
• Lesson 9: Adding an Enemy
• Lesson 10: Collision
• Lesson 11: Camera Controllers
• Lesson 12: Adding Animations
• Lesson 13: Player Attack
• Lesson 14: Enemy Attack
• Lesson 15: Populating the Scene
• Lesson 16: Health Bar
• Lesson 17: Health Bottles
• Lesson 18: Main Menu
• Lesson 19: Pause, Win and Lose
• Lesson 20: Polishing and Debugging
• Lesson 21: Parallaxing

Those that are looking to start a career as a Games Designer/Developer.

There are no prerequisites to studying the Games Development course.

• Game Artist
• Game Engineer
• Game Programmer
• Game Designer
• Game Animator
• Game Graphics Designer

Certificate of completion

Digital certificate - Included