Essentials of Video Game Creation

About

Games are one of the most exciting, fast moving, and lucrative creative industries worldwide. In the last 20 years the industry has matured to over $200 billion and diversified. There are several key disciplines people can specialise in. The most successful games are creative powerhouses that have revenue returns that far outstrip comparable products in other mediums. Examples include PUBG, GTA series, Need for Speed, Temple Run, Angry Birds, Clash of Clans to name a few massive success stories.

Summer School of Gaming will teach you the essentials of video games creation, game concept design and development in a fun and engaging cultural environment. You will learn the basics of what games are and how they are developed, as well as meet people from all over the world interested in video games creation. At the end of the teaching period, you have completed a full playable game by using our existing game templates. We will guide you through basic use of Unity3D and Visual Studio, C# that are widely used in the industry.

Course leader

- Dr. Jan Storgards, Director, CADGI (Cambridge Academy of Digital Games and Innovation) - James Shepherd, CEO Cypherdelic Limited and Head of Studio at nDreams

Target group

The required skills for Summer School of Gaming are strong interest in the topic and basic computer software skills - no need to have experience in game development. The whole programme will be in English, therefore a good understanding of English language is required (preferably B1 level).

Course aim

During the Summer School of Gaming, you will learn how to ideate and develop an incredible game concept and pitch it to others to get their interest in it.

Fee info