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Bow Valley College Advanced Game Development - Diploma
Bow Valley College

Advanced Game Development - Diploma

Calgary, Canada

2 Years

English

Full time

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USD 38,467 *

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* domestic | international: CAD $67,752

Key Summary

    About: The Advanced Game Development Diploma focuses on developing advanced skills for creating games. You'll learn about game design, programming, and the use of industry-standard tools over a comprehensive curriculum. This program is designed for those looking to deepen their expertise in game production and design.
    Career Outcomes: Graduates may pursue careers in various roles within the gaming industry, such as game designer, game developer, and technical artist. This diploma prepares you for opportunities in interactive entertainment, mobile application development, and virtual reality experiences.

Introduction

Advanced Game Development is a full-time, two-year program comprised of industry-level courses covering game development’s core disciplines: art, design, programming, and production. Students will create various assignments, projects and games that will be assembled into a portfolio that is fit for working in the games industry.

Complete junior and industry-quality live action and full computer graphic (CG) shots. Apply practical lighting techniques within a full CG environment, film practical footage using industry-standard data acquisition, green screen, cinematography techniques, and fundamentals. Integrate student-crafted CG assets and animation into live-action plates and games. Design mechanics produce beautiful art and program functionality for over a dozen games and prototypes. Work under tight creative and time constraints to make your ideas into reality by producing engaging and interactive games.

Software and hardware taught and provided to students during this program:

  • Unity Engine
  • Unreal Engine
  • Visual Studio
  • C#
  • Machinations
  • Maya
  • Houdini
  • Marmoset Toolbag 3
  • Substance Painter
  • Substance Designer
  • Sketchfab
  • Adobe Creative Cloud
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe XD
  • Git
  • Perforce
  • Confluence
  • Jira
  • MS Office

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