85 Game Design Preparatory Programs

CADA’s Games, Animation and VFX education is created for anyone who wants to move from interest to practical skill in the digital visual industry. If you want to begin your journey in 3D, explore animation and CGI, understand the technical side of game and film production or refine your current abilities, CADA gives you a structured way to progress.

Explore the fascinating art of creating your own video game universe with this DCS in Computer Science Technology. Using the industry’s leading programming tools (Unity, Unreal, C/C++/C#, Gameplay), this video game development course will teach you essential programming skills. Developed with some of the world’s biggest video game studios, this video game programmer training offers you the necessary knowledge to secure a top position in the industry.

If you want to enter the game industry as a 3D modeller or 3D artist, this program is for you. Instead of spending 2 to 3 years in a traditional course, MAGES gives you a focused 1 year pathway to build an impressive, industry ready portfolio. You will learn directly from industry professionals, including Kingston Chan (former Senior Art Director at FZD), and master the complete 3D workflow used in studios. By creating high quality characters, props, and environments, you will graduate with the skills and portfolio needed to enter the industry with confidence.

Step into the captivating world of game design and unlock your potential to create thrilling gaming experiences. This program is designed to equip students with the fundamental concepts of game design, regardless of the medium they choose to explore. Dive deep into the role of a game designer and unravel the essence of what makes a game truly engaging.

Design game worlds, sculpt characters, and explore playable environments in one semester. This 30 ECTS online programme introduces the artistic creativity and technical production behind games and interactive media.

Inspired by the International Game Developers Association curriculum framework, informed by student feedback and in response to industry requirements, this Foundation Degree covers the design and production of electronic games. In much the same way the industry requires collaborative working across specialist sectors, you will work with students from other disciplines, such as business and marketing, in order to promote a product in the marketplace. At the end of this course, you will have designed and produced a game product for release into the marketplace.

Centennial College's Game ndash; Art​ program allows you to gain the skills to launch a career in the dynamic, ever-expanding and intensely creative interactive game industry.

Want to break into game development fast? Instead of spending 2 to 3 years in a traditional program, build a full 7-game portfolio in just 1 year. MAGES trains you with real studio workflows so you can enter the game industry as quickly and confidently as possible.

Centennial College's Game – Art ​program will allow you to gain the skills to launch a career in the dynamic, ever-expanding, and intensely creative interactive game industry. In just 16 consecutive months, the offering will prepare you for a career of imagination, innovative design, and storytelling.

With training from Centennial College's Game – Programming you'll graduate with an advanced diploma and the know-how to launch a career in the game software industry. Whether you love the classics or today's technologically advanced games, in this interactive gaming program's courses you'll participate in various phases of game development. This advanced diploma technology program will also focus on topics such as object-oriented software design methodologies and user-oriented interface design, software testing and QA, C#, Java, advanced graphics, web game programming, HTML5/JavaScript, Unity3D, and mobile application development. To underscore the curriculum's applied focus, two software development projects will be included. These "real world" games/simulations/applications will require you to utilize all the technical and business skills acquired during your studies to build high-quality software.

Centennial College's Game ndash; Programmingnbsp;offering sees you graduate with an advanced diploma and the knowhow to launch a career in the game software industry.

Game – Development is a three-year advanced diploma program that aims to develop expert game designers who can create and develop their own titles. The program will prepare you to become technically literate with the ability to advance the conceptual and cultural potential of games.

MetStudios’ practical CertHE courses offer an introduction to the dynamic disciplines of game development. This one-year course offers an exciting opportunity for game makers and producers to delve into their craft through engaging lectures, workshops, and the creation of a comprehensive creative portfolio.

Whether it’s online or console, cellphone or PC-based, the game industry in Canada is large and growing rapidly. Game developers and publishers in the Greater Toronto Area range from small specialized units to mid-sized companies to Microsoft, Nintendo, and other industry leaders. Computer programmers are the fundamental resource for companies that develop, produce, distribute and market computer-based games. In fact, our industry advisers tell us it is the technical skills that are most in-demand – a demand that this George Brown program is focused on meeting.

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