Game Development
Unreal4 Engine, Blender animation, Photoshop creation and more…
Beginners welcome
Go into create a portfolio of games & animations for future employers
Certificate of Completion
Start building your portfolio of game development skills
There are 2.7 billion gamers out there, and growing exponentially every year. This is an industry that’s growing at 13%.
Game industry leaders say it’s all about showing what you can build. And using the cutting edge game and animation software. We’ve created exactly this opportunity for you.
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Unreal4 Engine
What will you learn?
Here are just a few things you’ll be able to do
Learn to create worlds, actors, players, characters, collisions and more in Unreal4
How to create an Unreal4 Engine game from start to finish
You'll get a certificate of completion for your Unreal4 game
What We Cover?
- Creating, saving and managing your project in Unreal
- Creating actors, meshes and brushes
- Understand different modes
- Create and texturise your own landscape
- Create your own room with lighting and objects
- Learn how to work with blueprints and scripting
- Learn about game modes and characters
- Understanding game design principles
Fun Facts:
Your own Unreal4 game
20 – 30 Hours
$60,000-$100,000 per year
No exam certification – only a certificate of completion
Design your own
Unreal 4 game
Blender 3D
What will you learn?
Here are just a few things you’ll be able to do
Learn to use Blender to create stunning 3D models and animations
How to build a 3D model for your Unreal4 game
You'll receive a certificate of completion for Blender
What We Cover?
- Learn how to use and manage the Blender software
- Create 3D models for your Unreal4 game
- Learn how to design and enhance your characters in Blender
- Build texture and details to your character using sculpt and other tools
- Understand animation and how to use in your game
- Add animation to your character
- Learn how to add your character to your Unreal4 game
Fun Facts:
A 3D character for your Unreal game
20 – 30 Hours
$60-100,000 per year
No exam – certificate of completion only
Develop a 3D
character for your game
Adobe Photoshop
What will you learn?
Here are just a few things you’ll be able to do
Learn to create, edit and manage images in Adobe Photoshop
How to create textured images for your Unreal4 game
You'll qualify to write the Adobe Photoshop exam certification
What We Cover?
- Understanding your audience to optimise your designs
- Managing the Photoshop software and interface
- Manage colors, swatches, and gradients
- Manage brushes, symbols, styles, and patterns
- Use layers to manage design elements
- Use core tools and features to create visual elements
- Prepare images to publish to web or your Unreal4 game
Fun Facts:
Textured images for your Unreal game
20 – 30 Hours
$60-100,000 per year
Adobe Photoshop certification
**
** External exam voucher fee not included
Create detailed
textured images for your game
Microsoft Excel
What will you learn?
Here are just a few things you’ll be able to do
Learn to create, analyse and visualise data in Excel using charts, graphs and dashboards
How to create a database, analyse for trends and build a stunning dashboard
You'll qualify to write the Microsoft Data Visualisation in Excel exam certification
What We Cover?
- Learn the basic Excel navigation
- Learn how to enter and structure data
- Learn how to style and format your sheet
- Learn how to perform basic calculations on the spreadsheet
- Use some of Excel built in functions
- Create charts and infographics
- Import data from other sources
- Analyze data
Fun Facts:
A dashboard with amazing charts and infographics
20 – 30 Hours
$145,000 per year
Microsoft Excel Associate
**
** External exam voucher fee not included
Make a Dashboard sheet for sales
Power BI
What will you learn?
Here are just a few things you’ll be able to do
Learn to clean, manage and manipulate data in Microsoft's Power BI tool
How to build a data model that predicts the future based on current trends
You'll qualify to write the Microsoft Power BI exam certification
What We Cover?
- Importing data from different data sources
- Cleaning, transforming and analysing the data
- Designing and developing a data model
- Creating measures by using DAX
- Optimising performance of your data model
- Creating meaningful reports and dashboards
- Performing advanced analysis
- Managing datasets
Fun Facts:
A data model to predict the futureÂ
20 -30 Hours
$145,000 per year
Microsoft Power BI
**
** External exam voucher fee not included
Develop a data model to
predict where crime will happen
Microsoft Python
What will you learn?
Here are just a few things you’ll be able to do
Learn to recognize and write Python code that will logically solve a given problem
How to create a binary search algorithm to validate ID numbers
You'll qualify to write the Microsoft Python MTA exam certification
What We Cover?
- Perform data and data type operations
- Determine the sequence of execution based on operator precedence
- Construct and analyze code segments that use branching and iteration statements
- Perform Input and Output Operations
- Document and Structure Code
- Perform Troubleshooting and Error Handling
Fun Facts:
A binary search algorithm
20 – 30 Hours
$145,000 per year
Microsoft Python MTA exam
**
** External exam voucher fee not included
#WOW – What Outstanding Work – Awards: join us to learn from our students. 
Calling on all high schoolers interested in tech as a career to join us on 16 September at 5:30pm. If you missed it, we’ll host another one on 18 November. 
We will be talking to Jason Suttie from Devson. Jason has been in the tech world since he was six years old. He headed IT innovation unit at RMB and has since left to start up his own software consulting company – solving problems and building solutions for clients around the world. 
