Video Game Development
Video Game Development - 3 Years
The Video Game Development diploma program offers the chance to build a gaming portfolio; students will also participate in a 16-week internship for hands-on experience.As a game developer you will be a leader of innovation in the digital game and interactive media industry.
Highlights
- Explore, experience, and develop skills in all major game development areas including design, art, programming and production.
- Hundreds of hours of hands-on, applied learning in state-of-the-art computer labs with dual full HD monitors.
- Curriculum focused on game programming and scripting, digital art production techniques, game design principles and game production practices.
- Full access to industry leading programming, art, design, and production game development tools.
- Practical individual and collaborative game development experience, culminating in a team project to conceive, design, develop and showcase an original game.
INFORMATION:
Fredericton, NB Canada
Full Time
- Artificial intelligence programming
- 2D and 3D animation
- Environment and character modelling
- Game concept art and design
- Game graphics programming
- Game level layout and design
- Game production and development
- Gameplay programming
- Lighting design
- Online/network programming
- Special effects art
- User interface programming and design
3 years (6 semesters)
- Analyze the differences in game genres in order to develop games that meet the needs of specific markets
- Analyze the history of video games to compare various approaches to game development
- Support the development of games by identifying and relating concepts from a range of industry roles—programming, design, and art
- Contribute as an individual and a member of a game development team to the effective completion of a game development project
- Develop strategies for ongoing personal and professional development to enhance work performance in the games industry
- Perform all work in compliance with relevant statutes, regulations, legislation, industry standards and codes of ethics
- Apply conceptual game design elements to support the ongoing iteration, creation, programming, design, and development of games
- Apply practical game design elements to support the ongoing iteration, creation, programming, design and developing of unique gaming environments, levels, characters, assets and props as an individual and a member of a team and provide leadership as required
- Apply programming principles and techniques to create operational games or game components
- Apply artificial intelligence and/or network implementation strategies to support real-time game environments and simulations
- Utilize game engine functionality at an advanced level to support real-time games and simulations
- Create original game props, characters and assets based on the concepts and requirements outlined in game design documents
- Contribute to world building and level design, including using a game engine
- Conceive, prototype, develop, test, and evaluate procedures for the creation, design, programming, production and testing of games in a group environment
- Test, debug, and correct game components to ensure efficient and appropriate game functionality
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS:
- Applicants must have completed 12th grade with English Credits or Credits on transcripts
- The language of instruction at Atlantic Business College is English. In addition to the academic admission requirements, all applicants for whom English is not their first language and/or are coming from countries where English is not an official language, must provide proof of language proficiency.
- Applicants must meet ONE of the following criteria to meet Atlantic Business College’s English language Proficiency requirements:
- TOEFL – Test of English as a Foreign Language Internet based test (IBT) – Overall 80 with the minimum in each component: Reading 20; Listening 20; Speaking 20; Writing 20.or
- International English Language Testing (IELTS) Academic Level with scores at or above overall average of 6 AND no band below 5.5 or
- (IELTS is not required if the candidate is from an English-speaking country.)
- Pearson Test of English (PTE Academic). Minimum score of 58 with no subject test less than 49 means (49L,49W,49S,49R)
- Canadian Academic English Language Assessment Test (CAEL) (the online or in-person test). Overall band score of 60
- CELPIP: Over all 7 no band below than 6 (6R,6L,6S,6W)
Semester 1
- I-Think: The Science of Thinking and Problem Solving
- Communications for Media Studies
- Digital Graphics Techniques I
- Programming Essentials
- Game Design Fundamentals
- Database Essentials
- 3D Animation
- Object Oriented Programming
- Digital Graphics Techniques II
- Game Engine Fundamentals
- Mathematics I for Computer Studies
- Computer Graphics Programming
- Game Environment Design
- Game Theory
- Mathematics for Gaming
- Advanced Game Programming Techniques
- Networking for Game Communities
- Rapid Game Development
- Character Design
- Physics for Gaming
- Writing for the Gaming Industry I
- Artificial Intelligence for Gaming
- Game Development Project I
- Advanced Animation Techniques
- Mobile Gaming Space
- Writing for the Gaming Industry II
- The Business of Gaming
- Game Development Project II
Social Services
TUITION & FEES:
Total Fees Payable:
First year- $14,735
Second year- $14,385
Third year- $14,385
