Master Certificate in Game Design

Unreal Engine Bootcamp

• Getting Started with Unreal Engine
• Navigation and Interface
• Meshes, Collusion and Actors
• Asset Placement
• Materials
• Landscape Tools
• Basic Lighting
• Basic Blueprints
• Camera, Sequencer & Post-Processing
• UE Landscape Project

Game Concept Art

• The Importance of Concept Art for Games
• Role and Responsibility of the Concept Artist
• Photoshop Essentials
• Designing Problems - big environments vs small props
• Drawing vs Photo-bashing
• Creating the Idea and style of your Game
• Creating a style sheet from reference for your game idea

Asset Development

• Introduction to Blender
• Object and Edit Mode
• Using Modifiers
• Introduction to Materials and Shaders
• Basic UV Mapping
• The Asset Browser
• Creating a hard Surface Game Asset
• Modular game assets
• Creating assets for a Modular Environment
• Modular Game Asset Project

Advanced Unreal Engine

• Metahumans
• Niagara Particles
• Audio in Unreal Engine
• VFX in Unreal Engine
• Advanced Cinematics using Quixel Assets
• Unreal Motion Graphics (UMG)
• Creating HUD and UI Elements
• Advanced Blueprints
• Using VR with Unreal Engine
• VR Game Project

Multiplayer Games

• Fundamentals of Multi-Player Games
• Peer to Peer and Client Server Models
• The Online Subsystem
• Core Classes used in multi-player
• Testing Multiplayer Levels
• Joining Game Sessions
• Creating a Battle Royale Project

Metaverse Design Concepts

• Key Elements of Metaverse Design
• Creating Metaverse Environments
• Metaverse Design project
• Testing the Metaverse Project

Final Portfolio Project

• Designing, building, testing, and packaging your own multi-player game or Metaverse Project as your final Portfolio Project.
• Metaverse Design project
• Multiple hands-on projects & assignments.