OUR COURSES

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Common

Game Industry Introduction

Description
This course will guide you to game industry by converting the history but also introducing you to all the key areas in game industry!

Requirements
None.

Outcome
You will have deeper understanding of what game industry includes, its history and backgrounds enabling you more easily understand background for various areas and it will help you find new areas involved in game development!

Game Production

Early 2023

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Description
Creating games includes art, coding, design and other professions that need to be organised to work together seamlessly. In this course, you will learn about Game production foundations, team management, methodology like Scrum and Kanban and learn more about how to have career as Game Producer.

Requirements
None.

Outcome
You understand more deeply how important it is to organise the development of making games and the nature of making games. You will learn how to create roadmaps, lead teams and how to organize work using agile methodologies.

Design

Game Design and Gamification 1

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Description
Game Design and Gamification course takes you into the secrets of game design. Through theory and very practical exercises you will learn efficiently to broaden your game design thinking and make complete game concepts form your ideas.

Requirements
None.

Outcome
You will learn game design deeply and efficiently.

Game Design and Gamification 2

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Description
Game Design and Gamification Part 2 takes you into the working as a game designer area. You will learn to use an efficient toolset to use to complete your game design, common pitfalls and what happens to the design during the production of the game.

Requirements
None. Game Design and Gamification Part 1 recommended.

Outcome
You will learn game design deeply and efficiently.

Monetisation Design

Early 2023

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Description
Learn how to monetisise games. How to create a F2P games, Premium game and Subscription based.

Requirements
None.

Outcome
You will now basic for all monetisation approaces and have a tool to create the monetisation for your game.

Narrative In Games

Early 2023

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Description
Writing for games differs in many ways. Learn how to write for games.

Requirements
None.

Outcome
One will know how to create the narrative for games, what works and what doesn't. Also one will learn numerous different approaches how to create narratives.

Board Games

Early 2023

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Description
Learn how different board games work and make your own.

Requirements
None.

Outcome
One will know how to create solid core game mechanics and economy, and how to create interesting twitches to the gameplay.

Game Mechanics

Mid 2023

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Description
We'll learn all the variations to game mechanics and how to utilise them.

Requirements
None.

Outcome
One will have a great bank of different game mechanics to apply to any future game design tasks!

Art

2D Game Art Fundamentals

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Description

Requirements
Basic Knowledge of Photoshop & Unity

Outcome
Recognise how to create depth to a 2d background and create a consistent style of graphics from research, colour and design to implementation inside of Unity.

2D Art for Game Developers

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Description
2D Art for Game Developers

Requirements
None

Outcome
After completing this course, students understand different digital painting techniques that can be applied in 2D game art. They know the game art design process from background research to sketching and final game-ready art creation. They can apply color theory and design principles to their artistic work. As a final output of the course, students will create a visual plan for a platformer game.

3D Game Art

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Description
Learn how to create 3D game models for game engines.

Requirements
Basics of Blender

Outcome
The students will learn basics pipeline for creating models for games. They will also learn different methods for modelling, unwrapping and texturing the models.

UI and UX

Early 2023

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Description
Learn how to create clear and effective UI and UX.

Requirements
None.

Outcome
One will learn how to create efficient and powerful UIs.

Programming

Game Programming Kick Off

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Description
Get started with Game Programming!

Requirements
Previous understanding of programming including object-oriented approaches, algorithms and any other previous experience.

Outcome
You know how games are developed and what it requires in addition compared to traditional software development.

Game Programming Kick Off 2

Early 2023

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Description

Requirements

Outcome

Advanced Game Programming

Early 2023

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Description
Learn various algorithms and methods to create powerful game programming, ai and graphics programming.

Requirements
Game Programming Kick-Off -course

Outcome

Game Engines

Early 2023

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Description
Learn how to create games for PC, Mobile and Consoles with tools like Unity, Unreal Engine and such.

Requirements
Basic programming understanding.

Outcome

Game Programming Essentials 1

Early 2023

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Description
Introduces the student to the industry standard tool Unity3D and how to start realizing your own project using the mentioned tool. The learned principles can be also later adapted to make games using other game engines or even your own custom engine. Gives good tools for starting your game programming journey.

Requirements

Outcome

Business, Production & Marketing

Game Business

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Description
Learn how game industry works, what are the various earning models and current business trends.

Requirements
None.

Outcome
You will learn that is much more to the industry than just making a great game. You will learn about games business models, current industry trends, publishing, basics of marketing and gaming financials.

Qa As A Gateway To Get A Game Job

Early 2023

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Description
Learn how to test games and quality assurance. Also learn it is a valid entry point to the industry.

Requirements

Outcome

Game Project

Summer 2023

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Description
During Game Project you will create a game under the guidance from us. You will have a dedicated educator for business, design, art and tech, and you will work with an international team. Please note, this course will not be free. The course will happen if we have enough participants. Please note that designers need to send a concept prior to the course and concepts to be worked on will be selected by us to ensure quality!

Requirements
Basic knowledge about your disciple, most recommend is our basic our courses for your discipline!

Outcome
You will have a game to show in job interviews so the outcome of the course will help your employment.

Get A Game Job

Summer 2023

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Description
What you learn from school takes you only so far. Biggest complaint from game companies about their interns and juniors is lack of the team work, project work and experience when working in a company. This takes loads of their time and makes them unhappy. Applicants applying don't have the actual experience, but this course will help you with it!

Requirements
Enough courses done to enable you to create games already and you're ready to apply for a position.

Outcome
This course will give you the upper hand. Employers will recognise your advanced understand in working in a company, which give you the upper hand when considering requirement!

By enrolling, you agree to be listed with the data you have enterted as a student at Metropolia Open UAS providing these courses for you free in co-operation with Edugametion. Limited amount of seats available per course. More info.

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CURRICULUM

OUR COURSES

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Common

Design

Art

Programming

Business, Production & Marketing