Game Dev Advanced

Curriculum sessions

The program in the second year follows a modular approach, mimicking the production process of a real game studio. After the introductory lectures, students are profiled and guided into one of eight paths, according to their skill sets and interests – Concept Art Character, Concept Art Environment, 3D Character Modelling, 3D Environment Modelling, Animation, Game Design, Level Design, Mission Design.

Students will work in teams towards creating playable video game builds to serve as their portfolio in the end of their two year journey in the Academy. These teams will go through a pitch, alpha and gold module, each followed by presentations in front of lecturers and mentors for the sake of feedback.

Courses (semester 3)

Concept Art Character
Character design is a multifaceted role and one never really stops learning, just keeps improving through the years. The students choosing to become character designers, focus exclusively on that, but can also expect to become comfortable with designing props and creatures.
- Character design
- Creature design
- Prop design
Concept Art Environment
Becoming a professional environment concept artist is a long journey. As part of it, our students learn about areas specific to that position. They can expect to become proficient in designing various types of imaginative worlds. Тhe subjects in this major include.
- Illustration
- World designing
- Design of Architectural Elements and building design for game.
3D Character Modeling
Working as a 3D character artist involves much more than just being able to model. It requires knowledge of movement, rigging and other specific areas like texturing.
- Modeling
- Rigging
- Texturing
3D Environment Modelling
In addition to continuing perfecting their modeling skills, the 3D environment art students can expect to go deeper into level art, texturing and other specifics that would help them become environment artists.
- Modeling
- Level art
- Texturing
Animation
Students aspiring to become animators, continue their deeper learning of the matter. In addition to that in the animation profile students will learn about motion capture and rigging.
- Keyframe animation
- Motion capture for games
- Rigging
Game Design
To become a Game Designer one needs to be professional in a complex combination of areas. In this specialized profile, the students can expect to master visual scripting, game mechanics and different methods that foster their creativity .
- Game elements
- Game mechanics
- Visual scripting
Level Design
Level designers are involved with many other areas including environment design and world building. In this profile the goal is for our students to specialize in that field.
- Level blockout
- World building
- Game engine
Mission Design
Mission design professionals need to have a very particular combination of skills. Narrative design and engines, but also knowledge in creative writing, which will be very helpful to them in a future career as a Mission Designer.
- Mission Structure
- Narrative Design
- Game engine

Throughout the second school year, students from every major apply their learning to an actual hands on game project. They work with mentors and with each other, to collaborate in the creation of game prototypes and in the process get introduced to marketing and the system of game publishing – an important business side of indie Game Development and creation.

Game Lab

Everyone’s learning throughout the two year program at ARC Academy, culminates with this practical phase, namely the Game Lab. In it our students team up in the creation of game projects, where everyone contributes with the skills they acquired and in the career roles they aspire to. This stage gives students a realistic idea of what it means to create a game, but it also informs them about the business side of that process. The areas they can expect to learn about are as follows:

Indie game studio
Project planning
Prototyping
Business models
Publishing
Presentation

Game Dev Advanced

Curriculum sessions

Courses (semester 3)

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