With the US $22 billion Game Industry demanding highly skilled and creative 3D & 2D Artists, Level Designers, Animators and Programmers, the Certificate IV in Screen and Media - Games Development gives you the kick-start needed to succeed in this fast-paced industry.
Graduates of the Certificate IV have have gone on to study in the Advanced Diploma of Screen & Media - Games Development. Designed with input from local game development studios, students are taught foundational artistic, conceptualisation, composition, design and programming skills using industry standard tools.
Topics covered include:
- PC and Web game development
- Animation
- 3D Modelling, Sculpting & Drawing
- Texturing
- Digital Matte Painting
- Programming
- Game Design
- Level Design
- Audio Design
- Interactive Storytelling
Technologies covered include:
- Unity engine (programming, game design)
- 3D Studio Max 2010 (3d modelling)
- ZBrush 3, MudBox 2010 (3d sculpting)
- Adobe Photoshop CS4 (texturing, concept art)
- Visual Studio C# (programming)
- Adobe Flash CS4 (2d interfaces and web games)
- Cubase, Logic, FMOD (audio)
Resources available include:
- MoCap. State of the art inertial motion capture suite (XSens MVN)
- Wacom drawing tablets (natural 2d drawing)
- MicroScribe (3d digitising)
- In-house floating sound recording studio
- Late access to computer labs (Pc and Mac)
- Wii, PS3, XBox360, iPod touches
- Experienced teaching staff