WorldSkills Barbados | Game Development - WorldSkills Barbados Juniors Future Skills Camp 2024

Course Name

Introducton to Game Development

Trainer(s)

Dan McCabe

Camp Overview:

This course introduces game development, suitable for beginners and those with some programming knowledge. It covers game design principles, story creation, user experience, and the use of industry-standard tools and game engines like Unity or Unreal Engine. It aims to transform your game ideas into reality.

General Objectives:

To equip students with the fundamental knowledge, skills, and tools necessary to design, develop, and implement a playable game.

Learning Outcomes:

Learners who complete this course will be able to:

Understand the difference between gaming and game development.
Realize the importance of scope and how to manage it.
Develop a clear understanding of the UI layout inside of Unreal Engine
Be able to manipulate transform and material parameters.
Analyze plan and identify where to adapt it based on knew knowledge.
Have the skills necessary to progress with blocking out a level in Unreal Engine
Program AMR with Python
Be able to identify and troubleshoot issues at a game level.
Utilizing lighting, VFX and sound to start adding more polish.
Use initiative to foresee potential issues and resolve them.
Develop results-oriented planning skills with regards to finishing a project.
Fixing bugs and blocking exploits.
Adding UI
Understand marketing strategy for video games.
Learn how to create a website capable of hosting a game product.
Be able to compile a game into an executable file to be run on windows.

Benefits:

Learners would be able to create a game and run it on windows.

Camp duration

August 12th, 2024 - August 16th 2024

Time:

9:00 am - 3:00 pm

Approach:

In-person instruction, demonstrations, hands-on activities and exercises.

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WorldSkills Barbados Juniors Future Skills Camp 2024