Course details
The video game industry had grown significantly over the last few decades meaning that the number of video game careers has also grown. Stratford's home study video game design course is an excellent first step in getting the skills you need for a rewarding new career.
Other video game design schools require expensive computer equipment or make you commit to hours of classes, but Stratford's video game design training methods allow you to study at home in your spare time - no… + Read More
Course details
The video game industry had grown significantly over the last few decades meaning that the number of video game careers has also grown. Stratford's home study video game design course is an excellent first step in getting the skills you need for a rewarding new career.
Other video game design schools require expensive computer equipment or make you commit to hours of classes, but Stratford's video game design training methods allow you to study at home in your spare time - no expensive equipment required.
Bonus! Stratford's video game design course also includes a DVD that contains various samples of game engines, 3D modeling and animation software, and game demos.
Video Game Design Course Outline
Video Game Design Module 1
Introduction to Video Games
- History of electronic game development
- Exploration of player motivation
- Geographics, demographics, and psychographics
- Review of game goals, platforms, and genres
Video Game Design Module 2
Scenarios & Creating Compelling Content
- Story structure, backstory, synopsis, and setting
- Nonlinear and collaborative storytelling
- Visual and verbal character development
- Points-of-view and archetypes
- Game theory, challenges, and strategies
- Interactivity modes, balance, and economies
Video Game Design Module 3
Levels, Interfaces, and Audio
- Structures of environmental design
- Perspective, style, temporal and spatial features
- Player control
- Manual and visual interface design and usability
- Music, sound design, and dialogue production
Video Game Design Module 4
Strategy, Team, Process, and Community
- Roles and responsibilities
- Developing the team
- Phases in the game development cycle
- Planning and production
- Prototyping and play testing
- Project management and game documentation
- Marketing, advertising, and public relations
- Sales and promotion
- Views and predictions from experts in the field
*BONUS* This course also includes a DVD that contains various samples of game engines, 3D modeling and animation software, and game demos.
Updated on 01 August, 2016 - Read LessAbout Stratford
Stratford Career Institute is a privately owned correspondence school established in 1991 that offers at-home vocational training programs to students in North America
Stratford’s founders saw a need to meet the emerging education needs of today’s busy adult. Understanding the value and convenience of distance learning, they set out to develop an innovative style of correspondence education that would allow individuals to get a quality education – at home.
With more than one million students enrolled, Stratford has earned its reputation in the delivery of quality at-home career training.
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