Game Design Foundations II

Game Design Foundations II

Build on your skills in Unreal Engine and create a playable shooter game.

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Game Design Foundations II

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Take the next step and turn your game idea into a playable level in Unreal.

$4,500.00 USD

$5,000.00 USD
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Financing and flexible payment options available. Learn more

Next Cohort Date

June 2, 2025
December 2, 2024

Program Features

Qualification

Industry Certificate

Duration

12 weeks

Commitment

20 hours weekly

Skill Level

Intermediate

Delivery

Weekly instruction, feedback and support

Start Date

First Monday of each month

Led By

Experienced industry instructors

Features

Flexible schedules and small class sizes (5 max)

Value

Affordable high quality education

Build on your game design foundations

Further your skills in Unreal Engine and create an incredible game.

This course focuses on designing and creating using the Unreal Engine. Building on prior knowledge of game design and Unreal, you'll learn to take a game from concept to a fully playable level. The goal is to develop a polished game to showcase in your portfolio.

The SMU x Flatiron School difference: 

  • Learn from game experts with real-world experience
  • Small group classes
  • We are an Unreal Authorized Training Center and Academic Partner
  • Blizzard Entertainment training partner

Upon completion of this program, you'll be able to move. on to the Game Design Capstone program.

Program prerequisites: Game Design Essentials, Game Design Foundations I

Curriculum

Industry-focused online course to continue building your skill set as a game designer

Professional Game Design and Implementation - 12 weeks

In this program, learn how to design and create AAA quality combat and action games for PC and consoles. You'll take your game from idea to designing the game systems, designing levels, and implementing it into Unreal Engine so that others can play. You'll have all the assets and tools you need to build a game, even if you are not an artist or programmer.

What you'll learn:

  • Create a compelling shooter project in Unreal Engine
  • Design and create amazing combat in action games
  • Implement complex AI in Unreal
  • Design complex objects in the game which players can use

Portfolio projects: Shooter project GDD, and UE shooter project prototype

Weekly Breakdown:

  1. Worldbuilding
  2. Stories to Quests
  3. Map Layout
  4. Combat in Levels
  5. Landscapes
  6. FPS Prototyping
  7. A.I. in Levels
  8. FPS Mechanics
  9. Object Systems
  10. Interactions In Levels
  11. Implementing Quests
  12. Player Gameplay

Tuition

Flexible small group classes are the best way to learn from top industry instructors in a fun, collaborative environment, while still getting plenty of personalized feedback.

Upfront

$4,500

Pay as You Go

$5,000

3 monthly payments of $1,667

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Game Design Foundations II FAQs

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Will I earn a certificate or some other credential when I complete the Foundations program?

Yes! Upon the completion of each program in the pathway, you will receive a Credly digital badge from SMU and a completion certificate. Digital badges can be used in email signatures or digital resumes, and certificates can be displayed on portfolio websites and social media sites such as LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.

Thousands of our community members use their program certificates and badges to demonstrate skills to potential employers — including our hiring partners — along with their LinkedIn networks. Our curriculum is powered by Flatiron School, whose programs are well-regarded by many top employers, who contribute to our curriculum, hire our community, and partner with us to train their own teams.

Ready to Make a Change?

Whether you want to build games, design products, prevent the next cyber attack, or create the next internet-breaking AI, we provide the training to bring your ideas to life.

Let's build your future together.

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