Game Programming Foundations II

Game Programming Foundations II

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

$4,500.00 USD

$5,000.00 USD
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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

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

The SMU x Flatiron School difference:

  • Learn from game experts with real-world experience
  • Unreal Authorized Training Center and Academic Partner
  • Blizzard Entertainment training partner
  • Small group classes, 100% online

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

Program prerequisites: Game Programming Essentials, Game Programming Foundations I.

Curriculum

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

Professional Game Design and Implementation - 12 weeks

In this program, you will tackle some more advanced uses of the Unreal Engine for a more complete picture of developing Unreal games, including character animations, particle effects, serialization, loading, and streaming levels. Finish the program by developing your own fully playable game from scratch.

What you'll do:

  • How to fully explore the Unreal animation and cinematics systems
  • Understand how saving, loading, and serialization work
  • Flesh out your playable game

Weekly Breakdown:

  1. Third Program Introduction / Project Review
  2. Player Interactions - Events and Delegates
  3. Memory Management
  4. Level Loading and Streaming
  5. Advanced Animation & Sequencer
  6. Introduction to AI - Behavior Trees & Blackboards
  7. AI Continued - perceptions
  8. Introduction to Networking
  9. Networking continued
  10. Advanced Debugging
  11. Profiling and Optimization
  12. Putting it All Together

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 Programming 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 certificate from Flatiron School. 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.

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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.

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