Black Belt in Game Design
Move from Apprentice to Master Game Designer! This course helps you develop a wide range of creative skills, including conceptualizing game interactions, drafting storyboards, designing characters and applying sound and art images to computer games. Choose your favorite subject for the project topic – which is making a game of your own! Create different levels of game play (your parents can play the easy ones) with enhanced interactivity to keep players’ attention riveted. Not an artist? Not a problem – use the professional-quality art that we’ve included in each project or create your own. When you’re done, take home your own multi-level game masterpiece and rule the world!
Featured Software
Multimedia Fusion 2®
Who will like this Course?
Game design is perfect for those who want to create the perfect game and who have a wide range of creative skills.
Who can attend?
10 through 17 years (5th Grade - 11th Grade).
Recommended Prerequisites
Have prior knowledge in programming or successfully completed course on Visual Basic, Visual Basic.net or C++ programming language.
Length of training
Morning session: Monday to Thursday (9 am - 12 noon) for two weeks
Afternoon session: Monday to Thursday (1 pm - 4 pm) for two weeks
Schedule
Session I- June 7-17, 2010
- University of Houston- Downtown (Afternoon session)
- The John Cooper High School (Morning session)
- Wharton County Junior College - Sugar Land campus (Morning session)
- University of Houston- Clear Lake (Afternoon session)
- The Emery/Weiner School (Morning session)
Session III- July 5-15, 2010
- University of Houston- Downtown (Afternoon session)
- Wharton County Junior College - Sugar Land campus (Afternoon session)
- University of Houston- Clear Lake (Morning session)
- The Emery/Weiner School (Afternoon session)
Tuition
Early-Bird Registration - $285 (on or before March 31, 2010)
Early Registration - $295 (April 1-May 24, 2010)
Regular Registration - $315 (After May 24, 2010)
(includes course materials)
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