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Games Development

Our courses in Games Development will boost your creativity and give you the expertise and experience to succeed in this fast-paced industry.

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With input from local game development studios, our courses cover advanced artistic skills, conceptualisation, composition, design and programming skills using industry standard tools:

Topics covered include:

  • iPhone, PC and Web game development
  • animation and motion capture
  • 3D modelling, sculpting and drawing
  • texturing
  • digital matte painting
  • programming
  • game and level design
  • audio design
  • interactive storytelling

Technologies covered include:

  • Unity engine (programming, game design)
  • 3D Studio Max (3D modelling)
  • Motion builder (Animation, MoCap)
  • ZBrush and MudBox (3D sculpting)
  • Adobe Photoshop (texturing and concept art)
  • Visual Studio C# (programming)
  • Adobe Flash (2D interfaces and web games)
  • Cubase, Logic and FMOD (audio)

Resources available include:

  • MoCap - inertial motion capture suite (XSens MVN)
  • Wacom drawing tablets (natural 2D drawing)
  • MicroScribe (3D digitising)
  • In-house floating sound recording studio
  • Late access to computer labs (PC and Mac)
  • Wii, PS3, XBox360, iPod touches

For course enquiries:

Alan Morgans
PO Box 14428
Melbourne VIC 8001

Phone: +61 3 9919 1587
Email: alan.morgans@vu.edu.au

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Short courses

The following short courses are on demand and available for group bookings, please contact +61 3 9919 1517 to book or for more information.

  • ZBrush Advanced
  • 3D Studio Max for Gamemaking
  • Maya Introduction to Characters
  • Autodesk Softimage XSI Beginner
  • Introduction to Motion Capture

A complete list of our short courses and dates for the year.

For short course enquiries:

Victoria University
PO Box 14428
Melbourne VIC 8001

Phone: +61 3 9919 1517
Phone: +61 3 9919 6200
Email: ITCI@vu.edu.au

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Careers

Our graduates have been employed at companies including:

They have worked on titles including Spyro, Hellboy, Puzzle-Quest Galatrix, Sprintcars and many more.

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Awards

Our students in Games Development have been recognised in the Australian Teachers Of Media (ATOM) and Australian Interactive Media Industry Association (AIMIA).

Recent finalists include:

ATOM AWARDS 2011
Andrew Formosa - Winner Best Tertiary Multimedia/Games

ATOM Awards 2010
Layton Hawkes - Winner Best Tertiary Multimedia
Layton Hawkes - Winner Best Interactive / Video Game

AIMIA Awards 2010
Luke Milkovic - Finalist Best Student Project

AIMIA Awards 2008
Matt Hood - Finalist Best Student-Developed Content
Michael Wszelaki - Finalist Best Student-Developed Content

ATOM Awards 2007
Karl Ervine - Winner Best Tertiary Multimedia
Jimmy Lee - Finalist Best Tertiary Multimedia
Michael Wszelaki - Finalist Best Tertiary Multimedia

AIMIA Awards 2007
Nino Aniceto - Winner Best Student-Developed Content
Susan Hinton - Finalist Best Student-Developed Content

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