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Common

Game Industry Introduction

Get to know the basics and the history of the game industry. Good for anybody starting into games.

Jussi Autio

Game Design

Game Design and Gamification 1

Gain the game design understanding from a highly awarded game designer.

Juha Huhtakallio

Game Design

Game Design and Gamification 2

Dive deeper into game design mechanics and daily work of a designer to become one yourself.

Juha Huhtakallio

Game Design

Monetisation Design

Learn how to monetise your games.

Juha Huhtakallio

Game Design

Narrative In Games

Writing for games is different than from many other medias, learn how to do it!

Vera Schneider

Game Design

Board Games Basics

Get into board games as your path into game design mechanics.

Carolin Piotrowski

Game Programming

Game Programming Essentials 1

Learn to create game with Unity game engine from a game companies long term CTO.

Jere Ranta

Game Programming

Game Programming Kick Off

Get into basics of game programming!

Sami Kojo-Fry

Game Art

2D Art for Game Developers

Get into the creation of art assets for games.

Mikko Sallinen

Description

Learn the professional workflow of digital painting for games and learn to create 2D characters, environments and props for games.

Requirements

None

Outcome

After completing this course, students understand different digital painting techniques that can be applied in 2D game art. They know the game art design process from background research to sketching and final game-ready art creation. They can apply color theory and design principles to their artistic work. As a final output of the course, students will create a visual plan for a platformer game.

Level

Beginner

Language

English.

Location

Online. Study when it suites you.

Hours

135 study hours when completing all the exercises.

Course Type

Combination of text, video and exercises.

Certificate

Earn a Certificate upon completion.

Game Art

Fundamentals of 3D Modelling

Start to model in 3D from a educator who has boosted numerous students to the industry.

Toni Pippola

Game Art

UI and UX

From a leading game studios art director, learn to master UI/UX.

Tatu Petersen-Jessen

Business

Game Business

Learn all about all that relates to game business in the most efficient way.

Nikolina Finska

Business

Game Production

Team fights, no progress, loads of bugs? Time to really look into how to make the game production wise!

Nikolina Finska

Description

Creating games includes art, coding, design and other professions that need to be organised to work together seamlessly. In this course, you will learn about Game production foundations, team management, methodology like Scrum and Kanban and learn more about how to have career as Game Producer.

Requirements

None.

Outcome

You understand more deeply how important it is to organise the development of making games and the nature of making games. You will learn how to create roadmaps, lead teams and how to organize work using agile methodologies.

Level

Beginner

Language

English.

Location

Online. Study when it suites you.

Hours

135 study hours when completing all the exercises.

Course Type

Combination of text, video and exercises.

Certificate

Earn a Certificate upon completion.

Other

How to Secure A Job

Get all the insight for how to secure a job from a top recruiter.

Arja Martikainen

Description

This course summarizes two decades of observations, questions and answers on how to get going and how to build a successful career in the gaming industry. The course is from a super experienced recruiter and from an constantly hiring entrepreneur.

Requirements

None.

Outcome

This course will give you the upper hand. Employers will recognise more easily your talent as you have an more advanced understand of the recruitment process in its all stages, which can give you the upper hand when being considered for requirement!