Next start
Apr. 5
Credits
60
Duration
12 months
Overview
The Game Production diploma program is designed to give each student practical exposure to complete each of the major disciplines needed for game art content creation. This includes games produced by both major game studios working on AAA titles and independent production houses working on mobile gaming and other applications. Students will learn the proper tools and techniques used by industry professionals.
Software Taught
What you learn
- Character, Prop and Environment Modeling
- 3D Animation
- Visual Effects
- Lighting and Texturing
- Rigging
- Level design
- Demo Reel and Portfolio Creation
Course Curriculum
This course provides a comprehensive understanding of 3D modeling and digital sculpting techniques needed to construct objects for feature films and video games. Students will have a concrete knowledge of hard surface and organic modeling techniques, UV mapping, digital sculpting and how to bring these assets into a real-time pipeline.
This course provides a thorough understanding of computer animation. Students will have a solid understanding of camera and vehicle animation, parent/child hierarchies, character rigging, character animation, facial animation, lip syncing, and motion capture for film and gaming and how to bring these animations into a real-time pipeline.
Prerequisite: DAVE 110
Interactivity is an art form and, in recent years, advanced quickly into rapidly becoming the industry standard. It requires a combination of art, technical and organization skills. In this course you will learn to make interactive game assets and work with them in a real-time rendering environment and pipeline.
Prerequisite: DAVE 110, DAVE 210
This studio residency course prepares the student for a career as a game artist. Students will be introduced to the world of advanced pipelines and production workflows, including creative problem solving, employer expectations and the importance of teamwork as you also prepare your portfolio.
Prerequisite: DAVE 110, DAVE 210, GAME 310
Course Curriculum
This course provides a comprehensive understanding of 3D modeling and digital sculpting techniques needed to construct objects for feature films and video games. Students will have a concrete knowledge of hard surface and organic modeling techniques, UV mapping, digital sculpting and how to bring these assets into a real-time pipeline.
This course provides a thorough understanding of computer animation. Students will have a solid understanding of camera and vehicle animation, parent/child hierarchies, character rigging, character animation, facial animation, lip syncing, and motion capture for film and gaming and how to bring these animations into a real-time pipeline.
Prerequisite: DAVE 101
This course provides a fundamental training in digital lighting and look development techniques for high resolution digital asset creation. Students in this course will learn the core fundamentals of model surfacing, what it takes to make it work for production ready art and how to replicate real world lighting in the computer, and in a real-time pipeline.
Prerequisite: DAVE 101, DAVE 201
Interactivity is an art form and, in recent years, advanced quickly into rapidly becoming the industry standard. It requires a combination of art, technical and organization skills. In this course you will learn to make interactive game assets and work with them in a real-time rendering environment and pipeline.
Prerequisite: DAVE 101, DAVE 201, DAVE 302
This course prepares the student for a career as a game artist. Students will be introduced to the world of advanced pipelines and production workflows, including creative problem solving, employer expectations and the importance of teamwork as you also prepare your portfolio.
Prerequisite: DAVE 101, DAVE 201, DAVE 302, GAME 402
Student achievements
DAVE School consistently produces skilled graduates who are uniquely prepared for industry positions.
The Last of Us Pt 2
Cheick Kamagate
Cinematic Animator
The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners
Adam Rice
Environmental Artist
Located on the backlot of Universal Studios, Florida, The DAVE School is an academic unit of NUC University. NUC University is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE), 3624 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104. (267-284-5000) www.msche.org. The MSCHE is an institutional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA).
In response to the coronavirus (COVID-19), this program is temporarily delivered online. When the Florida Commission for Independent Education’s approval for temporary distance education ends, the remainder of the program will revert to in-person training on campus. For more information, please see the catalog or speak with a school representative.