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Develop your artistic and technical skills with a comprehensive 4-year course, combining theoretical and practical learning to make you an expert in video game design and production.

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  • Location

    Bordeaux, Montpellier, Nantes, Rennes, Toulouse

  • Duration

    4 years of training

  • Certification

    The course is validated by the RNCP38806 – Concepteur de jeux vidéo – Game designer level 6 qualification, registered in the Répertoire National des Certifications Professionnelles on 27/03/2024.

  • Internship

    1 to 2 internships

  • Modality

    100% face-to-face

Course presentation

RNCP level 6 qualification
Equivalent to Bac+3/4

Join the Video Game Professional Cycle to learn about the entire AAA video game production chain and specialise in the artistic (Game Art) or technical (Gameplay Programming) professions.

Our teaching method gradually builds on what you’ve learned and puts it to the test in ambitious projects that push back the boundaries of your artistic identity and make it unique.

You will design an entire final-year video game, in the same conditions as a real development studio.

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success seriously.

  • 100% Success rate (2023)

  • 81% Overall job entry rate at 6 months (2022)

  • 82% Rate of entry into the target occupation after 2 years (2021)

The curriculum

Video Game

A 4-year course, validated by a Level 6 RNCP qualification (equivalent to Bac+3/4)

Objectives

Acquire versatility and expertise across the entire production pipeline:

  • Propose a game concept to a sponsor
  • Designing and prototyping a game
  • Coordinating the various stages in the production of a video game
  • Checking the quality of the player experience
  • (Game Art option) : Produce the graphic elements of a game
  • (Gameplay Programming option): Produce the gameplay elements of a game

Validation of the training by a Professional certification

Title RNCP38806 – Video Game Designer – Game Designer, Level 6, registered in the National Directory of Professional Certifications, by decision of the Director General of France Compétences on March 27, 2024.

Certifiers: ETPA-Ecoles Créatives, Ecoles Créatives Montpellier, Ecoles Créatives Rennes.

Professional certification is obtained by validating skill blocks 1 to 4 + 1 optional block 5 or 6:

  • BLOCK 1: Propose a game concept to a sponsor
  • BLOCK 2: Design and prototype a game
  • BLOCK 3: Coordinate the different stages of video game development
  • BLOCK 4: Control the quality of the player experience
  • BLOCK 5: (Game Art option): Create the graphic elements of a game

OR

  • BLOCK 6: (Gameplay Programming option): Create the gameplay elements of a game

Certification is also available through VAE (validation of acquired experience).

Teaching and assessment methods can be adapted if necessary to compensate for disability, in accordance with the RNCP (National Register of Professional Certifications) standards.

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