Year 1 - Video Game Professional Cycle

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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duration and location

1 year full-time on-site
Bordeaux, Montpellier, Nantes, Rennes, Toulouse
prerequisites and access conditions

High school diploma or equivalent Level 4 qualification

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assessment

Continuous assessment (interdisciplinary preparatory courses and panels)

Learning and Assessment Situations (SAE) validating the cross-disciplinary skills acquired at the end of each semester in situations similar to those encountered in a professional context.
Fees

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Year 1

Video Game Professional Cycle

During the first two years of the course, students learn the fundamentals of video game design and development, and develop both artistic and technical skills.

More specifically, in the first year they learn about basic game mechanisms and the fundamentals of programming, and practise using the software they will use to create their first game (at the end of the year).

What does the first year involve?

Get ready to make your first video game!

Year 1 of the Video Game Professional Cycle focuses on exploring the core skills needed to excel in the specialism.

Between artistic creation and technical mastery, you’ll learn about game mechanics and gameplay, narration and storytelling, but you’ll also experience the ABCs of programming and production software.

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Objectives

Identifying the game mechanics of a video game
Design game rules on the basis of a reference corpus
Use drawing and digital painting techniques to represent lines, volumes and values
Acquire the fundamentals of video game design and development
Learn about 3D computer tools and software
Identify and analyse the requirements of a specification
Define and plan a project

Our teachings

Game Design
Image culture

Solid analysis based on an understanding of how video games fit into the history of art and the acquisition of a documentation approach.
Digital painting
Drawing & Artistic Expression
Animation 2D
Programmation UNITY - UNREAL
Infographie 2D - UI
3D modeling
UX
Concept Art
Sculpt 3D
3D computer graphics
Animation 3D
Tech Art
English
Project monitoring
Professionalization (Game Jam, masterclasses, conferences)