Course Summaries

MODELING & ANIMATION WITH MAYA^®

Each student will run Autodesk^® Maya. This awesome summer video game camp for teens uses Maya, the professional-grade, industry standard program used by big-name game studios and movie houses. Autodesk tools are used to develop 90% of contemporary video games and provide one of the leading effects packages used in The Lord of the Rings™, Spider-Man^®, Star Wars^® and other blockbuster films. Read More.

PROGRAMMING FOR GAME CONSOLES

Program games and challenge your friends on your Xbox 360^®! Deploying the groundbreaking XNA™ framework from Microsoft^®, you’ll develop games for delivery on your PC or Xbox 360. Didn’t think you could create games for a gaming console? Think again! XNA is an advanced set of tools that facilitate computer game development and management. XNA attempts to free game designers from writing repetitive code and bring different aspects of game production into a single system. Read More.

LEVEL DESIGN – UNREAL^® ENGINE 3

Modify Unreal Tournament^® 3 with custom maps, storyboards and character treatments. Learn what makes a game addicting and the strategies behind compelling game play as you create your own levels. Students will also take home a Steam^® account with complimentary full access to Unreal Tournament 3 Black. Dedicated gamers and game developers will be introduced to a variety of tactics and strategies developed by our curriculum and faculty experts. Read More.

FLASH^® SCRIPTING FOR WEB GAMES NEW!

Adobe^® Flash^® has evolved from a simple animation tool, to a full-fledged internet workhorse. Harness the raw power of Flash’s built-in scripting language, Action Script^® 3, to create web games complete with physics and advanced collision detection. Learn how to design efficient code and manage memory essential for successful web delivery in this Flash computer camp for teens. Read More.

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