Intro to Game Development with Unity

Learn about game creation and produce your own short playable game demo on this 1-day course

Get hands-on with game development in this one-day course designed for technical and creative 14–17-year-olds. Based in our Games Academy Labs and led by expert tutors, you’ll dive into the fundamentals of game production and gain valuable experience to strengthen your skills for future study.
Throughout the day you’ll explore how games are made, from the production process to the key roles in a development team. You’ll experiment with the Unity3D Game Engine, building essential skills in asset creation, level design, and scripting as you create a playable demo.
Supported by our experienced Games Academy staff, you’ll gain insight into the commercial games market and discover where your own skills and interests might fit within this dynamic industry.

By the end of the day, you will:
• Have gained a working knowledge of the Game Development Process.
• Have created a working playable game demo.
• Have expanded your technical skillset and developed your understanding of the games market, for future study.

You’ll be taught by our experienced Falmouth University staff. All staff teaching this course are DBS cleared and have undergone our mandatory safeguarding training. Students will be supervised through the day including break times.

The course includes refreshments, lunch and all materials you’ll need for the day.

3 dates to choose from: 28 Jul, 12 Aug, or 27 August
Cost: £99 or 10% off for 3+ bookings
Suitable for: 14 – 17 year olds. No pre-requisite game development knowledge is required, however you will need to be familiar and confident with a PC and be able to complete basic IT tasks on your own in order to fully enjoy this course as we’ll be introducing some skills in the Unity Game Engine such as asset creation, level design, and scripting