Careers of the Future
Simbios
The Creative Economy is growing rapidly and with that many opportunities are being presented to professionals who want to work in the Digital Games industries!
The purpose of this program is to start the learning of high school students in the area of game development!
In this course, we will develop a game together from scratch, we will cover from installing the software, to programming the logic and publishing your game in a digital store!
In this series of video tutorials you will learn game development concepts and how to work with “Assets” (art) and programming (code). This course also has a series of exercises and extra videos (bonus) to reinforce and deepen the student's learning in this area.
See the schedule below:
- Understanding the technology
- Basic programming concepts
- Working with Assets (art)
- Developing the game (project)
- Finishing and publishing your game!
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Learn more about the program
Language: The program is available in English, without translation.
Total hours of dedication: 20 hours (2 hours of synchronous classes, 8 hours of asynchronous classes, 10 hours of dedication to project development).
Course format: The course contains two live calls and the rest of the content is available on the Full Sail platform in video format. With each video, participants find exercises they must complete that help them develop their final projects.
Student support: Students will be offered support through a whatsapp group. Support will be given in English.
Objective of the program: Enable each participating student to develop a playable level programming in the Unity tool.
Costs: There is no cost to the school or the student. All software used in the program is free.
Reports: The school will be provided with periodic reports on the development of its students enrolled in the program.
Certificate: Certification will be offered to students who complete all activities of the program including the submission of their projects of a game with a playable level.
Calendar
Launch Call (live via zoom): Mar/14 – Launch Call from (5-5:50pm), São Paulo time.
Deadline for delivery of projects: May 8 until 23:59 pm São Paulo time.
Wrap-up Call (Live via Zoom): May 9th (5-5:50pm), São Paulo time.
Students who do not attend live will be able to watch the recorded session of the launch call.
Who is the Careers of the Future program for?
For high school students, preferably students who have gone through the Careers of the Future program at Full Sail University and have identified themselves with the Game Development area.
Where does the show take place?
The program will last for 2 months, and will take place in a hybrid way, via Zoom Webinar, with 2 synchronous classes, videos with asynchronous content and weekly tasks to be completed by students within the Full Sail University learning platform.
Class Formation
A class will be offered in the first half of 2023. All students in the class will attend synchronous classes together and must develop asynchronous activities according to the activities calendar.
Schools will be able to register their teachers to participate as supporters of their students in the program.
Classes are hybrid with students from different schools.
Benefits of those who participate in the Careers of the Future program
For the students: In addition to all the knowledge that will be acquired by the participants, by doing all the activities proposed during the course, students receive an international certification from Full Sail University. The program takes place in a gamified format, where participants earn points that can be exchanged for digital gifts from Full Sail University!
For schools: Quality content, being offered live by a Full Sail University instructor, at no cost to the school or students. Weekly reports can be sent to the school with the performance of its students. The program can be offered internally as an elective or as an open course.
When does the Careers of the Future program take place?
The class for the first semester of 2023 will take place from March 14 to May 9, 2023.
Students will have deadlines to meet each week and the deadline to receive certification is May 10, 2023.
For more information, contact us at colival@fullsail.com
