Adventures in the Heart of Game Development with Deepa Karanth: IVGC+ Business and Production - Available until the 16th of February

Principle Level Project Manager, Deepa Karanth, will share her experiences of working on key games and non-games projects, such as Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord. What has she learnt? Is there a recipe for success in a fast changing and competitive world?

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• By James Shepherd

Building business in games: opportunities in the ecosystem - Anna Kozlova, CEO of Room 8 Group (available until 4th of May)

The gaming industry ecosystem is rich and diverse, extending far beyond developers and publishers. It encompasses a wide range of skills and business models, offering numerous opportunities for growth. The talk will focus on the opportunities in various areas of this ecosystem and lessons learned from growing external development business.

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• By Dr. Jan Storgårds

Cypherdelic Level Design Challenge (Time Limited)

Complete Module M29: Level Design by creating a 2D schematic and a 400-word description for a 3D FPS level. The best designs may be further developed in Introduction to Unreal – Part 3 as part of a full 3D prototype. This challenge will appear as a limited-time course in your student account from 1 July, under All my courses. There you'll find all the details on what to do and how to submit your deliverables. All submissions must be sent by 1 August at the latest. Tuition is provided via a recorded webinar. Submissions will receive feedback from the Cypherdelic team. A fantastic opportunity to earn credits and kick-start your game development journey!

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• By James Shepherd

From a Sea of Thieves to Minecraft and King of Meat: The Transformative Power of Community in Gaming - Cameron Thomas (available untile 13.06.)

How do you create and build an audience for your game and how do you utilise that community to sustain the games popularity and long-term audience engagement? Cameron Thomas, Head of EU Community at Amazon Games, will talk about his career to date working on some of the biggest social and community focused titles of the last decade and how they can show you how to build your own game community.

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• By James Shepherd

IVGC Start of the Season - what can be expected to happen in 2025

In this this webinar your course leader, Dr. Jan Storgårds and your instructor, James Shepherd, discussed together the new developments going into 2025, future content and what exciting things 2025 will bring for IVGC.

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• By Dr. Jan Storgårds, James Shepherd, Matthew Dickson

IVGC: Bonus materials

IVGC+

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• By Dr. Jan Storgårds, James Shepherd, Matthew Dickson

M1 | Introduction to Development Tools

Welcome to Module 1! This is the beginning of the first practical lectures in the course: we will introduce the development tools you will use during the next modules, such as Unity, Krita, Blender and Visual Studio. You will learn how to configure each of these softwares, how to properly work with them, and how to optimise your workflow in a game development process!

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• By Dr. Jan Storgårds, James Shepherd, Matthew Dickson

M10 | History of Games

IVGC Free

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• By James Shepherd

M11 | Game Experience Analysis - My Favourite Game

IVGC Free

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• By Dr. Jan Storgårds

M12 | Innovation in Games

IVGC Free

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• By Dr. Jan Storgårds

M13 | The Games Industry and Data Analytics

IVGC Free

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• By Dr. Jan Storgårds

M14 | Analysis of the Game I Play Now

IVGC Free

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• By Dr. Jan Storgårds

M15 | Ideation and Value Creation in Games

IVGC+

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• By Dr. Jan Storgårds

M16 | Artificial Intelligence for Games

IVGC+

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• By James Shepherd

M17 | Video Games Production

IVGC Free

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• By James Shepherd

M18 | Game Concept Design

Included in IVGC Free and IVGC+ Membership Tiers

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• By James Shepherd

M19 | Generative AI, Deeptech and Cryptos

IVGC Single

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• By John Harper, Dr. Jeremy Sosabowski, Jim McDougall

M2 | “The Return”, Text Adventure Game

Included in IVGC+ Membership Tier

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• By ​Matthew Dickson

M20 | Introduction to Academic Essays

IVGC Single

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• By Pallav Sethiya

M21 | Vision - NEW

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• By James Shepherd

M22 | Teams: Roles and Opportunities in Games Development - NEW

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• By James Shepherd

M3 | "Merlin's Demon War", Card Combat Game

Included in IVGC+ Membership Tier

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• By ​Matthew Dickson

M30 | Origins of Play and Games - NEW

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• By James Shepherd

M31 | Narrative in Games - NEW

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• By James Shepherd

M35 | Principles of Design - NEW

IVGC+

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• By Micol Galeotti

M4 | Pixel Art 2D

Included in IVGC+ Membership Tier

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• By James Shepherd

M5 | Mobile Snake Game

Included in IVGC+ Membership Tier

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• By ​Matthew Dickson

M6 | Space Shooter

Included in IVGC+ Membership Tier

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• By ​Matthew Dickson

M7 | Introduction to Unreal Engine 5, Part 1

IVGC+

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• By ​Matthew Dickson

M8 | Introduction to Unreal Engine 5, Part 2

IVGC+

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• By ​Matthew Dickson

M9 | Sound Design for Videogames

IVGC+

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• By Niccolò Pagnacco

Technology Hype Cycle adapted to Innovation in Games with Dr. Jan Storgårds

This talk is about how one of the most famous representations of information technology adaptation called The Gartner hype cycle can be adapted to video games industry. The five different phases from 1) technology trigger, 2) peak of inflated expectations, 3) trough of disillusionment, 4) slope of enlightenment and 5) plateau of productivity will be explain from the perspective of video games industry which for some reason, has never been part of it. The games industry has been one of the most innovative technology sectors of all time, so it deserves to be discussed beyond traditional IT/Software industry.

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• By Dr. Jan Storgårds

The Exciting World of the Games Industry Part 1 - with Dr. Jan Storgårds (available until 15.06.)

In this talk, we will look at the fundamentals of the games industry—the facts and themes you must know before you start ideating your own game with your team. The games industry is fascinating; it is one of the industries that involves almost everyone in different ways. Everyone who has access to video games plays them. 98% of teenagers in the UK play games, for instance. You can imagine how important and influential games are in people’s lives. Games are good—they have always been designed to be multiplayer, so to be played with others rather than alone. Game technologies have advanced so much that there are almost no limitations to innovation in games, and there is more to come. We will also look at how AI is evolving in the world of games, while still leaving plenty of room for designers' creativity.

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• By Dr. Jan Storgårds

The Exciting World of the Games Industry Part 2 - with Dr. Jan Storgårds (available until 22.06)

This is the continuation of the talk "The Exciting World of the Games Industry Part 1". In this talk, we will look at the fundamentals of the games industry—the facts and themes you must know before you start ideating your own game with your team. The games industry is fascinating; it is one of the industries that involves almost everyone in different ways. Everyone who has access to video games plays them. 98% of teenagers in the UK play games, for instance. You can imagine how important and influential games are in people’s lives. Games are good—they have always been designed to be multiplayer, so to be played with others rather than alone. Game technologies have advanced so much that there are almost no limitations to innovation in games, and there is more to come. We will also look at how AI is evolving in the world of games, while still leaving plenty of room for designers' creativity.

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• By Dr. Jan Storgårds

The Secrets of Brilliant Level Design - with James Shepherd

What separates a great level from a good level? Why are some games talked about for years and others quickly forgotten? In this talk, we will learn the top 10 secrets of a brilliant level design from James Shepherd and a host of great game designers. Students will leave with the ability to design a great game level.

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• By James Shepherd

The Secrets of Brilliant Level Design Part 2 - with James Shepherd

This is the continuation of the talk 'The Secrets of Brilliant Level Design Part 1'. What separates a great level from a good level? Why are some games talked about for years and others quickly forgotten? In this talk, we will learn the top 10 secrets of a brilliant level design from James Shepherd and a host of great game designers. Students will leave with the ability to design a great game level.

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• By James Shepherd

What is IVGC? Learn more about the course's history and what the future will bring with Dr. Jan Storgårds

Get the latest updates on upcoming content and learn how IVGC evolved into what it is today.

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• By Dr. Jan Storgårds