XAMK University (35 ECTS) course on Introduction to Video Games Creation IVGC
Learn how to develop video games! 98.5% of students would recommend this course to a friend! (n=3045)
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Sign-up to Introduction to Video Games Creation -online course to learn how to develop video games!
98,5% of the students would recommend this course to a friend (n=3045).
- Course is FREE of charge, no fees.
- Study online anytime from anywhere
- Games industry professional content. Teaching videos and quizzes are developed by professionals
- Study first modules with your smart phone;
- Formal University ECTS Certificate (European Credits Transfer System) from XAMK South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences which can even be part of your other university studies or other further higher education.
- We teach only professional tools, such as Unity and Krita, Blender, widely used in the games industry
- For those who complete all Modules we, as professionals, will write a letter of reference for good work
- No fixed deadlines
- Monthly games challenges to motivate the students to study
- You have in total 12 months to complete your studies
- It is fun and easy to learn with us
- Read more at XAMK official course page by clicking here
If you complete all modules you will earn up-to 35 ECTS (official European University credits).
Introduction to Video Games Creation: how to get started?
Learning resources:
This is the recommend order of study from very easy to more difficult:
THEORY AND THE GAMES INDUSTRY
Module 10 - History of Games, Parts 1&2, 1 ECTS - click here to start
Module 11 - Game Experience Analysis, My Favourite Game, 1 ECTS - click here to start
Module 12 - Innovation in Games , 1 ECTS - click here to start
Module 13 – Games Industry and Data Analytics, 1 ECTS – click here to start
Module 14 – Analysis of The Game I Play Now, 1 ECTS – click here to start
Module 15 - Ideation and Value Creation in Games, 1ECTS – click here to start
Module 16 - Artificial Intelligence for Games, 2 ECTS – click here to start
Module 17 – Video Games Production, 1 ECTS – click here to start
Module 18 – Game Concept Design, 2 ECTS - click here to start
VIDEO GAME DEVELOPMENT MODULES
Module 1 – Introduction to development tools, 2 ECTS - click here to start
Module 2 – 'The Return' -text based adventure, 1 ECTS - click here to start
Module 3 – An interactive card combat game, 4 ECTS - click here to start
Module 4 – Pixel Art - 2 ECTS - click here to start
Module 5 – Mobile Gaming - 5 ECTS - click here to start
Module 6 – Space Shooter – 2+3+5 ECTS – click here to start
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Remember, the cool and unique feature is that after completing the lectures you will receive up-to 25 ECTS, European official higher education (University) level credits that (with approval) can be used part of your degree studies or when applying to study in European universities (interviews/evidence of interest/CV).
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Basic tech requirements:
You do NOT need ANY software or development tools to pass Module 10: Introduction to Video Games Industry 5 ECTS which can be studies by using a smart phone.
For the rest of the modules:
- a PC computer with e.g. Windows OS, or equivalent MAC OS setup.
- a 3 button mouse
- a GRAPHIC tablet is NOT necessary but highly recommend purchase for professional level of learning.
- software package(s) that are all FREE to download, including a painting/arts software. The list of the software and links are below:
Krita
Blender
Unity
Visual Studio Community Edition
https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/community/
a word processing software such as MS Word or similar. For instance to open online the documents you can use this:
https://office.live.com/start/PowerPoint.aspx
Important!
You can enroll directly to the course content from here but to be formally a student of XAMK South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences you need to also register at
This course is brought to you in partnership with XAMK South-Eastern University of Applied Sciences, Cambridge Gamechanger ltd (Cambridge Academy of Gaming and Innovation), and Cypherdelic ltd.
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