VTC Academy | Game Development
Game Development
Course format: On campus
Duration: 2 years
Major: Information Technology
ENROLL NOWWhat is Game development?
Game development is a part of software development, in which game developers use programming languages to create complete games including 2D games and 3D games and to build up game servers. Game developers play a very important part in the development of a game; they combine graphics and sounds, handle events and physical interactions, create game logic, apply artificial intelligence, or program multiplayer games, etc.
Since technology devices such as computers, tablets, smartphones, etc. in every household which are being used by everyone, together with the spreading of internet all over the world, the demands for entertainment and game products are booming and they will surely increase rapidly in the future, when a large number of new games will be released.
However, the game players are posing more challenges and ask for much higher quality. That means game developers should adapt with the latest technology and tools in this field in order to create the best products.
The Game Development academic program offered by VTC Academy is introduced based on the growing trend of the game industry and the real demands of leading enterprises in the game production sector. Therefore, Game developers graduated from VTC Academy can adapt to the working environment quickly and meet the enterprises’ requirements.
Growth of global game market
Forecast for each market segments by 2022:
Compressed games / Games downloaded to computers
Games on computer browsers
Handheld games consoles
Games for tablets
Games for smartphones
SEM 1:
1. Semester Orientation Session
2. English
3. Personal and Career Development
4. Learning How to Learn
5. Soft Skills: Creative Thinking, Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, Collaboration, Communication
6. Computer Fundamentals
7. Basic Programming Language
8. Data Structures & Algorithms
9. Object-Oriented Programming
10. Network Programming Fundamentals
11. Working with RDBMS
12. Object-Oriented Analysis & Design
13. Project 1
SEM 2:
14. Semester Orientation Session
15. Video Game Industry
16. C++ Programming Language
17. 2D Game Concept
18. 2D Game Engine (Cocos2d-x)
19. Build 2D Mobile Game
20. Game testing
21. Project 2
SEM 3:
22. Semester Orientation Session
23. Video Game Production
24. 3D Game Engine
25. Build Multi-platform 3D Game
26. AR/VR in Game Engine
27. Game Networking Engine
28. Game Artificial Intelligence
29. Game Publishing
SEM 4:
30. Capstone Project
Graduate outcomes
Career opportunities
Career development pathway
