FETAC Level 5 Games Analysis & Design:

Including Pro Tools 101

Additional Study Areas:

• Game production techniques.
• Game analysis –understanding what’s going on under the hood, in modern 3d games.
• Learn the key elements of development in the production of a Game title.
• Game Art, Design and Programming. More info »
• Concept and pre-visualise the look of complex scenes.
• Development of 3d game Levels.
• Produce realistic game levels for first and 3rd person games.
• Character design for game development.
• 3d Animation for characters and objects in a 3d environment.
• Learn camera and lighting techniques in a 3d environment.
• Sound for use in Interactive Media. More info »
• Texturing, lighting, propping and adding special effects.
• Produce a portfolio of work that will help get you into the industry.

Photoshop

• Its usage within the Production Pipeline of the games industry.
• Photoshop as a Photo manipulation tool.
• Photoshop as a Paint package, producing concept art.
• Working with layering techniques and Photoshop’s layer effects.
• Creating Tiling textures for game use.
• Painting custom textures over a 3d objects, Unwrapped Wireframe Template.
• Developing complex materials using Bump, Normal and Spec maps.
• Creating Costume Brushes, Masks, Vector paths, Interface buttons and Icons.

3d studio max

• 3d Modelling of Characters, Weapons, Props, Vehicles and Environments for game development.
• Texturing and shading. From simple cartoon styles and colours to advanced photo-real bump mapped objects.
• 3d Animation for characters.
• Rendering 3d scenes for multiple uses in game production.
• The uses of Lighting and Camera techniques in 3d worlds.
• Creating special effects using the toolset within max.
• Creating complex Bump and Spec textures from within 3Ds Max.
• Baking textures from High polygon 3d models onto lower poly game models.
• Importing and exporting of files from other 3d packages and art programmes.

Z-brush and/ or Mudbox

• Sculpting 3d models using methods that resemble traditional Clay Sculpting.
• The baking of Textures from the High polygon/ detailed objects to appear on much lower Poly objects in the game environment.
• Painting textures directly onto 3d models, adding bump detail where necessary.

Duration: Tuesday & Thursday evenings 6:30 - 9pm, February 2010 - 32 weeks