Video Game Design and Development: Introduction to Game Programming

English
Beginner
6h

Video Game Design and Development: Introduction to Game Programming

Video Game Design and Development: Introduction to Game Programming
Hosted by FutureLearn
Provided by Abertay University
Taught by Paul Robertson, Christopher Acornley
Free
No fee required
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Overview

Learn the basics of game development to understand how great games are designedVideo games have become a multi-billion-dollar industry, even recently overshadowing cinema as the globe’s go-to entertainment medium of choice.
Training to become a video game developer gives you access to this thriving industry, letting you be creative in the process, while gaining key transferable skills.
On this course, you’ll get an introduction to the major concepts of game programming, including user input, rendering and collision detection. You’ll take a detailed look at core programming concepts such as loops, conditional statements and data storage.