🗝 Course Prerequisites

Students must have a minimum knowledge about environment art and video sound design.

🧠 Course Objectives

The course is focused on:

Understanding the production pipeline for character, creature and environment design.
Understanding the various applications of character, creature and environment design in the various fields of digital content.
Analyzing the relationship between visual styles and the genres of video games.
Defining the importance of optimization and its impact on character, creature and environment design
Defining, identifying and exploring the importance of narrative in the process of character, creature and environment design.
Understanding the importance of research, reference and life study for character, creature and environment design.
Understanding the challenges of creating characters and environments for different platforms and engines.
Exploring the creative possibilities of procedurally generated and random generated characters and environments.
Exploring the creative possibilities of procedurally generated and random generated characters and environments.
The course aims to familiarize students with the main means of sound production in video games in the academic (UNATC) and professional system.
Ability to follow a production sound pipeline and workflow for a video game.
Ability to collaborate in a team with colleagues and professionals in the field of cinematography and media.