March 12, 2018 at 08:44Game-making distance education program
At the Higher School of Business Informatics of the Higher School of Economics, we have launched a new distance learning educational program “Fundamentals of Game Creation”. This is a short intensive course for a month and a half, the purpose of which is to provide students with a basic understanding of the gaming industry and the processes of development and promotion of games. Details about the program under the cut, and you can sign up for it here >> .
The gaming industry is a dynamically developing market with its own laws. Hundreds of millions of players, a wide variety of platforms - from computers to mobile. This is an opportunity to realize your wildest dreams of creating game worlds, and at the same time make great money. The industry last year is more than $ 100 billion, and it is increasing year by year. But at the same time, the requirements for games as a product, and how to properly promote them in the market, are growing. And now, in order to successfully work in the gaming industry, there are few burning eyes and an original idea - you need an understanding of the development process. Knowledge of how to highlight the audience of your game and keep it. It is necessary not only to make a quality product, but also to be able to launch it and maintain its successful functioning in the market! And to do this is possible only with the appropriate knowledge.
For more than three years, the program of professional retraining “ Management of game projects ” has been in progress at the Higher School of Economics with success . For eight months of full-time study, students receive knowledge that helps them determine their path in the gaming industry, and successfully begin to move along this path. But far from everyone, especially from the regions of our country, could afford to spend eight months in Moscow to receive additional education. And for them, as well as those who for one reason or another are not suitable for full-time education, we have created a special distance course “ Fundamentals of creating games ” based on our time-tested professional retraining program.
This course provides not just knowledge - but, most importantly, it is the system knowledge that will be required regardless of who the listener wants to become - a game designer, game marketer, or will choose the path of an independent developer. Our course is the very foundation that, if mastered, the student will be able to learn and develop further on their own. A distinctive feature is that all the teachers are practitioners who not only have extensive experience in the past, but are currently actively working in the industry in which they teach the subject. That is why the course is filled with real cases and practical examples, and also contains many practical useful tools and recommendations. Including - samples and templates of documentation, calculations and design documents required by any team.
The training program includes the following modules:
Each module consists of clips on a topic with a recording of a teacher’s lecture, materials for independent study, presentations and document templates that you can use to work on your game. Training takes place completely remotely at any time of the day and in any country in the world. For training, students only need a computer and Internet access. Knowledge control is carried out in the form of online testing after studying each module. The duration of the training is one and a half months.
It will be easier for graduates of the Basics of Creating Games program to get to work in basic positions in game studios. For example, VSBI graduates in full-time programs now work in such companies as Mail.Ru, Rocket Jump, 101XP, Destiny.Games, 1C Game Studios, GameNet and many others. More examples .
Another way is to develop as an indie developer by launching your own games. HSE graduates open their own game studios and create game products on different platforms with more than a million audiences. See examples of projects of graduates of HSEB here .
At the moment, our distance learning course “Fundamentals of Game Creation” is a reasonable alternative for those who want to develop in the industry, but have no experience and knowledge and cannot come to Moscow for full-time classes. In addition - it is also significantly cheaper!
The cost of training is 26,000 rubles. Based on the results of the training, a certificate of advanced training of the HSE is issued.
We invite you to join our program and take a step towards working in an industry where eyes are burning and labor brings great pleasure. Making games is often even more fun and interesting than playing them. You can sign up for the program on our website >>
We also invite you to come to meet us at our free events:
See you at our events.
The gaming industry is a dynamically developing market with its own laws. Hundreds of millions of players, a wide variety of platforms - from computers to mobile. This is an opportunity to realize your wildest dreams of creating game worlds, and at the same time make great money. The industry last year is more than $ 100 billion, and it is increasing year by year. But at the same time, the requirements for games as a product, and how to properly promote them in the market, are growing. And now, in order to successfully work in the gaming industry, there are few burning eyes and an original idea - you need an understanding of the development process. Knowledge of how to highlight the audience of your game and keep it. It is necessary not only to make a quality product, but also to be able to launch it and maintain its successful functioning in the market! And to do this is possible only with the appropriate knowledge.
Why exactly the distance course
For more than three years, the program of professional retraining “ Management of game projects ” has been in progress at the Higher School of Economics with success . For eight months of full-time study, students receive knowledge that helps them determine their path in the gaming industry, and successfully begin to move along this path. But far from everyone, especially from the regions of our country, could afford to spend eight months in Moscow to receive additional education. And for them, as well as those who for one reason or another are not suitable for full-time education, we have created a special distance course “ Fundamentals of creating games ” based on our time-tested professional retraining program.
This course provides not just knowledge - but, most importantly, it is the system knowledge that will be required regardless of who the listener wants to become - a game designer, game marketer, or will choose the path of an independent developer. Our course is the very foundation that, if mastered, the student will be able to learn and develop further on their own. A distinctive feature is that all the teachers are practitioners who not only have extensive experience in the past, but are currently actively working in the industry in which they teach the subject. That is why the course is filled with real cases and practical examples, and also contains many practical useful tools and recommendations. Including - samples and templates of documentation, calculations and design documents required by any team.
The training program includes the following modules:
- The methodology for creating games : the stages of game development, the logic of team building in the gaming industry, the key milestones and goals of the game product.
- Numerical characteristics of games : basic analytics, statistics and key product metrics (conversions, audience size and loyalty, virality, marketing forecasting, payback).
- Game logic : terminology, game features and cycles, tools for describing the game process, creation of game mechanics, their balancing and generation of ideas.
- Psychology of a player : psychotypes of players, their differences, features and application when creating a game.
- Game-design documentation : how to develop vision, concept, technical specifications for the game, principles of good documentation, its types and approach to creation, based on the use of modern tools.
- Technical fundamentals of game development : an overview of technical solutions, platforms and engines, the process and cost of development, general principles and structural solutions in different countries.
- Features of working with games on different platforms : client and server solutions, physical and graphic engines, security, databases, software purchase, placement in game stores.
- Typical development processes : working with versions and delivering the final version, daily stability, release of updates, problems and bug fixes.
- Operation of game projects : how to properly launch and maintain the successful functioning of the game on the market.
- Game marketing : understanding the current state of the market, types and types of modern marketing, evaluating the effectiveness of marketing, target audience (methods for segmenting players), promotion channels, marketing assets and PR.
How is the learning process
Each module consists of clips on a topic with a recording of a teacher’s lecture, materials for independent study, presentations and document templates that you can use to work on your game. Training takes place completely remotely at any time of the day and in any country in the world. For training, students only need a computer and Internet access. Knowledge control is carried out in the form of online testing after studying each module. The duration of the training is one and a half months.
Opportunities for development after graduation
It will be easier for graduates of the Basics of Creating Games program to get to work in basic positions in game studios. For example, VSBI graduates in full-time programs now work in such companies as Mail.Ru, Rocket Jump, 101XP, Destiny.Games, 1C Game Studios, GameNet and many others. More examples .
Another way is to develop as an indie developer by launching your own games. HSE graduates open their own game studios and create game products on different platforms with more than a million audiences. See examples of projects of graduates of HSEB here .
At the moment, our distance learning course “Fundamentals of Game Creation” is a reasonable alternative for those who want to develop in the industry, but have no experience and knowledge and cannot come to Moscow for full-time classes. In addition - it is also significantly cheaper!
The cost of training is 26,000 rubles. Based on the results of the training, a certificate of advanced training of the HSE is issued.
We invite you to join our program and take a step towards working in an industry where eyes are burning and labor brings great pleasure. Making games is often even more fun and interesting than playing them. You can sign up for the program on our website >>
We also invite you to come to meet us at our free events:
- March 30, 2018, an open lecture by Alexei Filatov “Lootboxes: truth and myths”
- April 4, 2018 Open House Day for the gaming industry
- April 18, 2018 Lecture evening on game design
See you at our events.