Teens: 3D Game Creation: Character Design & Modding with Unreal™

Watch your 3D animated characters come to life using the Unreal Engine™

Receive personalized attention and individual project time

Create your own unique game and show it off to your friends

Develop different types of characters to populate your virtual world

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Create your own 3D Video-Game Characters using the Unreal Engine™

Create your own 3D video-game characters using Autodesk® Maya® and the Unreal™ Development Kit (UDK)—the same powerful cutting-edge programs that top developers use to create blockbuster games like Gears of War™ and Uncharted 3™. These programs will give you the power to create characters with the same amazing detail as you’ve seen on the PlayStation® 3 and Xbox 360®.

Develop your own custom character design, create it in Maya® and bring it to life and into the game using UDK. Experience a whole new level of game playing. Students continuing from “Game Creation: Level Design” have the opportunity to place their characters into their level designs, creating a completely new game.

What You’ll Learn: 3D Game Creation: Character Design & Modding with Unreal™

Course Content	Software Used
• Autodesk® Maya 2013® basics for character modeling • Techniques for low-polygon modeling and optimizing polygons for game animations • How to create realistic textures using Adobe® Photoshop® • High-resolution sculpting techniques using Mudbox® • Character rigging and prepping for UDK • Importing and finalizing your character in UDK

Digital Media Academy may slightly vary curriculum to better fit the needs/expertise level of a given class.

Who Should Attend: 3D Game Creation: Character Design & Modding with Unreal™
Ages 13–17 | Beginner – Advanced | No Game-Design or Programming Experience Required. Completion of “3D Game Creation: Level Design with the Unreal Engine™” is encouraged but not required.

Are you an aspiring game designer or character creator? Do you like to get “under the hood” of your favorite games? Then get ready to build characters and levels like the pros, using UDK and the Unreal Engine™.
You’ll learn how hit games like Gears of War™ and Street Fighter II™ are made.

An experience perfect for those who want to both design and create their own characters and mod games—but also enjoy sharing their creations with others. The UDK provides a powerful and integrated development tool set that has been used in the creation of many of today’s most popular games, like Gears of War™. Experience what it’s like to control the development process.

Related Courses: You May Also Be Interested In…

Course Title	Quick Description	Duration
3D Game Creation: Level Design with Unreal Engine	Create new worlds as a videogame designer	1 Week
Academy for Game Design	Create 3D levels and characters using Maya® and Unreal™	1 Week
Introduction to Game Programming with Python	Bring games to life with powerful programming code	1 Week
Academy for Game Programming	Learn Python, C++ and Microsoft Visual Studio®	2 Weeks

Questions about a course or additional weeks at DMA? Ready to register? Please call 866.656.3342 for more information, or to speak with a Guest Experience Representative.

2013 Fees & Additional Options:

Options	Price	Duration	Meals
Tuition	$1,065	1 Week, Mon-Fri	Lunch not included
Lunch Plan (for non-residential students)	add $45 or $65*	1 Week, Mon-Fri	5 lunches
Residential Program – Dorm (shared room)	add $510	1 Week, Sun-Fri (weekend add’l)	3 meals/day
Residential Program – Hotel (Harvard)	add $810	1 Week, Sun-Fri (weekend add’l)	3 meals/day
Stanford Continuing Studies Credit	add $90	4 Quarter Units	NA

*Depending on location.
To view all options, including weekend stays, visit our Options & Fees page.

1 Week | Ages 13‐17 | Beg – Adv

“I wasn’t very confident with a computer before I came to DMA. Now I’m ready to take on my dream job at Pixar with my head held high!”
— Harlotte, DMA Student

2013 Locations & Dates

Concordia
Jul 15-19

GWU
Jul 15-19

Swarthmore
Jul 29-Aug 02

UBC
Aug 05-09

UCSD
Aug 05-09

Marymount, NYC
Aug 12-16

Drexel
Jul 15-19

Harvard
Jul 22-26

UChicago
Jul 15-19 | Jul 29-Aug 02

UC Irvine
Jun 24-28

UT Austin
Jul 08-12 | Jul 29-Aug 02

Georgia Tech
Jul 15-19

Stanford
Jul 15-19 | Aug 05-09

UToronto
Aug 19-23

UCLA
Jul 08-12

Yale
Aug 05-09

Teens: 3D Game Creation: Character Design & Modding with Unreal™

Create your own 3D Video-Game Characters using the Unreal Engine™

What You’ll Learn: 3D Game Creation: Character Design & Modding with Unreal™

Who Should Attend: 3D Game Creation: Character Design & Modding with Unreal™Ages 13–17 | Beginner – Advanced | No Game-Design or Programming Experience Required. Completion of “3D Game Creation: Level Design with the Unreal Engine™” is encouraged but not required.

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Who Should Attend: 3D Game Creation: Character Design & Modding with Unreal™
Ages 13–17 | Beginner – Advanced | No Game-Design or Programming Experience Required. Completion of “3D Game Creation: Level Design with the Unreal Engine™” is encouraged but not required.