Teens:Mac or PC Game Development with Unity®

Create your own Playable Game or Level for the Mac or PC

Create Your own Playable Game or Level for the Mac or PC

Ready to create an original computer game? Take your ideas from concept to finished product by designing fun and challenging levels for play on your Mac or PC. Use the Unity® engine, a powerful multi-platform game-development tool, to create a platform, adventure, racing or FPS game.

Learn how to use programming scripts that make your game challenging and fun. At the end of the week, challenge your friends and classmates with your game or level and take home your game to show your friends and family and continue your development.

What You’ll Learn: Mac or PC Game Development with Unity®

Course Content Software Used
• Game-development work flow using Unity®
• Game-asset preparation and the Unity® interface
• How to import and place game assets and integrate animation
• Scripting and programming with JavaScript™
• Controlling animations and characters
• Sound and event triggering
• Scripts for developing character health systems
• Collision detection and weapon interactions

Course may vary slightly based on student expertise & class interest. All students work on their own personal projects, which they keep.

Who Should Attend: Mac or PC Game Development with Unity®
Ages 13-17 | Beginner-Advanced | No Game Design or Programming Experience Required

This course is for aspiring game developers interested in the PC and/or Mac platforms. You’ll learn by doing, using the Unity© development platform—one of the major tools for game development, all under the guidance of industry professionals. Although this program is focused on game development, it is appropriate for beginner through advanced skill levels.

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

Fees & Additional Options: Mac or PC Game Development with Unity®

Options Price Duration Meals
Tuition (base price) $1,045 1 Week, Mon-Fri Lunch not included
Lunch Plan (for non-residential students) add $65 1 Week, Mon-Fri 5 lunches
Residential Program – Dorm (shared room) add $495 1 Week, Sun-Fri (weekend add’l) 3 meals/day
Residential Program – Hotel (Harvard & UCLA) add $795 1 Week, Sun-Fri (weekend add’l) 3 meals/day
Stanford Continuing Studies Credit add $90 4 Quarter Units NA

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

1 Week   |   Ages 13-17   |   Beg-Adv

“It was great, every day we learned something new!”
- Gabriel, DMA Game Development Student

Dates by Location 2012

  • Philadelphia, PA

  • not offered at this location

  • New York, NY

  • not offered at this location

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