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Intro to Unreal Engine 4
Playcrafting NYC See all classes by this school @ 11 Times Square, New York, NY
Learn how to make your first game in Unreal Engine 4 and navigate its interface. Class Description Unreal Engine is a great and popular tool for creating games that get published onto a variety of platforms. We will cover a number of topics by creating a simple collect them all game to help you get comfortable with the interface. Join us and learn how to make your first game in Unreal Engine 4. Featured Topics Intro to Unreal interface Navigation...
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$25
Epic's Unreal Engine 4
Playcrafting NYC See all classes by this school @ 11 Times Square, New York, NY
During this lecture/presentation, Epic Game’s Director of Education and Learning Resources, Luis Cataldi, will build an Unreal Engine scene and share many useful tips and tricks to improve production workflows. Once assembled, Luis will add base gameplay, lighting, materials, and rendering tweaks while reviewing many of the key “need-to-know” features of the UE4. Additional focus will be given to the Post-Process settings...
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Free
Class: Creating games with Phaser.io
Playcrafting NYC See all classes by this school @ 11 Times Square, New York, NY
Curious about game development in JavaScript? Ever wanted to create your own games, but don’t know where to start? In this workshop, we’ll teach you everything you need to know to create your first JavaScript game using Phaser.io! Prior experience useful, but not required.
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Free
Game Programming
PlayWell See all classes by this school @ 250 Hudson St, New York, NY
In this class, you'll get a solid foundation of game programming concepts, using the popular Unity engine, and the C# programming language. We'll go from programming basics like variables and input, to advanced topics like coroutines over the course of the day. No prior experience is necessary or expected. You will need a laptop with the latest version of Unity installed, which you can get for free, here
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$200
Breaking into Game Design with Unity
Playcrafting NYC See all classes by this school @ 11 Times Square, New York, NY
Have you ever wanted to create your own games, but don’t know where to start? In this workshop we’ll teach you everything you need to know to create your first game using the popular Unity game engine. No experience required!
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Free
Marketing for Game Developers - Stand Out on App Stores
Playcrafting NYC See all classes by this school @ 11 Times Square, New York, NY
How do you approach marketing for your game? What is the best way to stand out on the App Store? Do you know the best ways to communicate to your target audience? As a developer, it’s possible that you have been so focused on creating your game, that these essential questions have not been considered, or are not easy to answer. This class will provide students with the necessary skills on how to effectively and efficiently market your game - not...
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$25
Game-Based Learning in Action
Playcrafting NYC See all classes by this school @ 11 Times Square, New York, NY
In this class, we’ll break down the parts of a game in order to understand how to create powerful learning experiences through games and play. Students will engage in a hands on game design challenge, going through the design process from start to finish and experiencing the importance of playtesting and observation in game design. Featured Topics Games and Learning Design Thinking in Education
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$25
Intro to GameSalad
Playcrafting NYC See all classes by this school @ 11 Times Square, New York, NY
Learn the ins and outs of GameSalad as a simple way to make games without prior coding experience. Students will build a simple game in class that will be able to be uploaded to any mobile device. This class will give students an introduction to the GameSalad software in order to craft a full game for export to mobile devices. It will introduce students to the basic programming logic and functionality needed to build games using this tool. There...
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$25
Idea to Reality - Planning Strategies for Game Dev
Playcrafting NYC See all classes by this school @ 11 Times Square, New York, NY
How do you approach game development? How do you turn your ideas into actual games? How do you get an idea in the first place? How do you stay motivated enough to finish your game? This class will provide students with exercises and tools for developing realistic game design goals. This class is appropriate for students who want to make a game but don't know where to start, as well as seasoned game developers who want to learn new tools for developing...
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$25
Taxes for Indie Developers
Playcrafting NYC See all classes by this school @ 11 Times Square, New York, NY
Navigating your taxes is a daunting process as it is, but especially as an indie developer: the business world at large still doesn’t understand how game developers work, and even most accountants lack an understanding of the average indie developer’s business and lifestyle considerations. Taught by a former Enrolled Agent turned game developer and business-of-games consultant, Taxes for Indie Developers demystifies the most common tax-related...
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$25
Physical Gaming - Anything Can Be A Controller
Playcrafting NYC See all classes by this school @ 11 Times Square, New York, NY
At this point in the history of video game creation, developers and engineers have mastered the basic formula for input. Most controllers now feature one or more joysticks, a direction pad, and a number of buttons. As successful as this model is, it greatly limits interactivity between player and game. Developers are forced to utilize this input or require extra equipment, which deters them from creating their own controllers because of added cost...
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Free
Real World VR Game Development - The Complete Pipeline
Playcrafting NYC See all classes by this school @ 11 Times Square, New York, NY
As the lead developer on Z0NE for two years now, to this point where I now direct a small committed team, including a lead artist and a lead designer, I have had to master many disciplines which extend beyond the Unity Editor. A solid understanding of all these things is what makes an excellent VR developer. With only two hours, we will explore a meaningful cross-section of the real-world skills required to make VR games quickly. Featured Topics:...
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$25
Class: Intro to Adventure Game Studio
Playcrafting NYC See all classes by this school @ 11 Times Square, New York, NY
Learn the basics of Adventure Game Studio and create a small practice game. Adventure Game Studio has been one of the more popular tools for making point and click adventure games for the past 15 years. In this class, students will learn everything that they need to build a game from the ground up, including basic coding, how to implement animations, backgrounds, and sound. We’ll go step by step and create our assets, followed by a crash course...
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$25
Mastering the Art of Scaling Your Mobile Game
Playcrafting NYC See all classes by this school @ 30 W 26th St, New York, NY
Understand your metrics like LTV, and have a financial plan to sustain your mobile game’s growth over time. So you’ve launched your mobile game, now what? It is imperative to have a plan on how to finance and sustain your growth after launch and a clear understanding of your metrics to know what’s really happening in your game. In this class, our friends from Pollen will equip you with new thinking and the financial tools you need to...
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Free
Intro to RPG Maker
Playcrafting NYC See all classes by this school @ 11 Times Square, New York, NY
Learn the ins and outs of RPG Maker VX Ace’s database, event structure, and mapping tools well enough to make a basic RPG. Game making tools have exploded in recent years, allowing independent developers the freedom to create without having to reinvent the wheel for every game. Predating Unity, Construct, and all the rest is RPG Maker. Some version of the tool has been around since the late ‘80s, and in its most recent incarnation, RPG Maker...
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$25
Building Mixed Reality Experiences
Playcrafting NYC See all classes by this school @ 11 Times Square, New York, NY
Microsoft HoloLens is the world’s first self-contained, untethered head-mounted holographic computing device for Mixed Reality (MR). Mixed reality blends 3D holographic content into your physical world, giving your holograms real-world context and scale, allowing you to interact with both digital content and the world around you. HoloLens lets you go beyond the screen, with Holograms that let you visualize and work with your digital content in...
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Free
Project Management for Game Developers
Playcrafting NYC See all classes by this school @ 11 Times Square, New York, NY
Learn time-tested tools and techniques for managing scope, cost and time to help your game projects run smoothly. Game development is tricky! Schedules slip, deadlines fly by, that small feature you added ballooned up into a huge resource hog. Team members aren't exactly sure what to do and spin their wheels, and the resources (including time and money) that you'd planned for the whole game were used up in the first half. While there aren't any...
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$25
Playcrafting + Microsoft Global Game Jam
Playcrafting NYC See all classes by this school @ 11 Times Square, New York, NY
Playcrafting and Microsoft are collaborating on a huge jam site in NYC for the 2017 Global Game Jam! Join us for a weekend of game-making plus free talks and workshops, refreshments and prizes! Stay tuned to this page as we confirm speakers, workshops and prizes in the coming weeks! What to Bring All of your own equipment (laptops, cords, adapters, software, etc). Anything you need to jam and make a game this weekend will need to be brought by...
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Info Session: Winter 2017 Game Courses
Playcrafting NYC See all classes by this school @ 11 Times Square, New York, NY
DON'T JUST PLAY GAMES, MAKE THEM! This info session will preview topics from our upcoming courses starting in February! Don't miss this opportunity to meet the instructors and find out more about the courses. Bring any questions or concerns you may have about signing up.
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Free
Pixel Art: From Start to Finish
Playcrafting NYC See all classes by this school @ 11 Times Square, New York, NY
Learn about the different art styles, how to become a pixel artist yourself and how to use it for your own games! This class will teach you all the basics you’ll ever need when it comes to pixel art. First, we’ll define what pixel art actually is: An aesthetic! An aesthetic that can have several different types of art styles. The most common art style techniques being black outlines, pillow shading, and/or dithering. After we’ve defined...
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$25
