Introduction to Game Development with Unity
Learn about game creation and produce your own short playable game demo.
Course overview
Get hands-on with game development in this two-day course designed for technical and creative 14–17-year-olds. Based in our Games Academy and led by expert tutors, you’ll dive into the fundamentals of game production and gain valuable experience to strengthen your skills for future study.
Throughout the days you'll explore how games are made, from the production process to the key roles in a development team. You’ll experiment with the Unity Game Engine, building essential skills in asset creation, level design, and scripting as you create a playable demo.
Supported by our experienced Games Academy staff, you’ll gain insight into the commercial games market and discover where your own skills and interests might fit within this dynamic industry.
Tuition fees per individual: £180
Course duration: Two days
Eligibility: Applicants must be aged 14 – 17
Location: Games Academy, Penryn Campus
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Eligibility: Applicants must be aged 14 – 17
Course details
Join us for this two-day introduction to game development, designed for technical and creative 14 – 17 year olds. Based in our fantastic Games Academy facilities and taught by our expert staff, you’ll be immersed in the world of game production and will gain valuable experience for future study.
In this course you will learn about what is required to make a game, covering how games are produced, what common roles exist in game development teams and the various technologies used to create games.
You will also get hands on with Unity Game Engine to create a small playable demo, learning skills such as Asset Creation, Level Design and Scripting.
On this course, we will:
- Dive into the process of Game Creation, with an introduction to the game development process and a look at the commercial games market.
- Explore the different roles in Game Development Teams, giving you more of an understanding of how they might fit your skills in the future.
- Look at the basic operations in a Game Engine, working with Unity Engine to explore Asset Creation, Level Design and Gameplay scripting.
- Get hands-on, helping you to produce a short playable game demo.
By the end of the day, you will:
- Have gained a working knowledge of the Game Development Process.
- Have created a working playable game demo to take home.
- Have expanded your technical skillset and developed your understanding of the games market, for future study.
See the course outline for more detail about what we’ll cover each day.
This course is based in our Games Academy space in the Design Centre on our Penryn campus and you’ll be taught by our experienced Falmouth University staff. All staff teaching this course are DBS cleared and have undergone our mandatory safeguarding training. Students will be supervised through the day including break times.
The course includes refreshments, lunch, and all materials you’ll need for the day.
This is an outline of timings to expect for the course. Each day includes 5 hours of taught workshops, and time to socialise with fellow students during supervised breaks.
Day 1
09:00 - 09:30: Arrival, welcome and sign-in
09:30 - 9:45: Groups will be taken to workshop locations (up to a 10-min walk across campus)
10:00 – 11:00: Introduction to Game Development
11:00 – 12.30: Introduction to Unity: Lets make a Level
12.30 - 13:00: Lunch break
13:00 - 13:15: Groups will be taken back to workshop locations (up to a 10-min walk across campus)
13:15 – 15:00: Gameplay Scripting
15:00 - 15:45: Building your Game
15:45 - 16:00: Groups will be collected from workshop locations
16:00: Close, sign-out and collection
Day 2
09:00 - 09:30: Arrival, welcome and sign-in
09:30 - 9:45: Groups will be taken to workshop locations (up to a 10-min walk across campus)
10:00 – 12:30: Creating and Importing Assets
12.30 - 13:00: Lunch break
13:15 – 14:00: Making a Menu
14:00 – 15:45: Creating your Final Build
15:45 - 16:00: Groups will be collected from workshop locations
16:00: Close, sign-out and collection
Workshops on this course will cover the following topics:
Introduction to Game Development
In this two part session you will learn about who makes games and how they make them.
We begin by exploring the different roles within a core development team within the games industry and discuss other roles that support the production of video games. Expanding on this you will then learn how such varied teams work together to create the games you know and love.
Introduction to Unity: Lets make a Level
Opening Unity Editor we'll get comfortable with the interface and begin learning how to use the Tile Palette to build our first level.
Gameplay Scripting in Unity
We’ll explore how we add Gameplay to our level from the previous workshop. This will allow us to create a core gameplay loop and then go on to create our first game like project.
Building Your Game
We’ll finish the day by using the new knowledge we’ve gained througout the day to create a small playable game that we can iterate upon the following day.
Creating and Importing Assets
We'll use Pixelart.com to follow along creating a simple Sprite. Then We'll learn how to import it into Unity Engine and get it moving around in the scene.
Making a Menu
In this short workshop we'll make our main menu that every player will see when they start the game. Once we've done this we'll explore how we change the way levels load in our game and how we connect the levels together.
Creating your Final Build
In our final session we'll use what we've learned throughout the days to create our final game. Our staff will be on hand to support you creating new scripts or assets to add to your game before we export the game and put it onto a USB stick to take home.
Staff
This two-day course is run by experienced Falmouth University staff from our Games Academy team. All staff teaching this course have enhanced DBS clearance and have undergone our mandatory safeguarding training. Students will be supervised through the day including break times.
Byron Crowhurst
Senior Technician
Byron Crowhurst is a Senior Technician at the Games Academy at Falmouth University. Byron began work...
How you'll learn
You’ll learn via a series of focused, interactive workshops during this two day-long course, with teaching content backed up by examples and most of the time spent getting hands-on as you work through each process. Our course leaders will walk you through each workshop in a supportive, fun, and inspiring environment.
Who is this course for
This course is for creative and technical 14 – 17 year olds who are enthusiastic about games, want to learn more about the industry, and would like to dive in to game creation with the support of our industry-leading Games Academy team. You will need to be familiar with a PC and be able to complete basic IT tasks in order to fully enjoy this course as we’ll be introducing some skills in the Unity Game Engine such as asset creation, level design, and basic scripting.
Expect to get straight into the game development process, combining learning about how the games market works with getting hands-on creating your own playable game using the Unity3D Game Engine.
The course is comprised of structured learning whilst having fun in a supportive and supervised environment. This one-day course is structured with 5 full hours of teaching, with breaks for lunch and refreshments.
Workshops are led by our experienced teaching staff at Falmouth, with all staff DBS checked. The day is designed to give you a taste of what it’s like to study at Falmouth University, with all workshops based on campus in our fantastic teaching facilities.
You may wish to bring a reusable water bottle with you, and anything else you need to feel comfortable through the day.
Please note: we advise that phones or other personal possessions are not brought to the course, any possessions brought with you are your responsibility and Falmouth University will not be liable for any loss or damage.
All equipment and materials you will need are included in the course fee, together with refreshments and lunch (all dietary requirements catered for).
Refreshments and lunch are included in the course fee. All dietary requirements can be catered for. You may wish to bring a reusable water bottle with you.
This course is taught in our professional Games Academy facilities on our Penryn campus.
There is plenty of parking available on our Penryn campus and you can also reach us via a range of public transport options. Visit our Penryn campus page to find out more.
For campus maps and information on visiting us, please visit our How to find us page.
We will provide further information in your course joining email after your place has been confirmed.
You will leave with a certificate of completion, available when you finish the day and sign out.
This course is for 14 – 17 year olds only, and no pre-requisite game development knowledge is required, however you will need to be familiar and confident with a PC and be able to complete basic IT tasks on your own in order to fully enjoy this course as we’ll be introducing some skills in the Unity Game Engine such as asset creation, level design, and scripting.
A parent or guardian must sign 14 and 15 year olds in and out, and be present for drop off and pick up. If 16 and 17 year olds wish to sign themselves in and out then we will require written consent emailed to futurestudies@falmouth.ac.uk in advance of the course.
Drop off is from 9am – 9.30am, pick up is at 4pm.
If you have any further questions please check the FAQs on our website or contact futurestudies@falmouth.ac.uk.
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