LEARN WHAT YOU LIVE
True Gamers and the Centre for Entertainment Arts have partnered to offer exclusive two-week courses that will elevate your gaming experience and teach you the core fundamentals of game creation.
Discover how the games you love are built from the ground up by industry experts, and gain hands-on experience in a True Gamers state-of-the-art learning environment.
Making Your First Game in Unreal
In this course, you’ll unlock the power of Unreal Engine, a key tool in AAA game development and essential for AR/VR, architectural visualization, and film/TV production. Curated and reviewed by industry experts, the course ensures you’re learning up-to-date skills used in current pipelines. The interactive sessions require active participation, collaboration, and engagement. By the end, you’ll have the foundational skills to confidently continue your journey into the expanding field of interactive 3D.
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Course Introduction and Unreal Engine
Understand the course objectives and structure, successfully install Unreal Engine and set up an account, and navigate the Unreal Engine editor interface while exploring available resources, tools and possibilities.
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Creating Your First Project and Navigation Basics
Create a new project using Unreal Engine templates, navigate the editor interface effectively, and utilize different view modes to inspect and interact with objects.
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Greyboxing and Meshes
Understand the concept of Greyboxing for level design, differentiate between static meshes and skeletal meshes, and set up basic mesh collisions for objects in the scene.
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Introduction to Lighting in Unreal Engine
Explore various lighting types available in Unreal Engine, set up a scene with appropriate lighting, and understand the differences between static, moveable, and stationary lights.
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Blueprints Basics
Understand the concept and purpose of Blueprints in Unreal Engine, navigate the Blueprint editor interface, and create a simple Blueprint that triggers a light using a variable.
COURSE BREAKDOWN
Animation and Storytelling in Unreal
In this hands-on course, you'll master the essentials of animating characters and crafting compelling cinematic sequences. By the end of the course, you'll have the skills to produce high-quality animations and cinematic narratives, transforming your creative ideas into immersive visual experiences. Ideal for aspiring animators, storytellers, and game developers looking to leverage the latest in real-time rendering technology.
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Course Introduction and Unreal Engine
Understand how to access Unreal functions, download and install Unreal Engine, navigate Unreal Engine’s user interface and viewport, and explore the content browser and Blueprints.
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Introduction to Sequencer
Learn how to use keyframes to create a sequence, understand how to use the CineCamera Actor, and explore camera cuts and angles.
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Character Animation and Metahumans
Add camera animations to a sequence, learn how to label and organize, and understand how to create and import assets/files into your project.
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Lighting Environments in Unreal
Learn about key lighting actors in Unreal Engine, understand how to use and position lights for exposure, and differentiate between lighting techniques like 3-point lighting, fill, and key lighting for various scenes.
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Sequence Rendering for Production
Learn how to record out a sequence using Movie Render Queue, and discover how to use Render Passes to refine your work in the viewport.
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