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Hello sir my name is venkatesh i was completing bcom and i wad intrested in game design i will applying icat institute for the couse of pg diplomo in game design in hyderabad will you please get the details from the course and institute and also fee structure

Hello Friend !!

Post Graduation in Game Design:

This course is for Game Designers and Developers, Character Creators and Modellers, Texture Artists, Riggers, Animators and Lighting Artists.

The course duration will be 18 to 32 months, this is dependent on the institution you are joing in.

The Eligibility to get into this Course is:

You should have completed B.E / B.Tech / MCA / M.Sc

or Any Under Graduate Degree with Computer Science as the specialization

or Any Under Graduate Degree with proficiency in C or C++ along with understanding of Mathematics and Physics.

Fee Structure :

The Post Graduation Course fee will be starting from 3 lacs to 6 lacs.

You need to apply for the Entrance Examination which is of written online test.

Once you are quailfied you will be called for the Personal Interview.

The course mainly deals with,

Introduction to Photoshop
Model Sheet
Poster making
Texture Creation
Digital painting - Background for User Interface
Game interface design - paper
User interface makings
Pixel Art - Normal 2d – Character, level, Animation Sprite Creation

Introduction to Flash
Tools and Techniques
Portfolio making
UI design

Pre - Visualization
Developing Visual observation through Drawing
Exploration of Volume, Perspective,
Structure and Form Colour, colouring and shading methods
Study of Humans figures
Drawing the human figure with
Emphasis on gesture, proportions and form development
Design of Costume and Standard props for Games
Game Character and Set Design
Level Designings

Media Production
Game Design Fundamentals
Board game design
Game design challenges
Game design documents
Game Prototyping and play testing
Story Telling
Game Testing
Presentation Skills and Soft Skills

Digital Media Techniques – I (Game Engine And Level Design)
Single player Level Design -

Level design
Principles of level designs
Mapping a level & Techniques of mapping
Blocking a levels
Detailing a level, Adding static brush

Asset Importing -
Lighting the environments
Particles, Post effects, Setting action and triggers
Mission Creation using kismet
Multi player Level design –

Multi player level principles
COD level design
CS Level design
Digital Media Techniques II (Game Art)
Introduction to game art -

Polygons, NURBS and Sub-D
Topology
Introduction to Normal mapping
Prop modeling
Staticmesh & Props in a level - Functional object
Vehicle and gun in a level.
Character creation
Intro to Sculptris or Zbrush
Unwrapping
Detailing models
Unwrapping & Texturing Props, Vehicle, Character
UDK Shaders and material.
Importing in UDK and Finishing a level

Digital Media Techniques III

Biped & Quadruped Set-up
Vehicle Rigging, Facial rigging .
First person shooter rigging.
Deformers
Animation
Character animation - Walk cycle, Run Cycle with prop, Combat cycle
Exporting the cycles in UDK
Facial animation and Introduction to matinee
Packaging
Key binding
Trax editor
Exporting to unreal
Filmic introductions, cut scenes and endings for a game

Good Luck !!

Sir I am senthil Kumar from chennai. I am in the final semester of bca , I have interest in vfx ,so could you tell me what I have to study for vfx in icat and fees structure of that course