Digital Game Design - Hocking College

Digital Game Design from Hocking College is a Campus Associate Computer Graphics degree that prepares you for a IT career. Global video game sales grew 38% from March 2007 to March 2008, with sales of $26.5 billion. Want to be a part of this creative industry? You'll be prepared to enter the world of interactive games as you become immersed in digital game development through the Digital Game Design Technology at Hocking College . This six-quarter program is designed to allow you to gain hands-on experience with cutting edge equipment and programs used in the digital game creation world today. Using MAYA, Z-Brush, and Adobe Creative Suite, you'll be working with real-world equipment as you work on the artistic and creative end of gaming. This degree program focuses on design while introducing you to fundamental game design programming skills. Digital Foundations A foundations course on the Mac operating system, peripherals, and software. Determine the opportunities and parameters defined by specific software for the gaming artist, and dig into bit-mapped and vector graphics and the benefits and challenges of each. Game Design & Production Discover game design in terms of structure and playability. How is a game constructed? What makes a digital game attractive to potential consumers? How are top-notch games structured, including balance, complexity, addictiveness, originality and graphical style? This course also explores the history of video games and their impact on the entertainment industry. Computer Graphics In these courses, you'll cover 2D and 3D graphic concepts, techniques and algorithms. Learn everything, from more introductory skills like point plotting, line drawing, clipping, and sprite animation to more advanced skills like texture mapping, curves and surfaces, image processing, volumetric lighting and much more. Introduction to MAYA The Maya 3D software is used for modeling, animation, visual effects and rendering techniques. Gain extensive experience with this 21st century program, and be prepared to use it as you work on intensive projects in state-of-the-art labs. What can you do with this program? Possible job opportunities for this program include: Game designer Programmer Level designer Quality assurance Producer/production personnel Game sound designer Writer Video game journalist View more details on Hocking College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Computer Graphics courses.