SITEC X GameDev Academy - Gaming Course 2 : "AR Game Development Without Coding”

Introduction

• Practical real-world hands-on training from industry experts

• Master game architecture through design and implementation of popular game genres without coding

• Learn the studio tools and features

• Intensive, deep-dive into AR game development.

From Zero-to-Hero class

• Target audience: This Course is open to teachers (Pre-school, Primary-school, Middle-School), artists, designers, advertising agency, event organiser.

• Prerequisites: All participants should know the basic competency in computing.

Objectives

• As the game is created in iterations, participants will learn and apply a range of techniques. Best practices for each process will be introduced and applied throughout.

• By the end of the course, participants will have a working game examples built by the participant that can be used as a starting point for their own projects.

Course Outline

• Day 1 – AR Principles

  • The course starts with an introduction to AR and a tour of the commonly used features and workflows that make AR the tool of choice for people without coding skill

  • Why AR?

  • Demo of the final AR game project

  • Studio Interface Overview

  • Basic Workflow

  • Managing Projects and Assets

  Day 2 – Trivia Game Pipeline

  • Setting up Block & Scene

  • Preparing Assets

  • Building up Game Scenes

  • Creating Interactions in Studio

  • Adding sound into the game

  Day 3 – Game Logic & Game Design

  • Describing Game Concept by Game Design Document

  • Creating Game Design Wireframe

  • Setting up Poll, Wall, 360, Webview

  • Simple coding features

  Day 4 – Individual AR Game Project with guideline

  • Creating AR Game like Pokemon Go

  • Studying Game Design Document & Wireframe

  • Preparing Assets from Library

  • Building up Game Scenes

  • Creating Interactions in Studio

  • Adding sound into the game

  • Deploying AR Game

  Day 5 – Group AR Game Project with guideline

  • Creating AR Game like Minecraft

  • Studying Game Design Document & Wireframe

  • Preparing Assets from Library

  • Building up Game Scenes

  • Creating Interactions in Studio

  • Adding sound into the game

  • Deploying AR Game with GPS/ iBeacon feature

Coach

• Havene Liew,
  Havene is the founder of XR Associates - A technology advisory firm. Actively sharing his knowledge and pushing the local game & XR industry to higher ground.
  He was the mastermind behind the mobile game developer Mediasoft since 2012. His multi-award-winning mobile games Badminton Jump Smash and Sepak Takraw Roll Spike recorded over 12 million installs from AppStore & Play Store. He built VR studio DJM who developed free-roam multiplayers VR experience since 2014.
  His VR games won the Champion of Alibaba’s CACSC 2016, Best Showcase of Unity's Unite Singapore 2017 and SIGGRAPH Asia Bangkok 2017. The VR games are currently available in 25 locations of 11 countries. Havene has been selected as Digerati50 2018 by Digital News Asia - The 50 CEOs who help to shape Malaysia's digital economy.

Course Fee

• Normal Price: RM6,000

• Early Bird: RM3,000

Are you Qualified?

• This is an opportunity for you to meet and work with some of the best mentors in the game development scene to ensure you receive maximum value and benefit from this programme. As such, we’re open for any one who are passionate in game development scene.

• Get access to funding and business opportunities, talents must be certified by completing the GDA’s Talent Assessment Programme (TAP) & Game Accelerator Programme.

Other requirements:

• Malaysian/ Non-Malaysian able to commit for the entire 5 days of the programme.

• An individual who have basic computing concept with/without coding skill.

• Game development background is NOT required.

• Companies/schools/startups are encouraged to send your teams if you’re: Game dev studio, XR (AR/VR) studio, any corporate companies or schools (Kindergarten to University) with a product implemented Gamification Design.

Enquiry & Registration:

• Havene Liew, 0123980702

• Salman Ahmad, 0172609960

**This Gaming Course is brought to you by SITEC in collaboration with GameDev Academy. Supported by Invest Selangor.

About GamDev Academy:
Global game revenue tops US$137.9 billion in 2018. There’re 2.3 billion gamers cross the globe. Today’s game market is worth more than music & movie combined. Malaysia Government is investing in growing digital game economy. The quality of a country’s digital environment helps to support strong economic growth. And unite the young generation through esport. GameDev Academy (GDA) provides game project funding access, business matching and raise talent for the digital game workplace. Companies and schools are able to level up their teams or recruit the collaborators that they need in order to undertake this transformation. Our approach evokes from our students creative, practical, and sensible solutions to a wide array of technical challenges and demands-- solutions that closely match the types of challenges and demands omnipresent in today’s game industrial sector. Our mission is to offer to you a better chance at succeeding in the field of game industry. We see it as open opportunities for social advancement in Malaysia.

About SITEC:
SITEC (Selangor Information Technology and E-Commerce Council) was initiated by Selangor State Government in 2015. We conduct a series of seminars aiming at increasing the e-Commerce know-how for Small and Medium Enterprises. We also host forums and discussion panels inviting emerging and successful e-commerce entrepreneurs to share their stories and real-world experiences. We hope this can serve as the catalyst for the traditional industry to transform their business successfully online and help Selangor to stay at the forefront of social-economy growth driven by this new and fast growing world of e-commerce.