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Animation & Game Design

Develop animation and game-design foundations through original accessible diagrams, sound demonstrations, drawing and layout reasoning, story and character scaffolds, production planning, rights-aware practice, and generated mastery.

3266 minestimated study time ENcourse language

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Unit 1

Fundamentals of Animation and Game Design

Understand the field, develop original visual and spatial decisions, and build story, character, environment, and production documentation foundations.
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Understanding Animation and Game Design

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Understand the field, workflows, roles, methods, pitch and production planning, sound, ethics, and rights foundations of animation and game design.

666 min · 27 published activities
  1. Readiness check: Understanding Animation and Game Design 12 min
  2. Animation and game-design language 22 min
  3. Animation history and milestones 24 min
  4. Game history, platforms, and trends 24 min
  5. Production stages, roles, and responsibilities 24 min
  6. Goals, genres, and audiences 24 min
  7. Deployment platforms and distribution 22 min
  8. Gameplay elements and player modes 24 min
  9. Game theory and outcomes 24 min
  10. Regional industry impact with evidence 24 min
  11. Creative workplace skills and teams 22 min
  12. Animation design from brief to animatic 24 min
  13. Iterative game-design loop 24 min
  14. Rapid and plan-based methods 24 min
  15. Animation production pipeline 24 min
  16. Pitch purpose, audience, and hook 24 min
  17. Pitch delivery, visuals, and rehearsal 24 min
  18. Concept note, synopsis, and demographics 26 min
  19. Budget, funding, risk, and SWOT 26 min
  20. Twelve animation principles 26 min
  21. Languages, tools, and software decisions 26 min
  22. Sound science and critical listening 26 min
  23. Sound effects, recording, editing, and export 28 min
  24. Ethics, open licensing, and permission 26 min
  25. Ratings, social impact, and responsibility 24 min
  26. Intellectual-property risk and protection 26 min
  27. Understanding Animation and Game Design integrated review 42 min
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Drawing and Layout

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Build observation, drawing, motion, spatial-layout, environment, concept-art, cultural-research, storyboard, and digital-layer reasoning.

634 min · 22 published activities
  1. Readiness check: Drawing and Layout 12 min
  2. Contour and gesture observation 26 min
  3. Dynamic and digital drawing techniques 28 min
  4. Elements of art in layout 28 min
  5. Figure structure and proportion 28 min
  6. Movement, balance, rhythm, and contrast 28 min
  7. Still-life and natural observation 28 min
  8. Figure, geometric, and architectural observation 28 min
  9. Humanoid motion analysis 28 min
  10. Non-humanoid motion analysis 28 min
  11. Foreground, midground, and background 30 min
  12. Perspective and depth of field 30 min
  13. Colour, texture, composition, and blocking 30 min
  14. Contrast, repetition, alignment, and proximity 30 min
  15. Level structure, tasks, assets, and progression 30 min
  16. Three-level sequence, missions, and quests 30 min
  17. Rewards, interface, and level flow 30 min
  18. Environment layout and depth 30 min
  19. Concept art: mood, theme, palette, and style 30 min
  20. Caribbean context, research, and design 30 min
  21. Storyboard to clean digital layers 30 min
  22. Drawing and Layout integrated review 42 min
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3

Story and Character Development

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Develop original synopses, narratives, scripts, storyboards, characters, turnarounds, environments, assets, and Production Bible documentation.

652 min · 22 published activities
  1. Readiness check: Story and Character Development 12 min
  2. Synopsis purpose for game and animation 26 min
  3. Story arc, problem, and plot summary 28 min
  4. Genre, character, and environment in a synopsis 28 min
  5. Narrative causality and stakes 28 min
  6. Five- and eight-point story arcs 30 min
  7. Script scenes, action, and dialogue 30 min
  8. Interactive and linear story choices 30 min
  9. Storyboard purpose and benefits 30 min
  10. Panel sequence and key events 30 min
  11. Camera angles, composition, and continuity 30 min
  12. Narration, music, and sound annotations 30 min
  13. Archetypes, role, and character purpose 30 min
  14. Shape, line, and silhouette language 30 min
  15. Proportion, exaggeration, and expression 30 min
  16. Posture, scale, colour, shading, and texture 30 min
  17. Turnaround structure and model sheet 30 min
  18. Turnaround consistency check 30 min
  19. Environment layers and asset inventory 32 min
  20. Production Bible structure and treatment 32 min
  21. Schedule, budget, specifications, and pitch 34 min
  22. Story and Character Development integrated review 42 min
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Unit 2

Interactive and Game Design

Apply interactive-design, game-development, and game-animation principles through original, accessible, rights-safe portfolio exercises.
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Introduction to Interactive Design

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Analyse and design interactive experiences from audience, story, visual, cultural, ethical, and business requirements.

526 min · 22 published activities
  1. Introduction to Interactive Design readiness 12 min
  2. Interactive-media history 22 min
  3. Interactive genres and conventions 24 min
  4. Interactive design and animation 26 min
  5. Five interaction principles 22 min
  6. User-experience factors 24 min
  7. Interaction best practices 26 min
  8. Emerging interaction trends 22 min
  9. Visual elements in interfaces 24 min
  10. Visual-design principles 26 min
  11. Colour theory and interaction 22 min
  12. Sketching interactive concepts 24 min
  13. Design-principle evaluation 26 min
  14. Interactive story arcs 22 min
  15. Original interactive story 24 min
  16. Interactive storyboard 26 min
  17. Concept pitch 22 min
  18. Audience research and personas 24 min
  19. Caribbean culture and folklore 26 min
  20. Ethics, safety, and intellectual property 22 min
  21. Interactive-media business planning 24 min
  22. Introduction to Interactive Design review 36 min
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Game Design and Development

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Design and test coherent game systems, levels, interfaces, characters, stories, and production choices.

430 min · 18 published activities
  1. Game Design and Development readiness 12 min
  2. Game-development terminology 22 min
  3. Careers and collaboration 24 min
  4. Game-design types 26 min
  5. Core dynamics and player experience 22 min
  6. Tool selection 24 min
  7. Iterative design stages 26 min
  8. Mechanic prototyping and testing 22 min
  9. Goals, rules, and balance 24 min
  10. Game-story structures 26 min
  11. Character design 22 min
  12. Environment and level design 24 min
  13. Game-interface design 26 min
  14. Camera views and play 22 min
  15. Interface prototype 24 min
  16. Three-level game architecture 26 min
  17. Constraint and risk management 22 min
  18. Game Design and Development review 36 min
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Animation for Games

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Create and evaluate game-ready 2D and 3D assets, motion, rigging, lighting, and animation plans.

358 min · 15 published activities
  1. Animation for Games readiness 12 min
  2. Game-asset requirements 22 min
  3. Drawing for game assets 24 min
  4. Animating game assets 26 min
  5. Three-dimensional props 22 min
  6. Textures and colour 24 min
  7. Game lighting 26 min
  8. Rigging for games 22 min
  9. Twelve animation principles in games 24 min
  10. Frame rate, timing, and perception 26 min
  11. Bouncing-ball study 22 min
  12. Two-dimensional character animation 24 min
  13. Walk-cycle poses 26 min
  14. Game-ready animated segment 22 min
  15. Animation for Games review 36 min
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