Language of instruction
中文 & 英文
Current course fees
23,930
Location
Shanghai
X ACADEMY
Global Explorer Summit
-
2024.07.25
Major Course X-Core
Game Design and Development
游戏设计与开发
COURSE INTRO
Course Introduction 01
COURSE INTRO
Course Introduction 01
Video games are a form of entertainment and art born of technological progress. In a certain sense, game developers play the roles of creators and dream weavers. By unleashing their creativity, they combine visuals, sound effects, stories, and worldviews to create a beautiful virtual world that immerses players. As game models become increasingly precise, lighting and rendering become more detailed and realistic, and the development of narrative systems becomes more complex and lifelike, combined with the leap that VR/AR technology may achieve, in the future, what is seen in games may be within reach, and human imagination will be unleashed limitlessly.
Video games are a form of entertainment and art born of technological progress. In a certain sense, game developers play the roles of creators and dream weavers. By unleashing their creativity, they combine visuals, sound effects, stories, and worldviews to create a beautiful virtual world that immerses players. As game models become increasingly precise, lighting and rendering become more detailed and realistic, and the development of narrative systems becomes more complex and lifelike, combined with the leap that VR/AR technology may achieve, in the future, what is seen in games may be within reach, and human imagination will be unleashed limitlessly.
COURSE OUTCOME
Course Outcome 02
COURSE OUTCOME
Course Outcome 02
At the end of the course, you will find that within these short two weeks, you have completed any or all of the following outputs, including:
Personal game projects within two courses
A group cooperative game project within a course
A freely formed team's creative storytelling game project
A project completed by a freely formed team containing gamified elements, including but not limited to games, software, hardware, etc.
*The final output type and content shall be based on the product of the explorer after participating in the X-Capstone project
At the end of the course, you will find that within these short two weeks, you have completed any or all of the following outputs, including:
Personal game projects within two courses
A group cooperative game project within a course
A freely formed team's creative storytelling game project
A project completed by a freely formed team containing gamified elements, including but not limited to games, software, hardware, etc.
*The final output type and content shall be based on the product of the explorer after participating in the X-Capstone project
COURSE CONTENTS
Course Contents 03
COURSE CONTENTS
Course Contents 03
01 Game Design Theory
Understand some basic content of game design, such as: MDA design pattern, feedback loop mechanism, level design, etc.
02 Game Development Process
Understand the game development process, quickly develop a minimal viable product, and continuously iterate, modify, and improve the game in the way of analysis-design-implementation-testing.
03 Unity Operation
Learn Unity tools, study knowledge of game scene construction, materials, lighting, camera, physics engine, UI, animation, etc.
04 Introduction to C# Programming
Learn the C# programming language, study language basics such as data types, variables, methods, as well as commonly used methods in Unity.
05 3D Game Project
Build 3D scenes, adjust lighting materials, design UI, write scripts to implement movement, jumping, picking up, collision and other functions, and export the game.
06 2D Game Project
Build scenes, design UI, set up components, write scripts to create side-scrolling level-crossing small games dynamically.
07 Final Project
Team up within the course to design and develop your own game, experiencing the whole process of game development from design to production in the process of teamwork.
01 Game Design Theory
Understand some basic content of game design, such as: MDA design pattern, feedback loop mechanism, level design, etc.
02 Game Development Process
Understand the game development process, quickly develop a minimal viable product, and continuously iterate, modify, and improve the game in the way of analysis-design-implementation-testing.
03 Unity Operation
Learn Unity tools, study knowledge of game scene construction, materials, lighting, camera, physics engine, UI, animation, etc.
04 Introduction to C# Programming
Learn the C# programming language, study language basics such as data types, variables, methods, as well as commonly used methods in Unity.
05 3D Game Project
Build 3D scenes, adjust lighting materials, design UI, write scripts to implement movement, jumping, picking up, collision and other functions, and export the game.
06 2D Game Project
Build scenes, design UI, set up components, write scripts to create side-scrolling level-crossing small games dynamically.
07 Final Project
Team up within the course to design and develop your own game, experiencing the whole process of game development from design to production in the process of teamwork.
PREREQUISITES
Prerequisites 04
PREREQUISITES
Prerequisites 04
I hope you enjoy the game and are willing to analyze and understand what's behind it. There are no hard requirements other than that, but it would be even better if you have a basic understanding of Unity knowledge, and are familiar with Unity's basic functions and C#.
*No experience at all is totally fine! During the preparatory stage, mentors and academic leaders will help you complete the introductory level learning.
I hope you enjoy the game and are willing to analyze and understand what's behind it. There are no hard requirements other than that, but it would be even better if you have a basic understanding of Unity knowledge, and are familiar with Unity's basic functions and C#.
*No experience at all is totally fine! During the preparatory stage, mentors and academic leaders will help you complete the introductory level learning.
"What XA has brought to me, the improvement of CS literacy goes without saying, but what I am more grateful for is being able to meet the top and most outstanding peers of my age. I have seen living MIT, CIT students, consulted TAs who can do nothing but debug, and also gained a bunch of board game friends. Perhaps saying that my dream is to change the world will be laughed at by people, but XA has given me the confidence to turn my dreams into reality."
This road is long, and the places to go are filled with poetry and ideals. The tears and sweat left behind yesterday make me more tenacious and courageous now. This is what XA has taught me: we can always be a little braver."
Haiyi Jin Explorer
Fudan University
"What XA has brought to me, the improvement of CS literacy goes without saying, but what I am more grateful for is being able to meet the top and most outstanding peers of my age. I have seen living MIT, CIT students, consulted TAs who can do nothing but debug, and also gained a bunch of board game friends. Perhaps saying that my dream is to change the world will be laughed at by people, but XA has given me the confidence to turn my dreams into reality."
This road is long, and the places to go are filled with poetry and ideals. The tears and sweat left behind yesterday make me more tenacious and courageous now. This is what XA has taught me: we can always be a little braver."
Haiyi Jin Explorer
Fudan University
"What XA has brought to me, the improvement of CS literacy goes without saying, but what I am more grateful for is being able to meet the top and most outstanding peers of my age. I have seen living MIT, CIT students, consulted TAs who can do nothing but debug, and also gained a bunch of board game friends. Perhaps saying that my dream is to change the world will be laughed at by people, but XA has given me the confidence to turn my dreams into reality."
This road is long, and the places to go are filled with poetry and ideals. The tears and sweat left behind yesterday make me more tenacious and courageous now. This is what XA has taught me: we can always be a little braver."
Haiyi Jin Explorer
Fudan University
MENTORS
Previous Course Mentors 05
MENTORS
Previous Course Mentors 05
Liam Tao Junjie
Unity Greater China Official Lecturer
Formerly served as the interview certification PR new skills project lecturer, technical expert, and AR professional title certification examiner of the Shanghai Economic and Information Commission Education Bureau, writing RR interactive application teaching materials for Shanghai high schools and invited to train teachers in Changning District, having participated in government military projects and school-enterprise training multiple times, with abundant teaching experience.
Liam Tao Junjie
Unity Greater China Official Lecturer
Formerly served as the interview certification PR new skills project lecturer, technical expert, and AR professional title certification examiner of the Shanghai Economic and Information Commission Education Bureau, writing RR interactive application teaching materials for Shanghai high schools and invited to train teachers in Changning District, having participated in government military projects and school-enterprise training multiple times, with abundant teaching experience.
ACADEMIC LEADS
Previous Course TAs 06
ACADEMIC LEADS
Previous Course TAs 06
Zhang Ziduan
University of Utah, Major in Game Design
X ACADEMY 2021, 2023 Navigator, TechX 2019 Explorer. Collected all Kavat genetic codes in 'Warframe'. Mainly focused on programming and design, with some knowledge in other areas, but dislikes 3D modeling. Always has unique ideas and approaches when implementing game features. Lead the team to create multiple games promoting a lighthearted and joyful life, based on the concept of 'going to the dock and having some fries'. Tends to mutter while coding, often gets stuck halfway through a sentence with a blank mind. Goal is to become the game designer with the most hair in the world.
Zhang Ziduan
University of Utah, Major in Game Design
X ACADEMY 2021, 2023 Navigator, TechX 2019 Explorer. Collected all Kavat genetic codes in 'Warframe'. Mainly focused on programming and design, with some knowledge in other areas, but dislikes 3D modeling. Always has unique ideas and approaches when implementing game features. Lead the team to create multiple games promoting a lighthearted and joyful life, based on the concept of 'going to the dock and having some fries'. Tends to mutter while coding, often gets stuck halfway through a sentence with a blank mind. Goal is to become the game designer with the most hair in the world.
Language of instruction
中文 & 英文
Current course fees
23,930
Location
Shanghai
X ACADEMY
Global Explorer Summit
-
2024.07.25
Location
Shanghai
Language of instruction
中文 & 英文
Current course fees
23,930
X ACADEMY
Global Explorer Summit
-
2024.07.25
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OUR CIVILIZATION WAS BUILT ON TECHNOLOGY. OUR CIVILIZATION IS BUILT ON TECHNOLOGY. TECHNOLOGY IS THE GLORY OF HUMAN AMBITION AND ACHIEVEMENT, THE SPEARHEAD OF PROGRESS, AND THE REALIZATION OF OUR POTENTIAL. FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS, WE PROPERLY GLORIFIED THIS – UNTIL RECENTLY. WE, AT X ACADEMY, ARE HERE TO REVITALIZE THAT SPIRIT. TO US, THE FUTURE IS A CANVAS OF VAST POSSIBILITY, PAINTED WITH THE BRUSHES OF INNOVATION, CREATIVITY, AND OPTIMISM. WE BELIEVE IN A FUTURE WHERE TECHNOLOGY CONTINUES TO BE THE BACKBONE OF ADVANCEMENT, NOT JUST IN MATERIAL TERMS BUT AS A MEANS TO ELEVATE HUMAN EXPERIENCE AND CONSCIOUSNESS. WE ARE THE FUTURE OPTIMISTS, THE DREAMERS, THE MAKERS, AND THE DOERS. WE STAND READY TO COLLABORATE, TO INNOVATE, AND TO BUILD A BETTER TOMORROW WITH YOU. JOIN US, AS WE EMBARK ON THIS JOURNEY TO IGNITE THE FLAMES OF PROGRESS AND TO CHERISH THE TECHNOLOGY THAT MAKES IT POSSIBLE. IT IS TIME, ONCE AGAIN, TO RAISE THE TECHNOLOGY FLAG. IT IS TIME TO BE TECHNO-OPTIMISTS. WITH X ACADEMY, LET'S BUILD A BRIGHTER FUTURE TOGETHER.