Level up your game development skills in Lethbridge Polytechnic’s microcredentials, and you’ll gain the tools and experience you need to be ready to work in Alberta’s rapidly growing video game industry.
Complete all five categories of microcredentials to show proficiency in video game design – and be ready for an exciting and in-demand career designing and developing the games people love to play.
Choose microcredentials from five series:
You’ll be introduced to the core concepts of board and video game development and explore video game production.
Includes four 10-hour microcredentials:
- Game Design Document
- Game Production Foundations
- Introduction to Game Engines
- Game Art - Foundational Modelling
You’ll prepare for a career as a junior game level designer by learning game development and narrative, game flow, 3D basics, lighting and materials, and more.
Includes five 10-hour microcredentials:
- Blockout / Greyboxing
- Prop Creation
- Materials and Shaders
- Interior Environments
- Exterior Environments
You’ll prepare for a career as a junior character modeller and animator by learning 3D character modelling, rigging, animation fundamentals, sculpting and more.
Includes four 10-hour microcredentials:
- 3D Sculpting Fundamentals
- 3D Character Body Sculpting (Stylized)
- 3D Character Retopology
- Bipedal Character Rigging
Learn the basics of gameplay programming by learning how to plan and code play interactions, encounters, logic, and animation programming optimization and tools. You’ll also develop an understanding of programming fundamentals and mathematics applied in game making.
Includes four 10-hour microcredentials:
- Intro to Problem Solving
- Blueprint Fundamentals - Player
- Blueprint Fundamentals - Interaction
- Blueprint Fundamentals - Game-play Systems
You’ll prepare for a career as a junior sound artist by learning how to create sound FX and music for games. You’ll also discover how to record and edit sounds and dialogue, optimizing in-game sound for interaction and narrative.
Includes two 10-hour microcredentials:
- Introduction to Sound Design
- Sound Design for Games
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the number of active video game companies in Canada
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How it Works
Microcredentials are fast and flexible. All five of these categories are offered online and asynchronously, which means you can move at the pace and space that works best for you.
You can enrol, start and complete a microcredential in as little as seven hours, and only spend time learning what you want to learn. Our prices are affordable so you can explore a new profession or personal interest without a big financial risk.
After completing a microcredential – which involves seven to 10 hours of online asynchronous learning with an assessment – you’ll earn a badge. You can share your badges on your social networks and your resume to validate a specific skill you’ve achieved.
You can start anytime.