After School Certificate Programs
These structured, smaller group (max 4 students in a classroom) 6-week programs, meet once a week on the same day and same time. Every session is 1 hour, 6 sessions to complete the program.
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Pick your certificate program
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As you are learning, work on a project to complete in next 6 weeks
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Smaller groups, more focus on progress
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Consistent weekly sessions build momentum and mastery
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Students receive a program completion certificate
We have sessions for everyone; home schoolers, after school week days and weekends.
Available Dates and times below.
We add new dates and times every other week. Check later or call for upcoming dates.
If you miss a class, we will schedule additional day to cover that missed session. Just contact us for available days.
Pixel Art Game Design
Recommended Min Age: 7
Learn how to design a pixel art game.Your game concept, your story! You will create your own hero and villains, animate their idle, walk, jump and fall states, build game levels, environments and story interaction points. After 6 classes, you will take your program completion certification and link to your published game as a trophy. Class 1: Game Concept and Story Creating your own game story with brainstorming with classmates. Class 2: Character Design Design hero, villains and NPCs. Class 3: Animation Animate your characters, give them life. Class 4: Level Design Part 1 Building your levels that matches with your story. Class 5: Level Design Part 2 As you put your levels together, test and gather feedback from classmates. Class 6: Level Design Part 3 Time to tie everything together, polish your game and publish.
Board Game Design
Recommended Min Age: 7
Learn how to design a board game like a pro. After you will learn game genres and mechanics with play testing some amazing award winning games, you will create your own board game, ideation to implementing game mechanics, test play to design your own art. After 6 classes, you will take your program completion certification and board game of your design as a trophy. Class 1: Board Game Mechanics Learn game mechanics and test play some amazing games. Class 2: Board Game Genres Learn game genres, how to put them in categories and test play some games as you learn. Class 3: Solo, Multi Players, Co-op and Competitive Games Learn how different player count changes your game design. Class 4: Make your own Board Game Part 1 Let’s discuss game ideas and how to chose game mechanics for your own game. Class 5: Make your own Board Game Part 2 Design your art, put together your prototype. Class 6: Make your own Board Game Part 3 Finally, Testing and getting feedback. Then Iterations and final touches.
3D Art and Modeling
Recommended Min Age: 9
Time to learn 3D modeling, texturing and shading with Nomad Studio. Start with basic tools and brushes and controls in 3D space. Then push your limits with sculpting and anatomy. Create your own characters, learn how to add details and finish a masterpiece. Class 1: Navigating in 3D Space, Move, Rotate and Scale Starting with basics. Learn the essentials to have better control in 3D app. Class 2: Basic shapes and Scene Hierarchy Time to add new shapes into the scene, manage the hierarchy and combine objects and change the tapalogy. Class 3: Colors, Materials and Texturing Control the brush size and thickness and add details on your 3d models with texturing. Class 4: Sculpting Tools, Clay, Brush, Move and others. In this class, you will focus on sculpting your own models and pre-set anatomy pieces. Adding details is the key for good modeling. Class 5: Concept Art and Creating Your Own Character Draw different angle sketches and start creating your own character Class 6: Shading and Lights Time to put it all together. Add lights and effects to finalize your art.