Skills Bootcamp in Games Development

This is an intermediate Digital Skills & Employability Programme for people with a limited background in games design or development or software development. There are no specific entry requirements for applying to the Skills Bootcamp in Games Development. 

Applicants may typically be:

• Graduates with a degree in a creative or numeracy-based subject
• Career changers transferring from a technology or creative sector
• Career returners refreshing their digital skills
• People with creative and design backgrounds wanting to develop technical skills
• Artists, Gamers and Esports professionals

Applications will be assessed on a competitive basis against our “AAA” Criteria: Attitude, Aptitude and Ambition.

• Week 1: Introduction to the Unity Interface and Design Documentation
• Week 2: Scripting and Character Controls
• Week 3: 2D Asset Design and Animations
• Week 4: Level Design, Narrative and Storyboarding
• Week 5: Version Control, 2D Game Project and Pitching
• Week 6: Introduction to Unity 3D and Character Controls
• Week 7: 3D Asset Creation and Animation, Audio Design
• Week 8: Whiteboxing, Prototyping and Optimisation 
• Week 9: Textures and Agent Based Systems
• Week 10: 3D Game Project and Pitching

Outcome: Guaranteed interview with a Bristol employer upon completion of the Skills Bootcamp in Games Development.

Qualification: Level 3 Games, Animation and VFX Skills

• K/616/9359 Core Principles of Games Design
• K/616/9362 Maths and Logic Fundamentals for the Games, Animation and VFX Industries

Other Benefits:

• One-to-one Career Coaching
• Regular Employer Lunch & Learns
• Competitive Paid Placement Scheme
• Confidence Building and Support – Presentations & Pitching, Selling Yourself to Employers
• Socials and Casual Networking Events
• CV Writing and Portfolio Creation Support

You will be guaranteed an interview for a live vacancy in the Bristol area upon completion of this Skills Bootcamp. You can also progress onto a Higher Apprenticeship or Degree Apprenticeship in Games Development once in employment or self-employment.

• Level 4 Junior Visual Effects – VFX Artist or Assistant Technical Director Higher Apprenticeship
• Level 6 VFX Artist or Technical Director
• Level 7 Games Programmer Degree Apprenticeship

You could also undertake an approved Higher Technical Qualification (HTQ) such as a Foundation Degree in Software Development or a Higher National Diploma in Applied Computing with Exeter College.

This programme is fully-funded by the UK Government for eligible participants. 

To be eligible for funding, you must:

• have right to live and work in the UK; and
• have been resident in the UK for at least three years; and
• be a current resident in England; and
• be aged at least 19 years or older upon 31st August 2023.

Refugees and Asylum Seekers may be eligible if they have been in the UK for more than 6 months. People currently residing in the UK on a Student Visa are unofrtunately not eligible for funding.