Programmers are indispensable to video game development because they are responsible for implementing the software which will be used by gamers. They integrate the graphics elements created by the rest of the team and make them interact with gamers. It is a job which requires rigour and needs some creativity.
Programmers write code, that is to say text lignes which will be interpreted by the machine to make the whole actions indispensable for the game. Interaction of objects, life points of gamers, the display screen etc…are all made by programmers.
This school, open to students of Baccalauréat or Bac + 2, permits to become a programmer specialized in video game and to acquire a professional experience of video game production in a team.
Length : three years (or two years for Bac + 2 candidates)
Admission conditions : tests and interview
Admission level : Bac (three years) or Bac + 2 (two years)
First year :
- catching up in maths and physics
- programming in C
- programming in C++
- common project with first year designers (scripting)
Second year :
- further knowledge in maths and physics
- programming in C and C++
- 2D and 3D graphics programming
- real time physics programming
- animation programming
- audio programming
- projects of applied video game creations
- common project with second year designers (integration)
Third year :
- further training in maths and physics
- programming in C and C++
- network programming
- programming of artificial intelligence behaviors
- advanced programming
- achievement of a prototype proposed by a company, in collaboration with third year designers
Price :
- First year : 4000 euros
- Second year : 5500 euros
- Third year : 5700 euros
