Bachelor Video Game

TRAIN IN A WELL-EQUIPPED SCHOOL

With top-of-the-range equipment, at the cutting edge of digital technology, and a teaching team comprised of video game professionals, LISAA is ranked as the fourth-best private video game school by industry professionals (L'Étudiant 2018). LISAA provides students with a professional setting, infrastructure and facilities including a film studio and calibration station, a motion capture area and a sound studio, as well as a large number of computers equipped with the software used in studios (Houdini, Unity, Unreal Engine, Maya, 3ds Max, Substance Painter, Adobe suite, etc.).

THREE SPECIALISATIONS FROM THE FIRST YEAR

Students choose a specialisation from the first year of the Bachelor's degree:

• Game Art: this specialisation aims to train students in art direction relating to characters in video games. From the first to the third year, students will understand and learn how to draw with traditional mediums but also understand and master how to use a graphic tablet. The student is the artistic director of a game. Graduates will be able to apply for roles in 2-D and 3-D character creation (from modelling to texturing).
• Game Design: this specialisation aims to train students to design the content of a video game. The course covers designing gameplay, how it works, playable prototyping, production and logic. The student is the architect of a game. Graduates will be able to apply for roles as Game Designer (creation of game mechanics/gameplay), Level Designer (design of level architecture), UX Design (understanding the logic and working of a game’s ergonomics) and Technical Game Designer (mastering the entire specialisation pipeline).
• Tech Art: this specialisation focuses on creative direction and the design of 3-D environment backgrounds. The objective is to master all elements required to design a 3-D environment, from the original idea to 3-D modelling, right up to integration onto the market's game engines (Unity 3D or Unreal Engine 4). The student is the creative director of the game. Graduates will be able to apply for roles as 3-D Environment Artist (creation of 3-D scenery, texturing and integration), FX Artist (creation and mastery of visual effects in a game), 2-D Concept Artist (creation of 2-D environments) or Tech Artist (mastering of the entire production pipeline).

NATIONALLY-ACCREDITED LEVEL 6 QUALIFICATION*

The video game course takes place over three years, or two years after a foundation year in applied arts. It leads to the qualification* of Video Game Designer – IDAA-LISAA, NSF 323n – level 6, registered in the National Directory of Professional Certifications by order of 27 December 2018 published in the Official Journal of 4 January 2019. Students can join the course from the first year or during the course in the second or third years. 

The bachelor's degree can be extended with the Video Game master's degree or by the Scriptwriter master's degree for animation and video games. In two years, these courses perfectly complement the video game design training by furthering and diversifying your technical and managerial skills. It serves as a real springboard to enter the job market armed with solid professional skills.

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