GAMEPLAY PROGRAMMING & MARKETING

ADMISSION

High School Diploma + Entrance Exam

DURATION

3 or 5

years

DEGREE

BSc + MSc
Bachelor of Science
+ Master of Science

RHYTHM

School and Internship

Full-time study + internships

COURSE LANGUAGE

English

CAMPUS

Nice

BECOME A MARKETING & GAMEPLAY PROGRAMMER

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The Marketing & Gameplay Programmer masters gameplay programming as well as market knowledge and analysis. This programmer has a transversal vision focused on product and user, and a thorough understanding of the various video game professions.

You will learn how to implement and use in-game tracking to get data and quantitative feedbacks on user behavior. This feedback is used to make better decisions related to gameplay and user experience.

You will have the opportunity to develop your games on multiple platforms (Switch, Playstation 4, mobile/tablet, PC, VR...)

Success Story

80 million downloads in over 90 countries, including the United States, Canada, Australia and Asia.

It was created by Ben P., ISART alumni and CEO of BENTO Studio.

This free to play game, created in 3 weeks, earned its creator more than 12 million euros in the first 2 years.

This degree leads to different careers in the video game and digital industry

Entrepreneur
Digital Content Manager
Developer
Lead Developer
Data Scientist
Gameplay Developer

Game Feel Developer
Unity Developer
Unreal Engine Developer
Mobile Developer
Technical Designer
Creative Director

Publishing & Entrepreneurship inside ISART Digital

ISART Digital has a partnership with a video game publisher offering funding to selected games.
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Gameplay Programmer
& Marketing

BACHELOR'S

Internship: 1 month

COURSE CONTENT

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Business skills Foundation:

Monetization
Introduction
Data analysis
Marketing
Entrepreneurship
Management
Cognitive UI - UX
Optional Language for International Business in the Games Industry: Japanese | French | Chinese
Career Support

Technical & Creative Skills :

Programming Introduction to Game Design | 2D Level Design | Narrative Design | Visual Scripting
Design
Introduction to Game Design and Level Design | Juiciness | Introduction to UI-UX | History and Theory of Games | Practice of Creativity
Science & Technology
2D Mathematics | Animate | OpenFl | HTML5 | High Level Languages (AS3, Haxe, ES6, NodeJs)
Projects
Shoot Them Up | 2D Puzzle Game | One Button Game
Foundations
Introduction to Game Design | 2D Level Design | Narrative Design | Visual Scripting

BACHELOR'S

Internship: 1 to 3 months

COURSE CONTENT

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Business Skills

Cognitive UI - UX best practices in gaming
Marketing
Data analysis | Monetization | Publishing
Entrepreneurship
Management
Optional Language for International Business in the Games Industry: Japanese | French | Chinese
Career Support

Technical & Creative Skills :

Programming
Advanced object-oriented programming | Design patterns | 2D & 3D programming | Client-server programming
Advanced Practices
3D Orientation | Data Initiation for Unity and Mobile
Design
Game Design | Level Design | Game Feel | Juiciness | Introduction to Game Business Models | UI-UX | History and Theory of Games | Practice of Creativity
Science & Technology
3D Mathematics | Introduction to 3D | Unity | MySQL | MongoDb | High Level Languages (C#, NodeJs)
Projets
3D Puzzle Game | Platformer | Free-to-play mobile

BACHELOR'S

Internship: 3 months

COURSE CONTENT

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Business Skills :

Mastering Practices
Advanced 3D Level Design with Unreal and Virtual Reality
Marketing
Data analysis | Law | Branding & IP
Entrepreneurship
Management
Optional Language for International Business in the Games Industry:
Japanese | French | Chinese
Career Support

Technical & Creative Skills :

Programming
Data Oriented Programming | Design Patterns | Asynchronous Client-Server Programming
Design
Game design | Narrative design | Level design | Data analysis | UI-UX | Game Feel | Juiciness | History and Game Theory | Creativity Practice
Science & Technology
3D Mathematics | Unreal | Unity | Nintendo Switch Development | High Level Languages (C#) and Visual Scripting (Blueprint)
Projects
Game Week | R&D | Narrative Games | RPG

MASTER'S

Internship: 4 to 6 months

COURSE CONTENT

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Business Skills

Specializing
Design & Genres | Creative Vision through a full Video Game Project
Marketing
Data Science | User Acquisition | Product Launch
Management
Entrepreneurship
Contract law | Labour law | Publishing | Aid and funding
Optional Language for International Business in the Games Industry: Japanese | French | Chinese
Career Support

Technical & Creative Skills :

Programming
Introduction to low-level languages
Design
Study of specific game genres
Science & Technology
Unity | Unreal | High Level Languages (C#) | Low Level Languages (C++)
Projects
Presentation of professional experience | Virtual Reality | Inter-curricular Video Game Project. Presentation to a jury of industry professionals

MASTER'S

Internship: 3 to 4 months

COURSE CONTENT

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Business Skills :

Expert Practices
Specialization
Marketing
Data Science | Finance & Entrepreneurship | Acquisition Manager
Management
Entrepreneurship
Optional Language for International Business in the Game Industry: Japanese | French | Chinese
Career Support
6-month internship

Technical Skills :

Programming
Prototyping | Advanced C++ Programming | Optimization
Design
UI-UX | User Research | Design, development and level design of specific games | Game theory
Entrepreneurship
Help in creating a company | Launching your first game
Narrative Design
Advanced Environmental Narrative Design | IP 360
Product Management
Live Ops | Data Analytics | Advanced Rational Game Design and Level Design
Specialization Project