Game design course in Pune, ending in a game you can actually play.
Mechanics, level design, asset pipelines and playable prototypes. Game design training at the Indian Institute of Animation, taught by artists and developers who ship real interactive work.
01The discipline
What Game design and development looks like here.
Games are systems first. You learn to design mechanics that are fun before they are pretty, then build the assets and logic that make them playable.
02What you learn
The curriculum, without the fluff.
- Game feel: mechanics, loops and player motivation
- Level design and prototyping on paper and on screen
- 3D asset creation for games in Blender
- Intro to engines: scenes, scripts and prefabs
- UI for games: HUDs, menus and feedback
- Playtesting, iteration and shipping a vertical slice
03Who it suits
Who usually joins, and why.
- Students who game and want to build them
- 3D artists moving into real time pipelines
- Programmers adding design thinking
- Multimedia students specialising in games
- Indie founders scoping their first title
You will not finish a full game in a short cohort, and anyone promising that is selling something. You will finish a vertical slice, which is what portfolios are judged on.
04How it is taught
The institute method, same as every track.
Free demo first
Forty five minutes live with a mentor. Weekend and evening slots, no obligation.
Short cohort formats
This discipline runs in shorter formats than the four full cohorts, so ask what is starting next.
Real briefs
Projects are run like studio jobs: written brief, deadlines, revision notes from working artists.
Portfolio piece
You finish with one portfolio ready piece and the files behind it.
05Outcome
What you leave with.
A playable vertical slice with design documentation, plus a realistic map of the roles in game studios and which one you are building toward.
06Keep going
Related cohorts and services.
NextClaim a seat
Your seat is one free class away.
Forty five minutes live with a mentor, and you leave with a roadmap whether you join or not. No fee, no obligation, no pushy follow up.