Skills acquired Identify and analyze a customer’s 3D needsScript a 3D development project in an industrial, service or entertainment contextChoose and configure a 3D software platformManage a 3D development projectManage 3D creative and technical teams Training Objectives Acquire technical and scientific skills related to video games but also solid transversal skills: Mastering the production pipelines, technologies and challenges of the digital & video game industry, but also virtual reality, artificial intelligence, big dataMastering transversal skills: basic science modules, teaching specialties, humanities, introduction to research, etc.Improve your skills on specialized subjects such as physical simulation programming. How am I taught Theoretical and practical teaching: lectures, application exercises, practical work, tutorialsProduction of projects: monitoring and supervision by teachers during the realization of projects (end of year project, final major project) How am I assessed The school has set up a fair and objective evaluation system: Continuous Assessment (case studies, role-playing, presentations, demonstrations)Project presentations (end of year project, final major project) in front of a school or professional juryWritten and oral evaluations in EnglishProfessional experience report and presentation

Game Programming

Develop scientific and technical expertise applied to video games

Admission

High School Diploma +
Entrance Exam

Duration

Years

Degree

Level 7 RNCP – Master’s Degree

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Graduates
(2020/2021/2022 years)

95%

Employment rate of last three graduate classes

93%

Alumni satisfied with their course (2020/2021/2022 years)

Training

Game Programming Degree

Admission hors Parcoursup

Program taught in French

The Game Programming training program trains high-level, all-round profi les who have technical and scientific skills related to video games, as well as solid cross-disciplinary skills.

Students are trained in the production pipelines, technologies and challenges of the the digital sector, especially video games. They are ready to meet the challenges of tomorrow with Virtual Reality, Artificial Intelligence and Big Data.

The diversity of teaching modules, built around mathematical, physical and computer sciences computer science, specialized video game development techniques and the humanities humanities, an introduction to research and professional experience prepare students to work in a multidisciplinary environment.

The 4th year offers students the opportunity to hone their skills in advanced engineering subjects engineering subjects (e.g. physics simulation programming), and to collaborate with all video game the video game industry as part of a joint project. The 5th year enables students to specialize in specific subjects, open up to cross-disciplinary professions and research, in partnership with the Tokyo University of Technology.

Entry requirements for Game Programming degree

Admission to Game Programming 1st year or 3rd year is conditional to obtaining a high school diploma, as well as passing the admissions test: interview, presentation of a portfolio (optional presentation in 1st year / mandatory in 3rd year) and written tests.

All details are given in the Admissions Guide.

Pedagogy

Skills acquired

Identify and analyze a customer’s 3D needs
Script a 3D development project in an industrial, service or entertainment context
Choose and configure a 3D software platform
Manage a 3D development project
Manage 3D creative and technical teams

Training Objectives

Acquire technical and scientific skills related to video games but also solid transversal skills:

Mastering the production pipelines, technologies and challenges of the digital & video game industry, but also virtual reality, artificial intelligence, big data
Mastering transversal skills: basic science modules, teaching specialties, humanities, introduction to research, etc.
Improve your skills on specialized subjects such as physical simulation programming.

How am I taught

Theoretical and practical teaching: lectures, application exercises, practical work, tutorials
Production of projects: monitoring and supervision by teachers during the realization of projects (end of year project, final major project)

How am I assessed

The school has set up a fair and objective evaluation system:

Continuous Assessment (case studies, role-playing, presentations, demonstrations)
Project presentations (end of year project, final major project) in front of a school or professional jury
Written and oral evaluations in English
Professional experience report and presentation

INTERNSHIP & INDUSTRY PLACEMENTS

The Game Programming course includes periods of work experience in companies, to develop students’ employability right from the start of their studies.

Bachelor 2nd year: a summer internship
Bachelor 3rd year: 2-month internship (Feb/April)
Master’s degree: 26 weeks minimum over the two years

Qualification

The school delivers a “Game Programmer” degree to students who have successfully completed the course. As part of the school’s quality approach, each course is subject to an application for RNCP certification.

This certifies the quality of the program and the professional integration of the graduates.

Program

A PROJECT-ORIENTED PEDAGOGY

Bachelor's

Year 1

Bachelor's

Year 2

Bachelor's

Year 3

Master's

Year 1

Master's

Year 2

Full Time

EDUCATIONAL CONTENT

Program taught in French

IT Development

Low and high level programming C, C++, C# | Architecture & Software Design| Advanced Algorithmics

Engine and Tools

File version management system (Git) | Basic rendering system (OpenGL)| Game engine (Unity)

Science

Physics and Mathematics (analysis) | Rasterization | Study of the complexity of algorithms

Game Design

Initiation

Career Support

Active English

Projects

2D/3D Games
Rasterization
Personal engine
Intercurricular 3D Action Game
End of year project
Citizenchip project

Full time

EDUCATIONAL CONTENT

Program taught in French

IT Development

Parallel programming | 3D animation techniques | Technical design document| Debugging-Profiling (CPU and GPU)

Engine and Tools

Advanced rendering system | Unreal Engine (C++ and Blueprint)

Science

Complex physics and mathematics (Vector analysis / Navier stokes / Minkowski / Voronoï)

Career Support

Active English

Projects

Parralel resource management
Arena fighting game
Animation of a character (FBX)
Creating a game with a game engine
Citizenchip project

Internship / Professional Experience

4 weeks (summer)

Full time

EDUCATIONAL CONTENT

Program taught in French

IT Development

Networks | Research & Development | Advanced data structure | Networks programming on Unreal Engine 4

Engine and Tools

Architectures (CPU | GPU) | Advanced Unity and Unreal Engine Usage | Optimization

Science

AI Techniques in the world of video games

Career Support

Active English

Projects

Network game
Real time strategy game
Game Week
Professional experience project
R&D Technologique intercurricular
R&D technical Artist intercurricular
End of Bachelor’s project

Internship / Professional Experience

2 months (Feb/April)

work-study program

EDUCATIONAL CONTENT

Program taught in French

IT Development

Complex algorithms (Broad Phase / Narrow Phase / SPH / Position Based Simulation) | Physical engine |Amazon network architecture

Career Support

Active English

Projects

Professional positioning project
Realization of a physical simulation (Rigidbody with stresses and fluids)
Intercurricular Graduation Project
TOEIC

Internship / Professional Experience

26 weeks minimum to be achieved over the last two years

work-study program

EDUCATIONAL CONTENT

Program taught in French

IT Development

Lighting and shadows technique with Vulkan (Propagation, reflection, refraction, ray tracing) | Assembly language and SIMD | Reverse engineering Gameplay | Advanced Parallel Programming | DevOps

Science

(Optical) Physics and Mathematics | Spatial and Temporal Acceleration Algorithm

Managerial Development

Production management | Planning management | Code validation

Career Support

Active English

Projects

Light and shadow engine
Optimizing of physics engine
Specialization project
Gameplay analysis and reproduction
Professional experience project

Internship / Professional Experience

26 weeks minimum to be achieved over the last two years

EXPERIENCE

WHAT THE COMPANIES SAY

What the students say

Employment

JOB OPPORTUNITIES

The Game Programming program opens the door to a variety of careers in the video game, multimedia, finance, research, and computer engineering sectors.