University News Last updated 06 May 2011
Celebrate the emergence of summer by starting your path to an exciting career in games at the Gamer Camp: Pro Open Day, in Birmingham on Saturday, 21st May 2011.
The free Open Day provides a taster of Birmingham City University’s industry-endorsed ‘finishing school’ for gamemakers – Gamer Camp: Pro, which provides an MA / MSc in Video Games Development, and runs for 12 months from September 2011.
Aspiring programmers and games artists who’d like to attend the Gamer Camp: Pro Open Day, can do so by registering online.
Getting Started in Games
“Finding a career in the games industry isn’t easy,” says Birmingham City University’s Oliver Williams, who helped create the programme. “But Gamer Camp has been created to provide talented gamemakers with the skills and crucially, the experience, they need to get started in the games industry.
“The Open Day provides free taster sessions to give those interested in the training course an idea of what Gamer Camp: Pro is all about.”
Backed by Sony
The course is endorsed by the likes of Sony, Codemasters, Rare and Blitz Games Studios’, and led by Guy Wilday, former Studio Manager on the Colin McRae Rally games.
The Open Day will also provide a chance for potential students to quiz the mentors about Gamer Camp: Pro, which runs over twelve months at NTI Birmingham’s city centre studios from September 2011.Students work full-time in teams towards producing a PlayStation®3 (PS3™) game for the PlayStation®Network.
Nano, Mini and Pro
There are three shapes and sizes of Gamer Camp, Nano, Mini and Pro. The longest of the courses, the year-long Gamer Camp: Pro, awards graduates with a MA or MSc in Video Games Development from Birmingham City University. Gamer Camp: Pro will cost EU students £8,000 and non-EU students £10,050.
The shortest of the three sessions, Gamer Camp: Nano, runs during the summer for 1 month, from 4th to 29th July, and costs £499.00 per person, as up to 8 programmers and 4 artists or animators create games for a smartphone platform.
Gamer Camp: Mini, the intermediate version of the course, lasts 3 months from 20th June to 22nd August 2011 and costs each participant £1,499.00. Mini focuses on handheld gaming, with students using PlayStation® development hardware.
Would-be programmers and games artists can apply for each course quickly and online via www.GamerCamp.co.uk, where details of the courses can also be found. Payment is made upon acceptance onto a course, all of which are subject to an interview.
NTI Birmingham (www.ntibirmingham.co.uk), a software training centre and design studio is part of Birmingham City University, hosts each Gamer Camp course in its city centre facility.