Next Generation Game Engine Training to Develop Online, iOS (iPhone or iPad), Android, Xbox360, PS3 and NGP games on mobile smart phones, network and console platforms for young people to realize their dream.
HONG KONG, June 14, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited Cyberport IncuTrain Centre organizes the Next Generation Game Engine Training Programme during July to December 2011 by inviting professional game masters and trainers from Shanghai Game Academy (GA) to Hong Kong to provide skill set and training to local startups companies, industry professionals and students, who want to realize their game ideas and develop career in the creative industries. After completion of the training, GA will recommend game job placement to the graduates. An overview of next generation game development training will be available on 18 June 2011.
| Overview of Next-Gen Game Development details as follow: | |
| Date: | 18/06/2011 |
| Time: | 9:30am - 4:30pm (lunch time 12:30pm - 1:30pm) |
| Venue: | Solution Lab, Cyberport IncuTrain Centre, Unit 518, Level 5, Cyberport 3 (Core F), 100 Cyberport Road |
| Fee: | HK$200 |
| Language: | Putonghua (terminology in English) |
| Deadline for Application: | 16/06/2011 |
| Free shuttle bus service (Admiralty Centre <-> Cyberport) will be provided | |
| Registration form download: | http://unreal.cyberport.hk |
| Enquiry hotline: | +852 2544 5682 |
| Registration email: | training@cyberport.hk |
| Fax: | +852 3010 8422 |
Who Should Attend?
Startup companies, industry professionals, students and anyone who want to be a next-gen game developer!
Using Unreal Developer Kit (UDK) is free of charge for game developers to build commercial games without revenue sharing with Epic Games China, the company provides UDK, if the revenue is under US$50,000. This is good for developing mobile games and virtual reality applications. UDK will be used as teaching tool for the training.
This 6-month program is designed for those who have a background in visual or interactive design and desire a career in the game industries. The 5 modules have covered most aspects of nowadays game development knowledge, skills and techniques. Students will be able to create their own next-gen game by using UDK when they finish this program on PC, iOS (iPhone or iPad), Android, Xbox360, PS3 and NGP platform. UDK
About training partner: Shanghai Game Academy (GA)
Founded in 2004, Shanghai Game Academy (GA) is an innovative vocational school that specializes in training next-gen game artists, designers and engineers. GA's curriculum has been designed, polished and is taught by the real experts in the industry. Today, over 600 GA graduates are working in the top game studios such as EA, Ubisoft, 2K Games, Activision, and Epic Game China, just to name a few. GA is operated by Taozhi Digital Technology (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., and in 2006, it became a member of Epic Games China family. In Great China Area, GA is the only school provides the professional training courses of Unreal Engine3, the cutting-edge and award-winning next-gen game development technology of Epic Games, which has been adopted by most of the leading game companies in the world, like Microsoft Game Studio, SOE, Warner Bros., Square-Enix, Capcom, NCsoft, etc.
About Cyberport IncuTrain Centre
Funded by the Innovation and Technology Fund, the Cyberport IncuTrain Centre is Hong Kong's first and only incubation and training centre for the digital entertainment industry. IncuTrain aims to incubate local companies, particularly the start-up companies, in the digital entertainment industry and creative digital lifestyle related areas and to provide them with fully equipped office spaces, advance digital production facilities, professional training, business development, services and support of all kinds for their commercialization success in business.
Media contact:
Ms. Tang
Tel: +852-2544-5682
Email: training@cyberport.hk
Fax: +852-3010-8422
