| Program start date | Application deadline |
| 2025-08-20 | - |
Program Overview
Making a game with codeless programming
Course Overview
Come and get involved with this fast-paced 2-day course where our Games Academy team will teach you about essential skills for games development, providing a starting point for your journey into games design or into a more technical career.
We’ll start by introducing you to Unity and showing you how to build logic with visual scripting. Then you’ll put everything you’ve learned into practice with a supported games jam challenge. There’ll be a chance to play each-other’s games at the end of the course, and you’ll leave with the game you’ve created.
Key Details
- Tuition fees per individual: £300
- Location: Games Academy, Penryn Campus
- Duration: 2 days
Course Team
- Archie Andrews: Archie is a Games Engine and Version Control Technician. He studied Games Development Programming and worked freelance on building tools and mobile games. Archie has also taught games development at different levels of education ranging from an after school game making club at Stoke Damerel Primary School in Plymouth to the technical workshops under the Games Academy at Falmouth.
How You'll Learn
You’ll learn via a series of taught workshops and will get hands-on straightaway. On the second day, you’ll get stuck in to developing your own game with full support from our technical team.
Who is This Course For
This course is suitable for beginners who are interested in games, programming, software or IT generally who’d like to broaden their skillset; or for creative people who are interested in moving into a more technical career and want to experiment with digital tools in a supportive environment.
It’s also suitable for people who enjoy making games already who would like to expand your knowledge and take on a games jam challenge in a collaborative environment.
What to Expect
Expect a fun, intensive, quick-start course with hands-on activities each day.
- Arrival each day: From 9am
- Teaching starts: 9.30am
- Teaching ends: 5pm
What to Bring
All materials and equipment you’ll need are provided. Please remember to bring a packed lunch with you.
Food and Drink
Tea/coffee is included each day. Please bring a packed lunch, or visit one of our on-campus cafes.
Location
This course is taught in our Games Academy on our Penryn campus.
There is plenty of parking available on our Penryn campus and you can also reach us via a range of public transport options. You can find out more, here.
For campus maps and information on visiting us, please visit our How to find us page.
Eligibility
A reasonable level of familiarity with computers and basic IT skills, but no prior games knowledge is required.
Accommodation
Accommodation is not included in this course cost. If you would like to book accommodation, please see our accommodation for short course students page for a range of options.
Course Outline
This is an outline of what we’ll cover on each day of this course:
Day One
- Basics of Unity Engine
- Basics of Visual Scripting tools
- Implementing assets into Unity Engine
- Building and sharing games to explore and test knowledge
Day Two
- Game Jam
- Ideas generation round
- Create a small playable game within a short period of time
- Share the game with others
How to Apply
To apply for this course, make your selection from the available dates below, this will take you to an event page where you will be able to book yourself onto the course via the Book now link.
- Tuition fees per individual: £300
Upcoming Short Courses
- Wed 20 Aug 2025
- 2-day course | 20 - 21 Aug | Price: £300
- Making a game with codeless programming
- In-person
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