Welcome to Futuregames Academy
Behind this educational program stand some of the largest companies in the computer game industry in Sweden, all located in the Stockholm area. The educational program has been designed in close collaboration with representatives from the computer game industry and was created on the basis of the industry´s own demands and requirements of the personnel they are looking to hire in the future.
Our goal is to educate game designers and 3D-graphic artists to the Swedish game industry.
At Futuregames Academy you attend school for 60 weeks, followed by a vocational training for the duration of 30 weeks. The vocational training is a very important part of the education and a way for you to experience and learn the profession, before getting hired.
All our teachers have extensive experience from the industry.
The school offers two unique Qualified Vocational Education programs: choose between Game Design or 3D graphics.
Latest news
DR Studios and Train2Game at Futuregames
Tons of experience and the latest up-to-date business input flooded through Futuregames when Clive Robert and Tony Bickley from DR Studios visited Futuregames.
Clive and Tony runs a game dev studio in UK and has produced a lot of AAA-titles during their 20 years in the business. Statements as “monetize your portfolio”, “be commersial not idealistic”, “it’s kind of fun to do the impossible” got the students shaken but not stirred…
Collaboration will be next step – vocational training and business development in the UK.
Vocational training process has started!
Today, Dave Sharp – our man in the UK, started up the vocational training (LiA) process together with Almir. The LiA begins in february 2011 and will last 6 months. Hopefully and probably a lot of the students will go abroad and spread the Futuregames word….
Clive Robert, Dave Sharp and Tony Bickley
08-30-10
Game project 3
It was time for the four groups on FutureGames Academy to demonstrate their games for project 3.
After only 6 weeks to prepare, each group had their one games to show with a presentation, trailer, demo and a gameplay.
Using primarily Unity and Maya, the project was to develop a game using an Xbox controller with the theme “forbidden fruit”.
The jury from left: Mikael Lindgren (freelance game designer), Rickard Johansson (game designer Starbreeze), Rasmus Hallberg Gapminder, Åsa Roos (freelance game designer), Tove Enghed (level designer Fatshark), Mårten Stormdahl (lead designer Fatshark)
Trailer for Ayla:
Trailer for Bloom:
A manual showing the controller for Bloom
Ludvig and Michael preparing to show the game
07-07-10
Neues aus Berlin
Tom och Per från Futuregames besöker Yager
Futuregames har just nu tre studenter på praktik på Yager i Berlin. Dan, Dennis och Torkel jobbar på produktion av Spec Ops: The Line som släpps senare i år.
Yager är “sehr zufrieden” med våra studenter – två har redan fått anställning där – och Yager välkomnar fler LiA studenter från Futuregames. Kul.
Studenterna skickar snart en hälsning från Lia-uppenhållet här till siten
Futuregamesstudenterna Torkel, Dan och Dennis, Yager
Games Academy i Berlin i deras fantastisk lokaler am Spree.
Games Academy är en privatskola i Berlin med över 150 studenter. Skolan är en huvudleverantör av ny kompetens till den tyska spelindustrin.
De finns även i Frankfurt och öppnar en filial i Vancover i höst!
Vi diskuterade olika samarbeten framöver och kommer att följa upp besöket inom kort, inspirerande!
Dr Malte Behrmann, från EGDF, var med på besöket och slog ett slag för fler internationella samarbeten mellan skolor inom den europeiska spelbranschen.
Dr Malte Behrman, EGDF och Enrico Rappsilber, Kursmanagement/stell. Rektor, Games Academy Berlin, Games Academy
06-18-10
Gästföreläsare Joakim Hellstedt
Joakim Hellstedt har arbetat inom spelsindustrin sedan 2001. Sedan dess har han arbetat på Starbreeze och GRIN på en rad projekt och växlat mellan att arbeta som bl a konceptare, karaktärsgrafiker och AD samt varit inblandad i preproduktion/planering, teknisk utveckling, speldesign och gameplay. Med sin erfarenhet av att arbeta mot stressiga deadlines och att hjälpa andra att visualisera/utveckla sina idéer arbetar han numera på frilansbasis.
05-23-10
Reminder: Apply now!
Thursday 20th is the last day… Don’t miss out!
05-17-10
