2D Game Design Course For Beginners

CPD certificates are accepted by thousands of professional bodies and government regulators here in the UK and around the world. Many organisations look for employees with CPD requirements, which means, that by doing this course, you would be a potential candidate in your respective field.

 

The Quality Licence Scheme is a brand of the Skills and Education Group, a leading national awarding organisation for providing high-quality vocational qualifications across a wide range of industries.

Introduction

• Introduction
• The User Interface

Drawing in Inkscape

• Drawing Your First Object
• Working With Multiple Objects
• Colors in Inkscape
• Path Operations – Creating Simple Shapes
• Gradients and Groups
• Modify Path – The Best Way Refine Your Objects
• Use What You Learned: Draw a Bomb in Inkscape

Exporting

• Export Bitmap Image
• How and Why to Save to SVG

GUI Elements – Creating Buttons

• First Step – Learn the Text Tool
• Button States
• Buton Variations

Creating Platforms

• Design a Basic Platform
• Tiling Platforms
• Platform Mutations

Design and Animate Game Character

• Draw and Move a Character for a Top Down Shooter
• Design a Game Hero!
• Character Poses
• Practice Animation: the Blob!
• Set Up and Understand a More Complex Walk Cycle
• Finish the Walk Cycle

Backgrounds for Your Game

• Understanding Backgrounds
• Tiling Backgrounds
• Add Foreground Elements
• Background Variations

More Tips and Tricks and Real-Life Case Studies

• Modularity – Be More Creative and Efficient

This comprehensive 2D game design for beginners course is suitable for:

• Anyone looking to improve their job prospects or aspiring to accelerate their career in this sector.
• One who wants to gain in-depth knowledge of 2D game graphics.

• There are no academic entry requirements for this 2D game design for beginners course, and it is open to students of all academic backgrounds.
• As long as you are aged seventeen or over and have a basic grasp of English, numeracy and ICT, you will be eligible to enrol.
• Contact us if you have any issues. 

• On successful completion of the course, you will be required to sit an online multiple-choice assessment.
• The assessment will be evaluated automatically and the results will be given to you immediately.

Endorsed Certificate from Quality Licence Scheme

After successfully passing the MCQ exam you will be eligible to order the Endorsed Certificate by Quality Licence Scheme. The Quality Licence Scheme is a brand of the Skills and Education Group, a leading national awarding organisation for providing high-quality vocational qualifications across a wide range of industries. It will give you a competitive advantage in your career, making you stand out from all other applicants and employees. There is a Quality Licence Scheme endorsement fee to obtain an endorsed certificate which is £65.

Certificate of Achievement from Lead Academy

After successfully passing the MCQ exam, you will be eligible to order your certificate of achievement as proof of your new skill. You will get the CPD-accredited PDF certificate free of cost, which is included with the course. There is an additional fee to obtain a printed copy of the CPD-accredited certificate, which is £35.