The Swiss Game Academy is an annual program with conferences, workshops, and classes, where participants will discover the multidisciplinary tasks of videogame creation. Each participant will join a team of 3-4 people and create a videogame during 3-5 days. And the Master21 Academy has officially announced Switzerland’s first coding bootcamps.
Thanks to a cooperation between the Swiss Game Center (SGC) and the Swiss Game Developers Association (SGDA), this year’s edition of the Swiss Game Academy will have a full program in French as well as in German language. The Swiss Game Academy 2016 is the second edition of the annual campus. Conferences, workshops, and classes are provided by professionals of the Swiss and international scene. Furthermore, each participant will create a videogame. In an academic context, the participants will collaborate with their team to design and realize a prototype, following all the steps from the idea to realization.
The collaboration between the SGDA and SGC will allow participants to take advantage of a full program in German, which will complement the original in French. As advocate for the Swiss game developers and the local game industry, the SGDA seeks to help young people who want to find a profession in game design and development. For this reason, the SGDA engages in the organization and realization of learning opportunities in these fields.
Registrations are open until August 20th: http://gameacademy.ch
Up to 200 participants can register for the event.
First coding bootcamps in Switzerland
Master21 Academy, was founded by Melanie Kovacs and Rodrigo Hanggi. They explain the reason for starting the academy in their first newsletter: “We started Master21 because we were frustrated with the currently available coding education in Switzerland. We aim to provide a better learning experience, one that is hands-on, project-based and fun. In just 9 weeks, you will learn how to code, create your own websites and web applications.”
In the bootcamps participants can learn everything they need to get their project off the ground. Mentors and industry experts will guide them step by step until the first working prototype is online. In addition there are plenty of networking opportunities to meet potential co-founders.
The first bootcamps (full-time or part-time) will start in September and October.
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