BECOME A GAME ARTIST!

Learn the skills you need to become a mobile game artist

Learn the fundamental skills to succeed as an artist in the video games industry.  

Our programme provides beginners or intermediate artists the opportunity to fine tune their art skills for a career in the games industry

Join our 3-month accelerated video games production art programme. 

What You Get

2D & 3D Production

Free Online Training

Experienced Mentor/Tutor

Certificate of Completion

Who Can Apply

  • Must reside in Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda or Uganda
  • Own a personal laptop or graphics tablet
  • Must have experience drawing 
  • Available to commence training from April 2023

Who Can Apply?

Character Design

Promotional Art Design

Art Collaboration

Environment Design

Scene Visualisation

3D Modeling

Character Animation

Storyboarding

What You Need

Passion for Art & Design

Computer or graphic tablet

Photoshop, Blender, Clip Studio

Available for 3 months

What You Need

Apply by 5th April 2023

Submit assignment by 14th April

Training Commences 24th April 2023

FAQ

Anyone in Nigeria, Ghana or Kenya can apply; however our ideal candidate should possess some of the following qualities

  • Demonstrable knowledge of one of the programming language (C#, C++, HTML, JavaScript)
  • Have successfully completed an online software programming course in the past 12 months
  • A strong passion for self learning and problem solving
  • Enthusiastic about launching a game development career

Please send in your application by midnight Monday, 19th of July 2021. Early application is advised, please click here to start your application.

The bootcamp will operate 3 levels. Students who successfully complete level 1 will progress to level 2 and so on. 


Level 1 

Theme: Game Development Fundamentals 

Duration: 12 weeks

Start Date: 2nd August 2021

End Date: 22nd October 2021


Level 2

Theme: Succeed on the Play Store

Duration: 4 Weeks

Start Date: 1st November

End Date: 26th November


Level 3

Theme: Publish Your First Game

Duration: 3 Weeks

Start Date: 29th November

End Date: 17th December

The bootcamp will take place online.

The course curriculum will cover topics such as;

  • Game mechanics
  • ​Level design
  • In-game monetisation
  • Gamification techniques
  • Artificial Intelligence & Machine learning
  • Teamwork & collaboration
  • ​Presentation

This training bootcamp is powered by Google and Maliyo Games, a mobile games development studio based in Lagos, Nigeria. 

  • Game mechanics
  • ​Level design
  • In-game monetisation
  • Gamification techniques
  • Artificial Intelligence & Machine learning
  • Teamwork & collaboration
  • ​Presentation