BIP: Digital Games and VR

BIP on Digital Games and VR is a blended intensive program jointly coordinated by Polytechnic of Cávado and Ave (IPCA), Nord University Norway and TU Wien, Austria. The BIP on Digital Games and VR is a course where you’ll learn the basic aspects of game design, will be introduced to unity as the game engine, and will get to know the characteristics, concepts, and potential and possible drawbacks of virtual reality.

Team management and teamwork methodologies will also be important topics and students will learn how to use them within the given game development setting. Different techniques for developing game ideas, and the use of agile development methods and prototyping techniques to implement them will also be part of this course.

Serious games as a practical example for a game development area and how they are used in different domains with a special focus on the healthcare sector will also be focused. Different techniques for developing game ideas, and the use of agile development methods and prototyping techniques to implement them will also be part of this course. Serious games as a practical example for a game development area and how they are used in different domains with a special focus on the healthcare sector will also be focused.

Students will be introduced to serious games, and methods for the design of a game with a specific purpose and will understand how to measure player inputs gathered from sensors and evaluate these outcomes. All those aspects will be used by students to design and implement a chosen game within a selected team group work (4-5 people per group).

 Date: From 13 March to 28 April 2023

Face-to-face week: From 26 to 31 March at Polytechnic of Cávado and Ave (Portugal)

Mode of delivery: Blended

Language of instruction: English

ECTS credits: 3

Academic recognition: To be defined by each higher education institution. Generally, most students will have a certified in their diploma supplement, as a minimal condition.

Eligible participants: students from any study cycle, with a particular emphasis on students with engineering, design.

Deadline for applications: 21 of January 2023