Summer School Summer Sessions Award Games
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Course overview
The Games Summer School Course provides students with essential skills in music composition, sound design, and coding tailored for video game development.
Key components include:
Music Composition for Games: Students learn to compose music that enhances gameplay, sets the mood, and creates immersive experiences. Techniques for adaptive and interactive scores are covered.
Sound Design: The course covers creating and manipulating sound effects, ambient sounds, and dialogue, using digital audio workstations (DAWs) and sound libraries to produce high-quality audio.
Coding for Games: Students gain basic coding skills to integrate music and sound into game engines, understanding the technical requirements and challenges of game audio implementation.
Integration with Game Development: Collaboration with game developers to integrate audio seamlessly into games.
This course serves as a stepping stone to ACM’s full-time programs in game audio and music production:
Advanced Techniques: Full-time courses delve deeper into advanced composition, sound design, and coding techniques.
Industry Connections: Students benefit from ACM’s industry connections, internships, and real-world project collaborations.
Portfolio Development: Full-time study allows for the creation of professional-level portfolios, enhancing job market competitiveness.
Fees & Requirements
- Students between the ages of 12 to 17 are welcome to join
- Course price £399
- 25% sibling discount available
Progression
Of-age Diploma learners may surpass an audition upon successful completion of the Summer School or Part-Time School.
Contact our Admissions team and discover the range of our Diploma courses here.
Tutors
Slava Shishkin
Senior Lecturer in Games
Paul Clarke
Diploma Tutor for Games
Abel Quintana
Senior Lecturer & Pathway Lead in Games
