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Understanding Gender Equity
by Ashley Rivenbark (Course Advisor) , Dnika Travis, PhD (Course Advisor) , Julie Nugent (Course Advisor) , Dr. Terrence Underwood (Course Advisor)- 0.0
1 Weeks
Understand what gender equity is, the difference between gender equity and gender equality, why it matters, and how to recognize and address gender inequity in the workplace. This course provides a starting point for learning about and supporting gender equity in your workplace. Understand what gender equity and gender equality are, the difference between them, and why it matters....
$49
Making Impactful Presentations
by Jeanne Juanit Pereira- 0.0
4 Weeks
The course is about leaders learning to design and deliver engaging and effective presentations with maximum impact to achieve the desired and realistic outcomes through use of various soft skills. As leaders, have you ever tried making presentations to people and failed to make an impact on them? Were you left disappointed after making a presentation?...
$149
Friendship machine: forming a new type of human connections
by Tryggvi Hjaltason , Ársæll Már Arnarsson- 0.0
5 Weeks
Did you know that there are now 2. 6 billion gamers in the world? By 2021, that number is expected to rise by 125 million. In terms of revenue, the video game industry has become bigger than the movie and music industries put together. Video games are sweeping the globe, quickly becoming a primary shaper of culture....
$50
Video Game Writing Essentials
by Peter Boychuk , Andrew Gray- 0.0
5 Weeks
Learn the essentials of writing for video games, from how games are developed and what game writers do, to the ways game stories differ from other kinds of stories. Writing for video games is truly a new frontier, a place where writers and game designers are still learning, innovating and pioneering bold approaches to telling stories....
$99
Worldbuilding for Video Games
by Peter Boychuk , Andrew Gray- 0.0
5 Weeks
Learn the fundamentals of building video game worlds, from a writer’s perspective. A game’s setting is second in importance only to the game’s player character - and some say it’s more important. Game designers must create a compelling new world that players will want to explore and inhabit for many, many hours....
$149
Writing Video Game Scenes and Dialogue
by Peter Boychuk , Andrew Gray- 0.0
5 Weeks
Learn the fundamentals of writing cinematics, cutscenes, and in-game dialogue. Increasingly, game designers are realizing that cutscenes, cinematics and character interactions through dialogue are not just breaks from gameplay, or ways of providing exposition. They are integral to the player’s experience of a game. Talking is action. Dialogue is gameplay. How scenes work, and how to build and deepen them...
$149
Interactive Narrative
by Peter Boychuk , Andrew Gray- 0.0
5 Weeks
Learn how to use player choice and interactivity to create compelling game experiences The primary difference between video games and other art forms is interactivity. Players embody the characters in a game; instead of watching the protagonist make choices, they actively make choices for the player character. How choice in games differs from choice in other stories...
$149
Writing Video Game Characters
by Peter Boychuk , Andrew Gray- 0.0
5 Weeks
Learn how to make effective, memorable video game characters, from protagonists and antagonists to NPCs. You might spend two hours with a character in a movie, but you can spend hundreds of hours interacting with the player character, antagonists and all the non-player characters (NPCs) in a video game. P. ) and how a great game needs a great villain....
$149
Working as a Game Writer
by Peter Boychuk , Kim Sparks , Andrew Gray- 0.0
5 Weeks
Learn what it takes to work as a video game writer: from resumes to writing tests to contracts and NDAs. What is it like to work as a video game writer? How do you even apply for game writing jobs? Is it true that you might have to take a writing test?...
$249
Building your Screenplay
by Abigail Docherty- 0.0
4 Weeks
Learn to strengthen you skills as a screenwriter, while diversifying your knowledge and understanding of the demands of global film and TV production. Find out how to become a powerful visual story-teller; understand how to build effective structure within your screenplay; develop professionally transferable writing skills and communication expertise. How do we write a script containing almost no dialogue?...
$199