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Hello to all the students! After reading your essays, I have noticed that many of you are fans of the GTA game series! I wanted to let you all know that yesterday, on September 17th, 2023, was the birthday of one of the most famous installments of the GTA series, GTA V! We would like to congratulate Rockstar Games studio and wish them continued success and new, fresh ideas. And of course, congratulations to all the fans of the game! 🥳🥳🥳

Just on the news today XAMK Game Design was the most popular degree ever for new applicants this Autumn. There were a whopping 86.7 applicants for each 1 placement. In total 3824 applied, 1820 as first choice. I wonder how many from IVGC applied 🙂 MANY! Really good! Remember finishing IVGC BEFORE applying gives an advantage against other applicants. What I want also to say is that we are here all very lucky that we can offer you FREE Game Creation education at professional level

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYtdI3F_n4Y This is what your IVGC Instructor James is working on currently 😊

Join our Welcome webinar now at 14.00 UTC, so UK 15.00 Europe 16.00, India 19.30...so in 10 minutes time, https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_YmUzZDFkYTUtM2Y3OC00N2Q0LTg4ZDQtZDFhNTE1MDM5MzQz%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22306194c2-2f01-4a94-b8d9-ee5ea643d19b%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22c98b4de5-f948-4f29-9a4c-1344daaf199a%22%7d

• For any administrative questions contact our Course Coordinator Maarika@cadgi.org. For study support go to IVGC.Discord and contact Luca (M10-18, M4) or Nick (M1, M2, M3, M5) for support. • The only grade we award is 'H' which means 'accepted'. It is in Finnish language and cannot be changed. Finnish open university system only has pass/fail grading and it cannot be changed either. • You have 12+1 months of right to study. If you go overtime, that is fine. As long as the course is for free of charge you can carry on studying normally. Do not re-register but use old credentials. In the case you want to change some information contact Course Coordinator Maarika@cadgi.org. One more thing! Help us to find the best time for our online lectures and workshops. Let us know which time suit you best by responding this simple query: https://forms.gle/Ea2H6aW8m7QCmNnP8 Thanks! Thank you for being such a great student and do not hesitate to ask any questions! HEORY AND THE GAMES INDUSTRY Module 10 - History of Games, Parts 1&2, 1 ECTS - click here to start Module 11 - Game Experience Analysis, My Favourite Game, 1 ECTS - click here to start Module 12 - Innovation in Games , 1 ECTS - click here to start Module 13 – Games Industry and Data Analytics, 1 ECTS – click here to start Module 14 – Analysis of The Game I Play Now, 1 ECTS – click here to start Module 15 - Ideation and Value Creation in Games, 1ECTS – click here to start Module 16 - Artificial Intelligence for Games, 2 ECTS – click here to start Module 17 – Video Games Production, 1 ECTS – click here to start Module 18 – Game Concept Design, 2 ECTS - click here to start VIDEO GAME DEVELOPMENT MODULES Module 1 – Introduction to development tools, 2 ECTS - click here to start Module 2 – 'The Return' -text based adventure, 1 ECTS - click here to start Module 3 – An interactive card combat game, 4 ECTS - click here to start Module 4 – Pixel Art - 2 ECTS - click here to start Module 5 – Mobile Gaming - 5 ECTS - click here to start NEW! Module 6 – Space Shooter – 2+3+5 ECTS – click here to start

Lastly, I want to share a great video made by Naomi from XAMK Summer School of Gaming. Me and James were teaching game design in Finland last week of July. This video is a great wrap up for our amazing week with 30 students all over the world visiting XAMK, City of Kotka Campus, Finland. Out of over 50 great game concepts developed during the week, 6 were presented and one winner chosen by the students. youtube.com/watch?v=zwbgHvAwJwA Fun and design go together. Welcome back to your studies! See you on IVGC Discord server! I am there online almost every day if you want to chat with me. Dr. Jan Storgårds Course Leader and Maarika, James, Matthew, Denis, Luca, Nick, Eva and Julia, all supporting you in your studies FURTHER REMINDERS: Remember to study a lot of different modules, it keeps the course going and we can plan for new content. You can choose any of the modules you like and study them in any order you like. I strongly recommend to study at least 5 ECTS (e.g. from M10-M18) as soon as possible as it makes your formal University certificate, Transcript of Records look believable and credible with a list of module completions. See list below. There is no need to wait any specific moment to start studying. If you have not started your studies yet, complete immediately Module to M10 - History of Games, 1 ECTS, click here to start. It is important because it will then trigger the system to add you to Finnish University student registry too. It is really easy start, takes max. 30 minutes to complete. I also strongly recommend Module 16 - Artificial Intelligence for Games click here to start, 2 ECTS. You learn the fundamentals of using A.I. in game development. Important reminders: • Links to all study materials are on IVGC.Discord as well as below. We also have IVGC Youtube playlist for some of the modules https://www.youtube.com/@ivgc.coursebydr.janstorga... • Your updated formal Transcript of Records is now sent automatically after you have completed and passed any new module. There is an assessment period, so be patient. • You can apply for a PROC (Professional Certificate awarded by me and James) after you have completed at least 15 ECTS. • The course is free of charge during 2023. There are no fees of any kind. Enjoy! Please, to keep the course for free in the future too share this registration link with your friends: Introduction to Video Games Creation - Xamk

Hello Student of Introduction to Video Games Creation I hope your summer went well! Welcome back, let Autumn begin! I know many of you were studying during the summer months too. Wonderful! So many great submissions received. We will lots of new things coming up, including thematic webinars, online module lessons and much more. Btw, I probably never mentioned that we have a 'sneak peak' website about the course here: https://cadgi.co.uk/ You can share that link too if not the official registration page. We will update it with new Module 6 info. On Tuesday 12th September 14.00-15.30 UTC we organise the first Autumn Welcome webinar live online. If your new to the course, join our FREE September Welcome Webinar for New Students on Tuesday 12.09.2023 at 14:00-15.30 UTC where you can meet @Dr Jan Storgards Course Leader, the student advisers @Nick and me, and your fellow students. Come and ask any question about the course or the industry. You can invite your friends too, even if they are not registered to the course. Maybe they'll find it interesting and join to study along with you! You can even attend if you already participated in a Welcome webinar, no problem. The webinar will be held on MicrosoftTeams and registration is required so please do it on this link, it's fast and easy: https://tinyurl.com/bdz7yytn Don't forget to check your timezone, what time 11 UTC means where you live. You can do it here on this website: Time Zone Converter – Time Difference Calculator (timeanddate.com) Study lots of modules! New rewards for active students! I have always emphasized to you that it is important you study at least 5 ECTS (e.g. 5 first modules) which makes your Transcript of Records (certificate) to look credible when you present or talk about your studies to anyone. This Autumn we will pilot a new reward system for those who have completed at least 5 ECTS. We keep all the records and inform you when such rewards are delivered. 1. For 5 ECTS we will invite you to special 'Get into the industry' talk with James and me. There will be surprising guests from the games industry too. Everyone who has done at least 5 ECTS will be invited, it is by invitation only. People attending these talks are the ones that have shown activity are getting a bit more serious about their studies. 2. For 10 ECTS we will give an amazing chance to get connected to James's and my business networks. We have thousands of people in the games and IT industry from all over the world that you will be connected through us. 3. You will be still getting your PROC (professional certificate) for 15, 20, 25 and new diamond level 30 ECTS. This is signed digitally by me and James and it's about an appreciation of your hard work. 4. SUPERCOOL! For completing all 35 ECTS (the whole course) we will send you personally wet signed certificate by me and James. If possible in your country it will sent over bt snail mail (so real paper certificate, we would need your post address in such case) as well as a digital copy. We will publish how all this will be done but you need to 'claim' your reward on our IVGC Discord server. Get to the first IVGC Hall of Fame! Module 6 Space Shooter, 10 ECTS videos are now all online and published for you to study. Module 6 Space Shooter is our most advanced module that teaches you to develop a full space shooter game with music effects and complete game play. It is classified as 'very hard' and gives you 10 ECTS after completion. We have a couple of weeks ago published the last missing videos and the module can be now completed. Get yourself to IVGC Hall of Fame by completing the module now! We will award 100 first completions a special certificate and a name on our forthcoming Hall of Fame :-) Be creative, as when we assess your work we often grant you a special mention of a 'great work' by James. Remember to save those emails because they are great references for you when you apply for a job, or to study. Also, as is it is new content, do not forget to send us you feedback so we can trim it to perfection.

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Regards from Summer School of Gaming, Kotka, Finland. Our time out!

On Tuesday, the 1st of August at 11-12 UTC (this means in your local time it starts at: 1. elokuuta 20232, klo 12.00) we'd like to invite you to a FREE broadcast that will be made during the XAMK Summer School of Gaming. The lesson will be conducted by James Shepherd, the title of the presentation is Introduction to Game Production. Course Leader Dr. Jan Storgårds and our Student Advisers Luca and Nick will be also present to handle the technical necessities and answer comments and questions related to the talk or the industry. You can invite your friends to participate, even if they are not part of the IVGC course. Maybe they will like it so much that they decide to join the course and learn along with you! By participating in the event you'll have the chance to discuss interesting topics with the presenter and your course organizator. The broadcast will be held on MsTeams, please download, install it and create an account before the lesson starts so you don't miss out on anything. Registration is required, you can do it fast here: https://tinyurl.com/2t38a2mx Discord event link (please note, that even if you push 'Interested' you still need to register to the event in order to get the event link sent to you to your email address): https://discord.gg/QD6fVcG9Ga?event=1133461536489357342

Good day @everyone ! ☺️ Quick reminder that TODAY at 11UTC-13UTC (that means in your local time it start at: <t:1689332400>) you can join to the Using game design in product and services development webinar streamed from Cambridge University Judge Business School (CJBS) ACCELERATE CAMBRIDGE in collaboration with IVGC.Course! If you have time, don't miss this opportunity, it will be very interesting! 🔥 Of course, this will be also FREE and it will take place on Zoom. Link to the meeting: https://jbs-cam.zoom.us/j/96807443784?pwd=WEw2cnFFcVgxYnFkWmZ4c0VzUzAyZz09 **Meeting ID: 968 0744 3784 Passcode: 624864 ** You can read more about the program and the speakers in the PDF joined to this post. Please REGISTER to the event by giving your name AND your email address (only possibility to write email address as company address, you can just write it there, no problem) here: https://cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_06OcSJUfarvembA You can also check the discord event link here: https://discord.gg/QD6fVcG9Ga?event=1127243641287626873 See you there! 🌞

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NOW Today in 30 minutes time: Tuesday 11th July, IVGC with Aalto University Finland presents: Best Practices in Video Game Design – Focus on the Player Experience Here on this webinar, we're going to talk about the best practices in Video Game Design and the focus on the Player Experience with our guest speaker, Jaakko Kuivanen Master's Student at Aalto University School of Business Department of Information and Service Management. Jaakko worked on his university BSc thesis conducting a deep dive into the many essays sent by you about your favourite video games and games analysis! He's here to present all his findings and the research he has done for his thesis as a master student. Don't miss it, it will be very interesting and eye-opening! Program (in UTC): 13:00 - 13:15 Welcoming everyone, introductions 13:15 - 14:00 Jaakko Kuivanen's presentation about his BSc thesis: Best practices in Video Game Design - Focus on the Player Experience 14:00 - 14:30 Summary and Q&A The webinar will be conducted on MS Teams, don't forget to download and register to it before, it's free. Be careful to check what 13 UTC means in your local time! You can do it here: https://www.worldtimeserver.com/current_time_in_UTC.aspx R Registration is required, do it easily by following the attached link! You can of course as always, invite your friends who might be interested, even if they are not yet part of the IVGC course! https://rb.gy/lgfo8

IMPORTANT! ALL discussion, event information and study support is now on our gamified IVGC Discord server. If you need any help or motivation, or if you simply want to make new friends, remember to join our Discord server! You’ll find the Course leader, the advisers and lots of friendly students who are always happy to support you: https://discord.gg/kQk8NXH4cJ

Hello Student of Introduction to Video Games Creation Webinar superweek ahead! Two great new webinar online live events this week! • Tuesday 11th July, IVGC with Aalto University Finland presents: Best Practices in Video Game Design – Focus on the Player Experience • Friday 14th July, IVGC in collaboration with CJBS Accelerate Cambridge presents - Using game design in product and services development Tuesday 11th July, IVGC with Aalto University Finland presents: Best Practices in Video Game Design – Focus on the Player Experience Here on this webinar, we're going to talk about the best practices in Video Game Design and the focus on the Player Experience with our guest speaker, Jaakko Kuivanen Master's Student at Aalto University School of Business Department of Information and Service Management. Jaakko worked on his university BSc thesis conducting a deep dive into the many essays sent by you about your favourite video games and games analysis! He's here to present all his findings and the research he has done for his thesis as a master student. Don't miss it, it will be very interesting and eye-opening! Program (in UTC): 13:00 - 13:15 Welcoming everyone, introductions 13:15 - 14:00 Jaakko Kuivanen's presentation about his BSc thesis: Best practices in Video Game Design - Focus on the Player Experience 14:00 - 14:30 Summary and Q&A The webinar will be conducted on MS Teams, don't forget to download and register to it before, it's free. Be careful to check what 13 UTC means in your local time! You can do it here: https://www.worldtimeserver.com/current_time_in_UTC.aspx R Registration is required, do it easily by following the attached link! You can of course as always, invite your friends who might be interested, even if they are not yet part of the IVGC course! https://rb.gy/lgfo8 Friday 14th July, IVGC in Collaboration with CJBS ACCELERATE CAMBRIDGE presents: Using game design in product and services development There are over 3 billion people in the world playing video games (Statista). Practically speaking, every teenager who has access to games plays games. We grow up with games and game experiences and are starting to expect that game-like user experience is embedded in other products too. How does that influence the use of new technology product and service development? How can game design methods be implemented in improving the user experience of a user and keeping them engaged and loyal? How do we use Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in such products? What is Play to Earn economy? This meetup and webinar will look into this by showcasing examples from Cambridge and beyond how game design has been implemented in the use of technology products and services. Who is this for? Startups, managers and people interested in using game design in the product development. When is it? Friday 14th July, 11.30.00-2.30pm (UK Time UTC+1, CHECK YOUR TIMEZONE!) Where is it? For IVGC: Live online. How much is it? Free of charge https://cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_06OcSJUfarvembA ZOOM – LIVE ONLINE Link to Zoom Meeting: https://jbs-cam.zoom.us/j/96807443784?pwd=WEw2cnFFcVgxYnFkWmZ4c0VzUzAyZz09 Meeting ID: 968 0744 3784 Passcode: 624864 Program: 10.30-11.30 Refreshments (onsite) online starts. 11.00-11.05 Welcome, Dr. Jan Storgards, CEO, Cambridge Gamechanger and CADGI 11.05-11.30 Making Chest Physiotherapy Fun, Will Jackson, CEO, Play.physio 11.30-12.00 Levelling Up Personalised Nutrition, Daria Sopelkina, CEO, Founder, Tumchi 12.00-12.05 break 12.05-12.30 Rapid Prototyping, Matthew Zoern, Head of Studio, Solid Bash (Room 8 Group) 12.30-13.00 Practical Tools for Creativity (in Games), Brandon Startz, Lead Game Designer, Music Fairy Tales online ends.

Hello Student of Introduction to Video Games Creation Welcome all new students to the course! We have a great summer present from Finland to you all! We, IVGC, XAMK South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences and Edufication have been organizing several masterclasses about various business management topics this spring, including gaming. We had world-class speakers and talks and great discussions. As you are being our loyal registered participant, we want to grant you free access to all masterclasses for a month’s time. Masterclasses (each talk separately) can be found here: https://vimeo.com/showcase/10478178 Password: EduficationSummer Masterclasses included, 20+videos: Entrepreneurial Thinking and Innovation Use of Artificial Intelligence in Business Business Strategy and Leadership Creative and Design Thinking Introduction to Crypto Currencies, Finance, DAOs and NFTS GameTeam.Dev Masterclass about learning teamwork and hottest new trends from Game Developers Conference 2023. I strongly recommend to watch the ones from Creative and Design Thinking, in specific, the story of MusicFairyTales -games: Dragons and Unicorns – Unleashing Creativity and Design in Products and Business // Teemu Laasanen, CEO & Creative Director, MusicFairyTales ltd. together with Synergies between musical tools and game design principles // Brandon Startz, The Lead game Designer at MusicFairyTales ltd. We hope you enjoy the classes and looking forward seeing you again this Autumn!