Institut Artline - Grégoire Clémençon | Senior Game Designer

Head of Game Design department

Institut Artline is an online school of digital creation with training in video games, animation and design.

I led the game design department of the school for six years, I designed and managed from scratch a 5-year diploma course in game design, Bachelor and Master degree that you can discover below.

BACHELOR GAME DESIGNER

3-year training in Game & Level Design

PILLARS: Game + Design + Technician level

The Bachelor level allows the students to learn the fundamentals related to games (the subject) and design (howto). Board games are used as an educational support to be able to progress in the field and avoid technical blockages. The last year of the Bachelor completes the acquisition of game and level design techniques applied in the video game industry. Game design students collaborate with game art students for more ambitious projects.

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MASTER GAME DIRECTOR

5-year training in Game & Level Design

PILLARS: Vision & XP + Enchanced design + Producing

The master’s cycle prolongs learning in design, including new emerging subjects. These two years emphasize the importance of setting up a concrete vision and defending it over the course of development to achieve the desired experience. Producing is also seen during classes and long-term video game development is initiated, following stage-gate process.

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Details

Missions:
→ Distribution of knowledge and skills to be mastered over 40 modules.
→ Recruitment of talented and popular trainers (30+) for co-designing and mentoring (e.g. Manuel Rozoy – Time Stories, Raphaël Colantonio – Arkane Studios founder, Marc Albinet – Game Director Assassin’s Creed Unity, Théo Rivière – Board game designer).
→ Track multiple game student projects based on stage-gates and give feedback like a publisher.
Follow-up of the course of the year: back to school, educational moments, juries, participation in competitions.