This first course offering will be to create assets for a tutorial game using Audiokinetic's Wwise. It involves doing interactive sound design, speech and music for a playable game. The process of creating and implementing audio for the project and illustrative examples of gameplay will need to be edited together to create a short two minute demo reel. For more advanced students, the possibility of recompiling the game to add new sound calls is also an option. The quality of the sound design, music, speech, process, implementation and resulting demo reel will be evaluated by the school's principal instructors Leonard Paul and Gordon Durity. Wwise is a PC-based tool, but can be successfully run on the Mac running Windows in BootCamp. Once we have time to further develop our courses, similar courses in FMOD and Unity will also be offered.

For the school itself, there will be two pricing models. The first pricing model covers a fully administered and structured evaluation program while the second model allows for a more affordable option of self-directed access to all the program modules at your own pace.

Our goal is to open the school to the public in early 2012. Judging by our initial response, there will be a limited number of spaces, so the most suitable applicants to the courses will be chosen each month and others will be put on a waitlist. Each month a project will be chosen to be featured and that student will receive a 50% rebate on their course cost.

Once we have students working through the courseware we will be adding master classes designed by industry leaders in additional areas of game audio such as cars and speech.

Although we cannot guarantee results, we will be doing our best to keep our prices fair and provide a high level of return on your educational investment in game audio.

The Facts:

• The games industry is changing and expanding every month as a 65+ billion dollar industry
• The games industry needs new employees that are experienced enough to start immediately
• There are few options for audio professionals and students to acquire current practical knowledge of advanced game audio concepts in an easy to access and affordable manner

The Solution:

• Real world practical, leading edge training in the areas of speech, music, sfx, and presentation for games both technically and creatively
• Program materials and course streams from beginners to seasoned audio pros wanting to get into game and interactive media
• Students choose from pre-planned curricula as well as one-off specific courses
• An easy payment structure that combines a monthly subscription with clear costs for exactly the courses the student desires
• The program is created and run by leading industry experts and educators
• Course material presented via video, real-time game engines, e-books, tutorials and tele-seminars
• Courses can be started at any time and are online 24/7
• Utilizes leading industry middleware solutions such as Wwise, FMOD and Unity
• Courses are constantly refreshed to deal with the ever-evolving creative and technical needs of the game industry
• This course strives to be the most advanced comprehensive and affordable program available