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Video Games

Develop your artistic and technical skills with a comprehensive 4-year course after the preparatory year, combining theoretical and practical learning to make you an expert in video game design and production.

  • Location

    Bordeaux, Montpellier, Nantes, Rennes, Toulouse

  • Total cycle time

    1 preparatory year and 4 years of training

  • Certification

    The course is validated by the RNCP38806 - Concepteur de jeux vidéo - Game designer level 6 qualification, registered in the Répertoire National des Certifications Professionnelles on 27/03/2024.

  • Internship

    1 to 2 internships

  • Modality

    100% face-to-face

Course presentation

RNCP level 6 qualification
Equivalent to Bac+4

Join the Video Game Professional Cycle to learn about the entire AAA video game production chain and specialise in the artistic (Game Art) or technical (Gameplay Programming) professions.

Our teaching method gradually builds on what you've learned and puts it to the test in ambitious projects that push back the boundaries of your artistic identity and make it unique.

You will design an entire final-year video game, in the same conditions as a real development studio.

At ESMA we take
success seriously.

  • 100% Success rate (2023)

  • 81% Overall job entry rate at 6 months (2022)

  • 82% Rate of entry into the target occupation after 2 years (2021)

The curriculum

Video Game

A preparatory year for the RNCP Level 6 qualification (equivalent to Bac+4)

Video game training

Validation of the Video Game Professional certification

This professional certification is the result of a rigorous process that will enable you to validate 5 blocks of skills, one of which corresponds to your option.

Professional certification is obtained by validating blocks of skills 1 to 4 1 optional block 5 or 6:

  • BLOCK 1: Propose a game concept to a sponsor
  • BLOCK 2: Design and prototype a game
  • BLOCK 3: Coordinate the various stages in the production of a video game
  • BLOCK 4: Controlling the quality of the player experience
  • BLOCK 5 : (Game Art option) : Produce the graphic elements of a game

OR

  • BLOCK 6: (Gameplay Programming option): Creating the gameplay elements of a game

Title RNCP38806 – Concepteur de jeux vidéo – Game Designer, Level 6 , registered in the national register of professional qualifications, by decision of the Director General of France Compétences dated 27/03/2024.

The teaching and assessment methods may be adapted to compensate for any disability, in accordance with the RNCP reference framework.

More information on France Compétences

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Joining ESMA, an investment in the future

Because art is a serious discipline, ESMA requires its students to be fully committed from the moment they are recruited and throughout their course.
Entry assessments and a rigorous study of applications are required to join the school.

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