I have always been fairly skeptical of online courses but am considering trying one of the modules at Game Institute Specifically, the directx game engine development series.

Whilst I have always been a strong self learner I like working through structured content. It’s true, you could buy yourself some good directx books and teach yourself games programming, but courses such as those offered by Game Institute offer much more than just books.

You can read about it further on their site but a brief listing of features would include live classrooms for help/discussion, forums, workbooks, textbooks, tutorials/code and presentation material; of which the 3D Engine Development series comes with about 20 hours of recorded presentations. It is a much more involved undertaking than working through a bunch of tutorials from a book or from the internet. Also weaved into the course is usage of the GILES level editing system which looks interesting.

So this is something I am considering undertaking after christmas. For both something fun and something to stretch my brain (I get bored if I’m not using my grey matter). If you are interested, don’t forget to check out the promo videos on the different course content.

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