Game Design Camp – U Asia Campus

Calling all future Game Developers and Game Enthusiasts! Join the U Asia Campus this summer to learn about what it takes to turn your creative idea into a game!

This summer’s Game Design Camp will introduce students to the wonderful world of animation and teach students to rig, animate, and implement a character into a game engine that would be player controllable.

Don’t miss this great opportunity to learn about game development from one of the top Game Design programs in the world!

Camp Registration

Introduction to Animation Workshop for Future Game Developers

Schedule:

Monday, July 21 - Friday, July 25

10 AM – 1 PM

Day 1: 12 Principles of Animation and Newton’s laws of motion

Basic 3D Animation Exercises

Day 2: Character Rigging

Build an animation control system for an existing character

Day 3: Character Animation

Character Locomotion – walk, run, jump, etc.

Day 4: Motion Capture

Motion Retargeting between characters
Motion capture data editing
Prep and export animation data for the game engine

Day 5: Game Engine Integration

Setup animation logic and player controls in the game engine

Camp Instructor: Brian Salisbury, MFA

Brian Salisbury joined the EAE program at the University of Utah in 2015. He teaches a variety of courses in the character creation process, such as Character Design, Anatomical Figure Sculpting, 3D Character Production, Texturing, Rigging, Technical Art, and Animation. Salisbury was the Art Track Director for the Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy graduate program in Interactive Entertainment at the University of Central Florida from its inception in 2005 to 2015. Prior to academic service, Brian worked in the Computer Graphics industry for 15 years. At Microsoft Game Studios in Salt Lake City, Brian served as a character production and animation lead on several projects, and art lead for Top Spin (XBOX). Other Interactive titles include Links 2004 (XBOX), Top Spin (XBOX), and Amped 3, Take 2 Interactive (Xbox 360).Brian's first major step into the entertainment arena was at Viewpoint Datalabs in Orem, Utah. While there, he served as a senior digital sculptor, providing content for film, games, broadcast, and engineering. Notable projects included building character models for big-budget films, Antz, Face Off, Godzilla, and Space Jam.