Learn How To Make Video Games The TESDA Way

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TECHNOLOGY, GAMING | July 8, 2020

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The video gaming industry continues to thrive and progress in the Philippines amidst the challenges it is facing, more particularly the threat of the COVID-19 pandemic. Aside from the growing popularity of eSports in the country, a number of schools, colleges and universities in different parts of the country are now offering video game development courses where students will have the opportunity to enter a career in the industry. More recently, opportunities in video gaming are now open to anyone who is interested in entering a career in the developing industry through the wonders of technical-vocational learning.

TESDA (Technical Education and Skills Development Authority) is now offering Game Programming NCIII which features the design and application of object-oriented programming languages used by many development studios in the creation of video games. The curriculum is divided into three categories which are composed of basic, common and core competencies for video game development. The course has a duration of 800 hours for the core units and additional 300 units for industry-supervised learning. Those who will graduate from the program may be employed as either a Game Programmer, Technical Game Designer, Tools Programmer, Game Play Scripter and Game Tester on various local and international game development studios.

If you're interested in learning how a video game is made the technical-vocational way, then you should have the following qualifications in order to enroll in the program:

* At least in high school or a high school graduate;
* Must have finished a TESDA NCII course;
* Must have skill variations which will be validated by an entrance examination to be administered by the training institution through the use of a tool devised by members of the Technical Experts Panel and several participants of the training regulation's national validation;
* Has the capacity to communicate in both oral and written forms;
* Physically able to manipulate a mouse, trackball, electronic pen, etc.; and
* Must know computer or video games on any platform.

For more details on Game Programming NCIII and TESDA's accredited testing centers where the course is available, visit the official TESDA website here. Take note some training centers have additional specific requirements such as job experience. If game development is not your thing and want to learn new skills within the safe comfort of your home, then checking out the TESDA website is just the right thing for you to do.