- Media Design School (New Zealand)
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Media Design School is a private tertiary institution that is an expert in industry training in creative technologies by providing specialist undergraduate and graduate qualifications in 3D animation, graphic design, digital media, visual effects, creative advertising and video game development. It is located in central Auckland, New Zealand and was established in 1998.
Media Design School's qualifications are approved by New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA). The courses are Level 6 and 7 tertiary-level undergraduate and graduate diplomas as accredited by NZQA.
It is the only tertiary institution in New Zealand that provides dedicated qualifications in video game development. The school also includes console video game development in its game development course curriculum, with access to Sony PlayStation Portable and Nintendo GameCube development kits [1]. Graduates have gone on to work at a variety of game development studios[2], such as Sidhe, Krome Studios, Binary Star, Gameloft, EA Digital Illusions CE, Stickmen Studios, CerebralFix and Ninja Kiwi. Ninja Kiwi, who developed the popular Bloons Tower Defense game, was also founded by a graduate of the game development course.
The AdSchool at Media Design School was named fourth best creative school of the decade by YoungGuns Awards, which recognises the world's hottest creative talent under the age of thirty. [3]
List of current courses
- 3D Animation [4]
- Advanced 3D Productions [5]
- Visual Effects [6]
- Graphic Design [7]
- Digital Creativity (foundation course) [8]
- Creative Advertising [9]
- Digital Media [10]
- Creative Technologies [11]
- Game Development [12]
- Interactive Gaming [13]
- Short courses [14]
Student games
Graduate Diploma of Game Development:
- Dead Steel [15] - IGF China 2010, Excellent Student Award [16], IGF 2011 Student Competition Entrant, [17]
- No More Gentlemen [18] - IGF 2011 Student Competition Entrant [19]
- Guardians of Eldvery [20] - IGF 2011 Student Competition Entrant [21]
- Nightfall [22] [23]
- Roadblock [24]
- Affliction - IGF Student Showcase, 2008 [25]
- Shear Factor - Crowbar Awards 2007, Bronze Medal Winner [26]
- Goliath [27] - Crowbar Awards 2006 Silver Medal Winner, IGF Student Showcase Winner 2006 [28]
Diploma of Interactive Gaming:
- Cygni
- Total Cube Domination
- Interstellar Excavation
- The Uprising [29]
- Harvest [30]
- Battleballs [31]
- Loop Troops [32] - Bronze Medal Winner, Crowbar Awards, 2009 [33]
- Oddballs - Silver Medal Winner, Crowbar Awards, 2008 [34]
- Happy Traps - IGF Student Showcase, 2008 [35][36].
- Rash
External links
Categories:- New Zealand university stubs
- Vocational education in New Zealand
- Video game universities
- Digital media schools
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