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FULLY FUNDED
GAME ENGINE BOOTCAMPS

From Passion to Profession: Your Career Starts Here

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Passionate about creating immersive worlds, stunning visuals, and interactive experiences? 

Breaking into the industry can be tough, especially without experience — but our bootcamps are here to change that. Designed to bridge the gap for recent graduates, this program gives you the industry-ready skills, real-world project experience, and connections to land paid opportunities. If you’re ready to turn your passion into a career, this is your solution—apply today!

Bootcamps at a glance

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UNREAL 3D ARTIST

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UNREAL FOR BEGINNERS

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UNREAL GAME DEVELOPER

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UNITY GAME ENGINE: DEVELOPER

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UNITY GAME ENGINEER: BEGINNER

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Key features and benefits

Who is this for?

•    Recent graduates, masters and final year students passionate about game engines, 3D art, animation, or immersive technology.
•    Anyone eager to turn their creative and technical talent into a career in the creative and tech industries.
•    People looking to build their professional network and collaborate with industry specialists and peers to expand their opportunities.

What you'll gain

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FAQs

Upcoming Unreal Engine Bootcamps

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UNREAL 3D ARTIST

Visual storytelling meets technical mastery

For those who live at the intersection of art and code — this track focuses on materials, shaders, VFX, and performance optimisation. Think the stunning real-time visuals in The Mandalorian — built in Unreal with technical artistry at its core.

Skills You'll Build

Custom Shader & Material Creation 
Niagara VFX & Lighting Techniques 
Optimization for Real-Time 
Blueprints for Art Tools 
Real-Time Rendering Pipelines 
Experience on a Virtual Production project

Bootcamp Partners

CONTENT PARTNER
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2LE Media is an award-winning TV Production Company that makes scripted comedy and drama as well as entertainment formats.

DELIVERY PARTNER

dock10 is the UK's leading television facility which includes an industry-leading 4k UHD-ready virtual studio capability making hundreds of programmes across for the UK's top broadcasters.

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UNREAL GAME DEVELOPER

Code gameplay. Build systems. Shape the player experience. 

This track is ideal for aspiring gameplay programmers and technical designers who want to master Unreal Engine’s C++ and Blueprint systems. You’ll develop mechanics, AI behaviours, and game development— the kind of systems powering games like Fortnite or Remnant: From the Ashes

Skills You'll Build

C++ Programming in Unreal 
Blueprint Visual Scripting 
AI & Gameplay Logic 
Multiplayer Foundations 
Debugging & Optimization 
Real Industry project experience
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UNREAL FOR BEGINNERS

New to game development? Start strong. 

Perfect for those just entering the world of Unreal, this track gives you a solid foundation in both game design and visual scripting. You'll build simple levels, experiment with Blueprints, and get comfortable in the same engine used by AAA studios and indie teams alike. 

Skills You'll Build

Unreal Engine Interface & Workflow 
Blueprint Basics 
Game Development Principles 
Asset Integration 
Game Generalists & Producers 
Game Studio Project Management 
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Unreal Bootcamps: Dates and Time Commitment

All Unreal Engine bootcamps listed above begin in May 2025 and will run for 11 weeks.

Schedule: Mon (9:30 – 16:30), Tue – Fri (9:30 – 13:00) 

Upcoming Unity Bootcamps

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UNITY GAME ENGINE: BEGINNER

Get started in game development 

If you’ve ever dreamed of building your own games but don’t know where to start, our Unity Beginner Bootcamp is for you. This hands-on, beginner-friendly course is designed for anyone curious about games, interactive media, or immersive worlds — even if you’ve never written a single line of code before.

What you'll learn

Fundamentals of real-time 3D development
Basic programming concepts using C#
How to design, build, and test simple games
Mechanics, user input, animation and more
Best practices for working in a creative team
Experience on an industry sponsored project
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UNITY GAME ENGINEER: DEVELOPER

Level up your skills and start building games.

Already comfortable with coding and ready to step into the world of professional game development? The Unity Developer Bootcamp is built for aspiring creators who want to sharpen their skills, master Unity, and kick-start a career in games and real-time 3D.

What you'll learn

Advanced Unity features and best practice
Intermediate to advanced C# scripting
Building 3D environments
Developing gameplay systems
Version control with Git and asset pipelines
Real Industry project experience
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Unity Bootcamps: Dates and Time Commitment

All Unreal Engine bootcamps listed above begin May 6 2025 and will run for 12 weeks.

Daytime schedule: Mon (9:30 – 16:30), Tue – Fri (9:30 – 13:00) 

Evening schedule: Mon – Fri (17:00 – 21:00)

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Previous Bootcamps

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UNREAL AMPLIFIED: INTERACTIVE MUSIC FUTURES

Covering future-facing user experience technologies such as the use of XR, the Metaverse and the evolving Fortnite platform. A major focus of the bootcamp will be to develop a future audience experience for music performances, supported by the Music Futures initiative - the government’s £60m funding plan to boost the creative industries. 

STARTED MARCH 2025

NATIONAL ELIGIBILITY
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This bootcamp is fully funded by the Department for Education and open to anyone living in England.
PROJECT PARTNER
MusicFutures engages music sector partners to deliver a range of research, development and intellectual property initiatives.
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UNITY FOR IMPACT: TECH FOR GOOD

This early careers programme focuses on the use of the Unity Game engine in Tech for Good applications such as healthcare and wellbeing, social and humanitarian, and many other fields.

STARTED MARCH 2025

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