Training Area
Animation and Video Games

Turn your passion for games into a career in gaming
In the Animation and Video Games Area at ETIC_Algarve, you can turn your passion for gaming and art into a profession. Here you will learn to create characters, worlds and interactive experiences, exploring everything from design and animation to the technical development of complete video games.
O Curso Técnico de Videojogos ensina-te a dominar todas as etapas de produção, da conceção à comercialização, passando pelo game design, programação, interface, experiência do utilizador, 3D, som e animação.
Se preferes dar vida às imagens, o Curso Técnico de Game Art prepara-te para desenhar personagens, cenários e objetos, com fundamentos técnicos e estéticos aplicados a videojogos.
Para quem procura ir mais além, o Curso de Especialização em Games Development aprofunda competências avançadas em programação, sistemas de gameplay e ferramentas de produção, validado pela Teesside University, abrindo caminho para qualificações internacionais.
Já o Curso de Especialização em Games Design foca-se na narrativa, design e gameplay, capacitando-te para criar experiências de jogo completas e competitivas no mercado global. Este curso é também validado pela Teesside University.
In the Algarve, ETIC_Algarve is a benchmark in digital entertainment training, with technical courses and specialisations that combine practice, creativity and innovation. If you dream of creating games, characters and universes that captivate thousands of players, this is the place for you to take the next step.

Courses
Facilities
Modern spaces ready for the future of gaming
In the Animation and Video Games Area, learning takes place in modern classrooms equipped with high-performance computers and software used in the gaming industry, ensuring that you work with the same tools used by professionals from day one.
These spaces give you the opportunity to experiment, programme, animate and develop video game and concept art projects in real production conditions, preparing you in a practical way to enter one of the most dynamic and competitive sectors in the creative world.

Equipments
- Individual Apple workstations with Adobe, Blender, Invision, Sketch, Canva Pro, and Pro Tools software.
- Room equipped with one computer per trainee, in a macOS or Windows environment
- Huion Kamvas screen digitising tablets
- Meta Quest 2 Virtual Reality Headset





