The idea for Penalty of Heroes has been growing in Håkans head for about 1.5-2 years. So when Håkan and three other people (Nixi, Dwarf, Jens/me) decided to take an international master degree at Gotland University in Sweden, we decided to make the game our main and only project during our master year. In a few weeks I will tell you more about the PoH team : )

The course name is “International Game Production Studies” (IGPS) and it’s for one year. To be able to take this master you have to have a bachelor degree in Computer science or comparable. The great thing about this master is that it’s fully Internet based so you can take this course from Japan, USA or Sweden : )

Gotlands University

(From the education plan of the course)

After completion of studies the students will have:

- Understanding of the concepts regulating the production methods and quality assurance in game development.

- Practical experience in the field of game design and IP development for an international market.

- Knowledge and certain proficiency in the field of research projects.

- Practical experience in the field of project planning for: Technology exploitation, resource allocation and changemanagement.

- Extensive knowledge of project organization within game development and design of games.

Tags: game developer, game development school, Gotland, IGPS, International Game Production Studies, master degree, University

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