Course Info

ANI 346: Game Art Pipeline

This course is an overview of the game Technical Artist's job, from production to infrastructure roles. Students learn how to design, optimize, and troubleshoot the game art production pipeline. They study a range of game art technologies from particle effects, camera post-processing, physically-based materials, advanced lighting, procedural world creation and more in the Unity game engine. Projects include building a shared game project using Perforce (source control) workflow, analyzing game performance, building and troubleshooting character rigs, and more.

ANI 230 and ANI 231 are prerequisites for this class.

Winter 2024-2025

Section: 801
Class number: 23324
Meeting time: Th 5:45PM - 9:00PM
Location: 14EAS 00212 at Loop Campus

Winter 2023-2024

Section: 801
Class number: 25209
Meeting time: Th 5:45PM - 9:00PM
Location: CDM 00527 at Loop Campus

Winter 2021-2022

Section: 801
Class number: 21675
Meeting time: Tu 5:45PM - 9:00PM
Location: CDM 00722 at Loop Campus