Media Design School is a private tertiary institution that provides specialist industry training in 3D animation and visual effects, game art, game programming, graphic design, digital media and creative advertising. 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. Graduates have gone on to work at a variety of game development studios, such as Sidhe, Krome Studios, Binary Star, Gameloft, EA Digital Illusions CE, and Stickman Studios/CerebralFix. 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.
Media Design School is part of Laureate International Universities, the world’s largest private university group with over 70 universities in 29 countries and online, including dedicated design schools in San Diego, California, and Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA; and Milan, Italy.
Student games
Graduate Diploma of Game Development:
- Discord
- Sklum Lord
- Dead Steel - IGF China 2010, Excellent Student Award, IGF 2011 Student Competition Entrant,
- No More Gentlemen - IGF 2011 Student Competition Entrant
- Guardians of Eldvery - IGF 2011 Student Competition Entrant
- Nightfall
- Roadblock
- Affliction - IGF Student Showcase, 2008
- Shear Factor - Crowbar Awards 2007, Bronze Medal Winner
- Goliath - Crowbar Awards 2006 Silver Medal Winner, IGF Student Showcase Winner 2006
Diploma of Interactive Gaming:
- Cygni
- Total Cube Domination
- Interstellar Excavation
- The Uprising
- Harvest
- Battleballs
- Loop Troops - Bronze Medal Winner, Crowbar Awards, 2009
- Oddballs - Silver Medal Winner, Crowbar Awards, 2008
- Happy Traps - IGF Student Showcase, 2008.
- Rash
Student films
- Shelved - 2012
- Funeral Home Pinatas - 2012
- Dr Grordbort Presents: The Deadliest Game - 2011
- Rotting Hill starring Anna Hutchison - 2011
- Das Tub - 2010
- First Contact - 2010
- Time for Change - 2010
References
External links
- Media Design School
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