{"id":100837,"date":"2019-09-26T13:59:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-26T13:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gamefromscratch.com\/post.aspx?id=795d09d5-552c-4e8a-b32b-d656c71f6f29"},"modified":"2019-09-26T13:59:00","modified_gmt":"2019-09-26T13:59:00","slug":"ubisoft-launch-game-creators-odyssey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/09\/26\/ubisoft-launch-game-creators-odyssey\/","title":{"rendered":"Ubisoft Launch Game Creators Odyssey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ubisoft, in partnership with Concordia University in Montreal and e-learning company Knowledge One, have launched Game Creators Odyssey.&nbsp; It\u2019s an online curriculum for schools to teach game development and design using best practices learned at Ubisoft.&nbsp; The course is wrapped up in a game, that progresses as the student completes the course.<\/p>\n<p>Details from the Concordia University press release:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Ubisoft and Concordia, through its online training provider KnowledgeOne, are partnering to offer the video game company\u2019s expertise to university campuses around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Designed as a video game, <a href=\"https:\/\/gamecreatorodyssey.com\/\">Game Creators\u2019 Odyssey<\/a> is an online course that takes students through the development process of video games. The course is based on Ubisoft\u2019s know-how as one of the leaders of the gaming industry.<\/p>\n<p>It offers a hands-on approach to game design that allows students to learn from a game developer\u2019s perspective.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt Concordia, we are always looking at ways to expand and improve learning,\u201d says Concordia Interim President Graham Carr.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGame Creators\u2019 Odyssey is a great illustration of the innovation and creativity both Ubisoft and Concordia are known for.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Some small details about the \u201cgame\u201d aspect of GCO are also described:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Game Creators\u2019 Odyssey takes students through the story of Nagato, a shinobi warrior-ninja in feudal Japan who\u2019s on a quest to discover his true calling and craft his legacy.<\/p>\n<p>The hero\u2019s story evolves with the students\u2019 own learning journey. Just like Nagato, students practice their skills and challenge their knowledge. They earn experience points allowing them to unlock further content and level-up in the leaderboard.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The course is available in both English and French and is ultimately being targeted at educational institutions.&nbsp; You can learn more about Game Creator\u2019s Odyssey at the <a href=\"https:\/\/gamecreatorodyssey.com\/\">website available here<\/a> or learn more by watching the video below.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wXvcM7D-QlY&#038;w=853&#038;h=480]<\/p>\n<p class=\"under\"> <span class=\"categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamefromscratch.com\/category\/GameDev-News.aspx\">GameDev News<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamefromscratch.com\/category\/Design.aspx\">Design<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"tags\"><\/span> <\/p>\n<hr>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ubisoft, in partnership with Concordia University in Montreal and e-learning company Knowledge One, have launched Game Creators Odyssey.&nbsp; It\u2019s an online curriculum for schools to teach game development and design using best practices learned at Ubisoft.&nbsp; The course is wrapped up in a game, that progresses as the student completes the course. Details from the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[177,72],"class_list":["post-100837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-development","tag-design","tag-gamedev-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100837\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}