Create a video game asset

One map, start to finish - blockout, lighting, playtesting - in a level editor or a game that ships one, from Doom to Mario Maker.

Build a whole game in a weekend to somebody else’s theme: Ludum Dare, the GMTK jam, or a jam in a room with other people.

Put something finished in front of strangers, with a page, a price of your choosing and a download counter that is honest.

Score a game, or write one chiptune track under the constraints of a real sound chip - three channels and a noise generator.

Change somebody else’s game: a balance patch, a total conversion, a Skyrim follower who talks back. Half-Life became Counter-Strike this way.

A cabinet with real buttons and a real stick, whether it holds an original board or a small computer running MAME.

Master basic 3D modeling

Master Rhino, a powerful 3D modeling software used in design, architecture, and engineering