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Game Development Solutions - Winter 2025

COMP 390
Open Closing on January 18, 2025 / 4 spots left
Centennial College
Centennial College
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Roma Santos-Butler She / Her
Employer Relations Coordinator
(2)
6
Timeline
  • January 20, 2025
    Experience start
  • March 29, 2025
    Experience end
Experience
4 projects wanted
Dates set by experience
Preferred companies
Ontario, Canada
Any company type
Any industries
Categories
Mobile app development Software development UI design UX design
Skills
network programming game programming video game development project planning project management game testing teamwork artificial intelligence user interface (ui) design
Learner goals and capabilities

Centennial College invites you to collaborate with our final-year, Game Development students. With hands-on experience in game programming, they are eager to apply their skills to create fully functional game or simulation apps. Through this experience, students can support with artificial intelligence, network programming, user interface design, and game testing while gaining invaluable project management and teamwork experience.


As an employer, you’ll play a crucial role in guiding students by providing regular feedback, and sharing relevant resources. Your participation ensures a meaningful learning experience for our students while delivering valuable outcomes for your organization.

Learners
Undergraduate
Beginner, Intermediate levels
25 learners
Project
40 hours per learner
Educators assign learners to projects
Teams of 4
Expected outcomes and deliverables

By the end of the experience, you will receive:

  • A fully functional game or simulation app designed and developed by the student team.
  • A detailed project report summarizing the development process, technical achievements, and key findings.
  • A final presentation showcasing the project, complete with a Q&A session to discuss the results and implementation.


Project timeline
  • January 20, 2025
    Experience start
  • March 29, 2025
    Experience end
Project Examples

Ideal projects for this experience should involve real-world challenges related to game or simulation development. Examples include:

  1. AI-Powered Game Mechanics: Design and integrate advanced AI systems for dynamic, player-responsive gameplay.
  2. Multiplayer Game Development: Build a multiplayer game with robust network programming and seamless online interactions.
  3. Interactive User Interfaces: Develop an engaging and accessible user interface for a mobile or desktop game.
  4. Quality Assurance Testing: Implement comprehensive testing protocols to identify and resolve gameplay bugs.


Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

If matched, will this project be reserved solely to the Centennial College student team?

How many team members are committed to providing supervision/mentorship to students for the duration of the project?

Will you be using Riipen or another platform to directly communicate with the student team?

Please list any tools, programs or languages your project requires.

Do you or your team members have flexibility to schedule touch point meetings during student class times?