Welcome Wizard, To The Indie Game Academy! Here, Game Dev Dreams Become Realities!
Jumpstart your career as an indie developer with the help of our cutting-edge game development bootcamp! Indie Game Academy’s elite program will give you the tools, resources, and guidance you need in order to learn how to develop your own game in record time.
Learn From Industry Veterans With Courses That Will Unlock Your Potential
Indie Game Academy’s lineup of curated game development courses have been designed to help game developers across levels and verticals to hone and enhance both their abilities and experience.
Through a combination of hands-on, group and lecture-based classes, students learn from industry veterans about the entire game development pipeline–ideation through release. And best of all, leave with a fully-monetized published game!
A Proprietary Curriculum That Works
Each Indie Game Academy class features a constantly-evolving platform-agnostic proprietary curriculum that is designed to help students at every level make the games they want to make and feel fully supported while doing it.
Every course is taught live by professionals with unparalleled industry knowledge equipped to teach students about the entire game development pipeline. Students are guaranteed to leave with a fully-playable game at every level, and learn how to take their creative visions further beyond our courses. Whether it’s about landing your first or next interview, learning how to market the product you’ve created, or mastering a pitch to a publisher, we can show you how to get there.
Play our Graduate’s Games
Why do engineers, writers, designers, and students love Indie Game Academy?
The only thing anyone cares about on your portfolio is released games with your name in the credits, so we get you released games! Our team-based projects provide you with the opportunity to experience firsthand the dynamics of real-world game development teams.. This hands-on experience is the key to building a strong portfolio and launching your indie game dream.
Our live online classes create an interactive and inclusive learning environment. Engage with instructors and peers in real-time, connect with people from around the world, and experience the warmth of our digital castle in Gather.
Our instructors are seasoned gamedevs with proven track records, bringing real-world experience and expertise to the classroom. Learn from the best and gain valuable insights into the industry.
We bring people of different disciplines together because that’s how the game industry actually works. We foster a collaborative environment where programmers, writers, designers, and artists work together to create exceptional games.
We believe that learning should be engaging and enjoyable. Everything we do is gamified, and our students love it. Classes are literally in a virtual castle, everyone competes for a real House Cup and more, transforming your learning experience into a fun and immersive adventure.
Let us tailor the perfect program for you!
Level 1: Embark
Game Industry Taster Sign Up on Eventbrite Before March 29thth
What You’ll Get
- Learn the Basics of Game Development While Making a Simple Game
- Intro to Game Design
- Fundamentals of Project Management
- Intro to Visual Design in Games
- Intro to Narrative Design in Games
- How to Network in the Game Industry
- Resume and Portfolio Fundamentals
- What to Do Next
$50
Level 2: Explore
Discover Your Vertical Register before February 25th, 2025
What You’ll Get
- Learn How to Work as a Solo-Dev Ready to Tackle Any Game Jam
- One Month Tech-Tool Deep Dive
- Intro to Game Engine
- Intro to Ticketing Software
- Intro to Source Control
- Build a Fully Featured Game (The Genre Changes Every Cohort)
- Focus on the Vertical That Excites You Most, the Whole Game is Pre-Built!
- Publish Your Custom Game Online!
- Work Alongside Peers Under the Guidance of an Industry Pro
Scholarships available!
$1,800
Level 3: Publish
Video Game Accelerator Apply before February 17th 2025
- Publish your first game to Android, iOS, Steam, and more
- Run your own Indie Studio with 4-6 teammates
- Four Months of Live Lessons from 7 Industry Gurus
- Earn the IGA Level 3 Certificate
- Engineer, Design, Write and more for your team
- Monetize your game and charge money for it
- Advanced Game Design
- Advanced Indie Game Business
- Advanced Indie Game Marketing
- Pitch your game to a live audience of peers, publishers, and more
Scholarships available!
$5,400
A Game Dev Bootcamp Like No Other!
At the Indie Game Academy we not only make games, we embody them, too! When enrolling in a course you’ll be sorted into your very own magical house where you’ll be instantly connected to a growing network of other talented wizards.
Through a combination of hands-on, group and lecture-based classes, students learn from industry veterans about the entire game development pipeline–ideation through release. And best of all, leave with a fully monetized published game!
Inclusivity and Higher Purpose
- Clerics are primarily focussed on making inclusive games
- Clerics love to help, and are often the nicest people you’ll ever meet
- Clerics like to socialize, and generally play more casual games
Winners of the 4th and 6th House Cups
Exploration and Imagination
- Rangers are primarily focussed on making unconventional games
- Rangers love to learn new skills and are highly experimental
- Rangers like to play narrative and open world games
Winners of the 2nd and 3rd House Cups
Tenacity and Honor
- Warriors are primarily focussed on making fun games
- Warriors are excellent at putting their heads down and working hard
- Warriors like to play more classic adventure and action games
Yet to win a House Cup
Success and Cleverness
- Rogues are primarily focussed on making successful games
- Rogues solve their problems with more flexibility than other Houses
- Rogues like to play games to win
Winners of the 1st and 5th House Cups
Don’t Just Take Our Word For it!
Hear what our students say about their experience.
Full disclosure; this was the best blessing I've had the opportunity to receive in recent time. One inquiry, two meetings and some communication later and now I'm here. And I wouldn't want to change it or where I am now for anything.
Graduate & Indie Game Developer
Indie Game Academy has been vital to my growth and development as a game writer and narrative designer. I’ve had the privilege of taking all three levels, and walked away from each one with the essential knowledge, tools, and skills needed to continually further my career. Because of what I learned at the Indie Game Academy, I now have multiple game credits to my name and that list just keeps growing! Anyone looking to level up as a game dev, should look no further than IGA!
Graduate & Senior QA Analyst @ Zynga
I'm very excited that I recently got a test engineering job at a company making VR concert experiences. During my interviews, I was questioned more than once about my current endeavor with the Indie Game Academy and doing Unity programming in a group project. I believe it directly impacted me getting the job.
Graduate & Indie Game Studio Founder
As a graduate of all three Levels, I can safely say this is the most supportive community I've had the pleasure of working with. By the end of the coursework, I was completely prepared to start my own studio, with a solid background in game development, marketing, social media, business dev, and pitching. So I did: I founded Sea Stories Creative Studios LLC and we're bringing our exciting Chronicles of the Stellar Drive Empire™ franchise to life through games!
Graduate & Indie Game Developer
I had an amazing experience learning the full process of game development at the Indie Game Academy. I took both the level 2 and level 3 program. The game development projects I work on now after graduating IGA would not have been possible without the skills I learned in Level 2 and Level 3 of IGA. The Indie Game Academy is Amazing!
Graduate & Indie Game Developer
I discovered Indie Game Academy through one of their free workshops. The class was a great introduction to the indie side of the games industry. Willem offered to answer any questions I had over a video call and was great in helping me decide if I thought it was a worthwhile investment of my time and money. Needless to say, I don't regret it at all! Indie Game Academy's classes were a crucial step into bridging an educational gap I had after college as an artist trying to get into the games industry.
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Kirk Allgeyer
Graduate & Indie Game Developer