About Academy

Our academy vertical offers a wide range of comprehensive courses specialising in game development. With our studio’s strong background in the development process, the students will get hands-on training using examples of live projects. We focus on the core development process using Unreal Engine 5 as the main tool. The course curriculum has been designed keeping in mind the industry requirements.

Neosphere Academy’s objective is to train and create a solid workforce in the ever-growing Indian game development space. We offer paid internships to our students after their course completion with a chance of getting hired as full-time developers in Neosphere Interactive Studios, based on their performance.

Unreal Engine Authorised Instructor

Unreal Engine Authorised Instructor

We are proud to partner with Epic Games on the training front. Our Co-founder and one of the Director, Rajesh Iyer is an Unreal Engine Authorised Instructor and has a vast experience of more than 15 years in the field of game development and has worked on different platforms like PC, Consoles and Mobile. Rajesh specialises in gameplay programming in Unreal Engine C++ and Blueprints.

Courses

Unreal Engine 5 C++ for absolute beginners (TBA)

Who is this course for

This course is for students with no prior working knowledge of C++ and Unreal Engine. The student will begin by learning the basics of C++ before getting introduced to Unreal Engine. He/she will also be introduced to Blueprints and taught to leverage its power combined with C++ for making practical applications in Unreal Engine. The final section of the course will teach the student to make a complete simple game in UE5 from scratch using C++ and Blueprints.

What you will learn in the course

  • Basic C++
  • Unreal Engine 5
  • Creating a simple game in UE5 using C++ and Blueprints from scratch

Requirements

  • No prior C++ knowledge is needed
  • No prior Unreal Engine knowledge is needed
  • Computer powerful enough to run Unreal Engine 5 and a decent internet connection
  • Visual Studio Community 2019 or above OR Jetbrains Rider

Modules

  • Introduction to the Course
  • Learning C++
  • Introduction to Unreal Engine 5
  • C++ for Unreal Engine
  • Introduction to Blueprints
  • Introduction to UMG for UI in Unreal Engine 5
  • Bringing it all together by creating a simple game in UE5 using C++ and Blueprints
  • Conclusion

Duration : 1 Month

Unreal Engine 5 C++ for non-C++ Programmers (TBA)

Who is this course for

This course is for students with prior working knowledge of C++ or any other programming language. The student will begin by refreshing his/her knowledge of C++ OR get accelerated training in C++ before getting introduced to Unreal Engine. He/she will also be introduced to Blueprints and taught to leverage its power combined with C++ for making practical applications in Unreal Engine. The final section of the course will teach the student to make an endless runner game in UE5 from scratch using C++ and Blueprints.

What you will learn in the course

  • A quick refresher of C++
  • Unreal Engine 5
  • Creating an endless runner in UE5 using C++ and Blueprints from scratch

Requirements

  • Prior programming knowledge is needed
  • No prior Unreal Engine knowledge is needed
  • Computer powerful enough to run Unreal Engine 5 and a decent internet connection
  • Visual Studio Community 2019 or above OR Jetbrains Rider

Modules

  • Introduction to the Course
  • Quick revision of C++(for programmers who have coded in C++ in the past)
  • Accelerated C++(for programmers with experience in other languages)
  • Introduction to Unreal Engine 5
  • C++ for Unreal Engine
  • Introduction to Blueprints and interfacing with C++ code
  • Introduction to UMG for UI in Unreal Engine 5
  • Bringing it all together by creating an Endless runner game in UE5 using C++ and Blueprints
  • Conclusion

Duration : 1 Month

Introduction to Mobile Development using C++ for absolute beginners in Unreal Engine 5 (TBA)

Who is this course for

This course is for students with prior working knowledge of C++ or any other programming language. The student will begin by refreshing his/her knowledge of C++ OR get accelerated training in C++ before getting introduced to Unreal Engine. He/she will also be introduced to Blueprints and taught to leverage its power combined with C++ for making practical applications in Unreal Engine. The final section of the course will teach the student to make an endless runner game in UE5 from scratch using C++ and Blueprints.

What you will learn in the course

  • A quick refresher of C++
  • Unreal Engine 5
  • Create a complete endless runner game for Android phones using C++

Requirements

  • Prior programming knowledge is needed
  • No prior Unreal Engine knowledge is needed
  • Computer powerful enough to run Unreal Engine 5 and a decent internet connection
  • Visual Studio Community 2019 or above OR Jetbrains Rider

Modules

  • Introduction to the Course
  • Quick revision of C++(for programmers who have coded in C++ in the past)
  • Accelerated C++(for programmers with experience in other languages)
  • Introduction to the Course
  • Learning C++
  • Introduction to Unreal Engine 5
  • C++ for Unreal Engine
  • Introduction to Blueprints and interfacing with C++ code
  • Input system for Mobiles
  • Introduction to UMG for UI in Unreal Engine 5
  • Bringing it all together by creating a simple Mobile game in UE5 using C++ and Blueprints
  • Conclusion

Duration : 3 Months

Introduction to Unreal Engine 5 Multiplayer using C++ (TBA)

Who is this course for

Accelerated C++ and basics of Unreal Engine 5 to create an endless runner game.

What you will learn in the course

  • A quick refresher of C++
  • Understand core Multiplayer concepts in Unreal Engine
  • Understand important Multiplayer techniques like client-side prediction
  • Create a complete Multiplayer game using C++ with multiple game modes

Requirements

  • Prior programming knowledge is needed
  • No prior Unreal Engine knowledge is needed
  • Computer powerful enough to run Unreal Engine 5 and a decent internet connection
  • Visual Studio Community 2019 or above OR Jetbrains Rider

Modules

  • Introduction to the Course
  • Introduction to concepts in Unreal Engine Multiplayer
  • Practical examples of Replication
  • Multiplayer Subsystems
  • Creating a Multiplayer Shooter
  • Lag Compensation Techniques
  • Additional Game Modes
  • Conclusion

Duration : 3 Months

Fundamentals of Interfaces in UE5 using C++ (TBA)

Who is this course for

This course is for beginner UE programmers who wish to learn how Interfaces in Unreal work using practical real-world examples in UE C++.

What you will learn in the course

  • Theory of Interfaces in Unreal Engine
  • Use C++ for creating and implementing Interfaces in UE5
  • Implement simple yet practical real-world examples to augment the learning process

Requirements

  • Basics of Unreal Engine 4/5
  • Basics of C++ in Unreal Engine 4/5
  • Computer powerful enough to run Unreal Engine 5 and a decent internet connection
  • Visual Studio Community 2019 or above OR Jetbrains Rider

Modules

  • Introduction to Interfaces in Unreal Engine
  • Implement Interfaces to achieve a simple gameplay task
  • Use a practical real-word example to better help the understanding of Interfaces in Unreal
  • Extend the functionality to Blueprints

Duration : 2 hours

Fundamentals of Delegates in UE5 using C++ (TBA)

Who is this course for

This course is for beginner UE programmers who wish to learn how Delegates in Unreal work using practical real-world examples in UE C++.

What you will learn in the course

  • Theory of Delegates in Unreal Engine
  • Different types of Delegates in Unreal Engine
  • Use C++ for creating and creating and executing Delegates in UE5
  • Implement simple yet practical real-world examples to augment the learning process

Requirements

  • Basics of Unreal Engine 4/5
  • Basics of C++ in Unreal Engine 4/5
  • Computer powerful enough to run Unreal Engine 5 and a decent internet connection
  • Visual Studio Community 2019 or above OR Jetbrains Rider

Modules

  • Introduction to Delegates in Unreal Engine
  • Implement Delegates to achieve a simple gameplay task
  • Use a practical real-word example to better help the understanding of Delegates in Unreal
  • Extend the functionality to Blueprints

Duration : 2 hours

Fundamentals of AI in UE5 using C++ (TBA)

Who is this course for

This course is for beginner to intermediate UE programmers who wish to get started with AI in Unreal Engine using C++.

What you will learn in the course

  • Behaviour trees in Unreal Engine
  • AI Controllers
  • Implement simple yet practical real-world examples to augment the learning process

Requirements

  • Basics of Unreal Engine 4/5
  • Basics of C++ in Unreal Engine 4/5
  • Computer powerful enough to run Unreal Engine 5 and a decent internet connection
  • Visual Studio Community 2019 or above OR Jetbrains Rider

Modules

  • Introduction to Behaviour Trees in Unreal Engine
  • Introduction to Blackboard in Unreal Engine
  • Decorators
  • Tasks
  • Implementing a simple AI gameplay task

Duration : 2 hours