The games industry continues to grow and grow, and is desperate for fresh, diverse talent with game engine skills, like Unity or Unreal and coding skills, like C++ or C#. This bootcamp has been designed to get you one of those jobs. To start your career in games development, we will invest in your training with no fees upfront, and you can choose to pay only when you get a job that you love.
We will provide the direction and mentoring you need to find the right path and roles for you. Develop your programming skills. Improve your portfolio. Connect you with prospective employers. Support you while you interview. And give you the confidence to go for better jobs and salaries. In short, if you've got the talent, passion and commitment to succeed as a games programmer, we will help with the rest.
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The goal of most schools are to get you to complete a course. The goal of this bootcamp is to teach, mentor, and coach you until you get a job. We will help you identify the roles, industry and companies that are right for you and personalise your curriculum to your career.
We are so confident of the job demand and our methods, that we will invest in your training and you only pay your full fees when you get a job. When you succeed, so do we. We're in this together.
It's easy to access learning content online. Our mentors will help you with the hard part - structure, feedback, accountability, motivation, and focus. With 1-2-1 mentoring and coaching calls, plus interviewing support, we put a whole team around you as you work to get the job you want.
Our pathways are designed after a rigorous analysis of the jobs market and in partnership with employers. We are authorised training partners for Unity and Unreal. All our mentors are certified instructors.
Mastering real-time engines is your passport to the games industry and a host of different jobs. Whether you want to work on the next AAA games title, serious games, or mobile games, there are incredible job opportunities in the UK right now for real-time 3D talent. From mastering your technical skills, to applying for jobs, to ace-ing your interview, we will be at your side.
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Our unique Pay When Hired option means our aims and yours are the same - your job. We invest in your training, and you don’t need to worry about money until you are on the career ladder.
Perri Lewis
Co-founder and CEO, Mastered
The bootcamp is designed to mirror the real workplace with projects, 1-2-1 feedback, a focus on personal time management and a community to create with. Split over two phases, first, you will build the foundational technical games programming skills. Then, our team will support you to build your portfolio, develop your mindset and get an actual job.
Based on your goals, you’ll be connected to an industry mentor who will assess your skills, create a personalised curriculum for your level, and agree a timetable and structure that you'll be accountable to.
Week by week, you will cover key aspects of game engine development. You'll have materials to work through at your pace, and regular meetings with your mentor to review your progress and get feedback.
You will only move onto the next level when you have demonstrated your competencies. We move at your pace, not our schedule.
In your first month, there will be workshops and tasks to help you identify the roles, industries and companies that you are most suited for and give you the direction and focus you need.
Through weekly sessions with peers, a private Slack group with technical support, your own Success Manager and regular industry talks, we will surround you with a community to learn with.
You will carry on meeting your mentor - either weekly or fortnightly depending on your pace - to ensure that your progress remains on track.
Find your first job with support to write your CV and LinkedIn, prepare your portfolio, get ready for interview, and a push to get the very best job not just the first job that is offered to you.
Work on your own real-world projects and demos that will be your route to get noticed by recruiters and hiring managers.
When you’re ready, you will have the opportunity to take exams to show to prospective employers the level that you have reached and get certified.
To bring your whole self to your career, you'll work with our mindset coaches, to improve your confidence, lift your ambitions, overcome psychological barriers and find your purpose.
Get ready for your new future in games.
This games programmer bootcamp has been designed specifically to ensure you leave ready for the real world of work. Everything is aligned around the real jobs that the industry needs filling.
You will have 1-to-1 and group video calls, live online classes, personal feedback, technical help and emotional support from a team of people invested in your success.
Zane Everett 
Technical Mentor
I’ll assess your skill level, understand your career goals, then build a pathway for you to get you job-ready from a technical perspective. I’ll set you tasks to build your skills, give you feedback on how well you’ve executed the task and support you to build a project for your portfolio.
Grace Pluckrose-Oliver
Success Manager
I’m here from day one of your bootcamp, to day one of your first job. I’ll make sure you are getting the most from the bootcamp at every stage, whether it be setting up your personalised schedule to sharing articles and events you might love.
Stephen Arthur
Career Manager
In phase one we work on your career direction – are your goals clear, achievable and motivating? Then, in phase two I support you to do your best with job applications, interviews and networking, ensuring you present yourself in the best way possible.
Nishe Patel
Performance Coach
I’m here to help you understand what could be blocking you from achieving your career goals – whether it be a known challenge you’ve faced before, or something you didn’t even realise was preventing you from moving forward.
We're proud of all the creative professionals, from every walk of life, who have been through one of our career accelerators since 2015. With our new games programming bootcamp, we want to continue this commitment to finding diverse voices and original talent who've been shut out for too long. Outsiders, misfits and changemakers need apply.
My time at Mastered has been nothing but fantastic. I came into Mastered with absolutely no programming experience whatsoever, to taking on the role of a Technical Game Designer within just the span of 5-6 months, thanks to the help of my mentors!
You can apply to join the bootcamp through the form below and one of our admissions team will set up a call to find out more about your goals and assess whether this is going to be a good fit for you. Please note, we are selective and we are looking for hidden talent so please give your answers below the proper thought they deserve.
