Building Efficient Game Assets: Models, Materials, Shaders & FX - Ben Cloward - Game Master Classes

Optimized assets can make or break a game.
In today’s real-time production environments, performance is not optional: it’s critical. Poorly optimized assets lead to frame drops and visible stuttering. Well-optimized assets deliver smooth, immersive player experiences.

Join Ben Cloward, Technical Art veteran (ex-Unity, 14 years at BioWare), for an expert-level remote training focused on advanced asset optimization for modern game pipelines. @BenCloward

🔍 What You’ll Master
✔ Creating optimized meshes (vertices, UVs, materials, LODs)
✔ Texture optimization (resolution strategy, packing, compression, sharing)
✔ Efficient VFX assets (overdraw, particle count, texture atlases, activation, LODs)
✔ Shader optimization (reduce texture sampling, smarter math, pipeline awareness)
✔ Understanding performance: GPU vs CPU bound, measuring in-engine

Participants complete two challenging assignments, receive structured instructor feedback, and present their work in small groups (4 attendees per group).

👥 Who Should Attend?
- Game Artists
- Environment Artists
- Character Artists
- VFX Artists

Prerequisites:
Basic experience creating meshes, textures, materials (Blender, Maya, Photoshop, etc.) and basic familiarity with Unreal, Unity, or similar real-time engines.

📅 Schedule (Fully Remote)
March 16 – Core session (2h)
March 23–24 – Small group reviews
March 25 – Advanced techniques (2h)
March 30–31 – Small group reviews
April 1 – Final review & foundational principles

🚀 Elevate your technical art skills. Build assets that perform not just impress!

Spots are limited. Get in touch to secure your place.
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