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Elements and Performance Criteria

Required Skills

Required skills

analytical skills to

analyse design requirements for particle systems fluids and bodies

interpret briefs documents and conceptual information

communication skills to

check and confirm design requirements

collect interpret and communicate in visual and written forms effectively for various audiences including engineers and artists

communicate complex designs in a structured format drawn from industry standards styles and techniques

communicate technical requirements related to software development graphics requirements and code development to supervisors and other team members

provide practical advice support and feedback to colleagues and management

initiative and enterprise skills to exercise a high level of creative ingenuity in advanced D effects and innovation

literacy and numeracy skills to

develop technical design documents

read briefs work instructions and technical and conceptual information

write instructions for the normal and competent operation and testing of all features and permutations

management skills to manage teams in order to effectively extract useful feedback

planning and organisational skills to

refer decisions to a higher project authority for review and endorsement

balance talent experience and budget

delegate tasks and responsibility appropriately

establish clear roles and goals to achieve required game development outcomes

meet project deadlines

organise equipment and resources to achieve required outcomes

organise own time to meet milestones

problemsolving skills to recognise and address potential quality issues and problems at design development stage

research skills to undertake practical technical and desktop research into advanced effects

selfmanagement skills to complete assigned tasks

teamwork skills to

contribute to and work in a collaborative team

realise a unified gameplay vision

technical skills to

resolve basic hardware software and other technical issues associated with D environments

translate design requirements into specifications

use correct file formats and archiving procedures

Required knowledge

basic programming techniques

computer game development including specific terminology

current gameplay hardware and software products

environmental impact and sustainability considerations

human resources required in the process of creating a game and their respective skills and technology requirements

OHS requirements for

ergonomics such as when lifting

electrical safety

materials handling

physical hazards

risk and critical path management

technical constraints that hardware imposes on software development graphics requirements code development and creative visual design

techniques for applying concept development skills

techniques for applying concept visualisation skills

Evidence Required

The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria required skills and knowledge range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package

Overview of assessment

Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit

Evidence of the ability to

demonstrate knowledge of advanced simulated effects

adapt design according to feedback

develop advanced simulation effects according to a production plan

use appropriate effects such as particles fluids and rigid or soft bodies

use programming languages to assist the creation of advanced simulation effects

maintain a portfolio of reference materials

produce a polished and finalised deliverable

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Assessment must ensure access to

computer hardware software games engines and file storage

internet access for research purposes

copyright and intellectual property legislation

OHS legislation and enterprise policy

appropriate learning and assessment support when required

modified equipment for people with special needs

Method of assessment

A range of assessment methods should be used to assess practical skills and knowledge The following examples are appropriate for this unit

evaluation of fault finding

observation of working prototypes

verbal questioning or interview concerning aspects of development including

creation of advanced simulated effects

design and choice of advanced simulated effects

review of reports and logbooks

review of working polished deliverable

Guidance information for assessment

Holistic assessment with other units relevant to the industry sector workplace and job role is recommended where appropriate

Assessment processes and techniques must be culturally appropriate and suitable to the communication skill level language literacy and numeracy capacity of the candidate and the work being performed

Indigenous people and other people from a nonEnglish speaking background may need additional support

In cases where practical assessment is used it should be combined with targeted questioning to assess required knowledge

Range Statement

The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included.

Particle systems may include:	3-D or 2-D system that simulates effects, such as: blood clouds dust explosions falling leaves fire fog fur grass hair light meteor trails moving water rain snow sparks splashing water 3-D or 2-D system that creates abstract effects, such as: glowing trails magic effects.
Fluids may include:	3-D or 2-D simulation of effects, such as: blood gas lava oil plasma water.
Bodies may include:	soft or rigid fluids primitives solids.
Brief and documents may include:	concept drawings, such as: illustrations models sketches designer notes development environment description game design document game-play designs help notes information design operating manual storyboard style and design principles style and medium target market information technical design document technical design review process.
Advanced simulated effects may include:	fluids particle systems rigid bodies soft bodies.
Media may include:	designs games images movies videos.
3-D environments may include:	3-D animations 3-D games.
Design considerations may include:	aesthetics genre target market cultural context resource limitations and constraints.
Personnel may include:	animators concept artists game-play designers graphic designers instructional designers modellers motion capture technicians other specialist staff other technical staff producers programmers project manager sound engineers team members technical director writers.
Feedback may involve:	accepting and responding to comment, critique and suggestions from: target audience representatives clients colleagues.
Programming languages may include:	3-D software embedded software language C++ Java Ruby on Rails.
Code may include:	code libraries code objects control loops scripts.
Toolsets may include:	integrated development environments, such as: Code::Blocks Eclipse Microsoft Visual Studio Net Beans game assets, such as: current work files development kits existing digital product libraries, e.g. character models, environments, motion capture data and sound effects game engines, including customised game engines 3-D modelling and animation software, such as: 3ds Max Blender Cinema 4D Houdini Lightwave Maya Modo XSI ZBrush compositing software, such as: after effects digital fusion flame nuke premier smoke.
Creating prototype may involve:	bug fixing, bug databases, creating stable code bases and game tuning building flexible systems, configurable by others code review and test harnesses designing and implementing tests and incorporating feedback from quality assurance knowledge of games as dynamic systems: applying advanced simulated effects strategies in light of feedback from relevant personnel working with quality assurance and understanding test feedback use of appropriate tools and skills for fast, interactive development.
Testing may include:	unit integration system.
Polish may involve enhancing:	game play graphics speed.
Requested form may include:	3-D application executable 3-D game executable 3-D rendered sequence.