{"id":10810,"date":"2025-01-16T13:41:56","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T21:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yourplanbproductions.com\/openworld\/workshops\/game-development-with-unity-copy\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T09:27:53","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T17:27:53","slug":"switch-game-development","status":"publish","type":"workshop","link":"https:\/\/yourplanbproductions.com\/openworld\/workshops\/switch-game-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Designing Nintendo Switch Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-10810\" data-postid=\"10810\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-10810 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_0uy9767 tb_first tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-2 tb_qlq2060 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_8ax4990   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p class=\"p1\"><em><strong>One-Week Workshop, Dates Offered:<\/strong><br \/>Session 5A (8\/17\/26 \u2013 8\/21\/26)<br \/><\/em><br \/><em><strong>Tuition: <\/strong><del datetime=\"2025-11-06T22:52:03+00:00\">$999<\/del> <strong>$799 with code EARLYBIRD_26<\/strong><strong><br \/><\/strong><\/em><\/p><p>Developing for Nintendo Switch means creating games for the same platform as Mario, Zelda, and Splatoon, using actual professional development hardware. Building for a real console teaches how to optimize performance and design for unique controllers, giving creators hands-on experience with the same tools and challenges that professional studios face when bringing games to Switch.<\/p><p>Innovators will build games using official Nintendo Switch development kits, learning to program and optimize for real console hardware. Students create game systems and levels while discovering how to make their games run smoothly on the platform and feel natural with Joy-Con controls. Their ProjectFUN game runs on an actual Switch development kit, proving they can create experiences designed for the same platform as their favorite Nintendo games.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-2 tb_tcm5008 last\">\n                    <!-- module accordion -->\n<div  class=\"module module-accordion tb_jiz9790 \" data-behavior=\"toggle\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    \n    <ul class=\"ui module-accordion separate rounded tb_default_color\">\n            <li class=\"builder-accordion-active\">\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-jiz9790-0\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-jiz9790-0-content\" aria-expanded=\"true\">\n                                                            <span class=\"accordion-title-wrap\">A Few of the Topics Covered in this Course<\/span>                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- 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