Learn the artistic thinking, technical workflows, and production process behind professional real-time VFX.
Study how effects behave, understand why they work, and learn how to take them from reference through real-time implementation.
Learn to See the Effect Before You Build It.
Before learning another tool, learn how to understand the effect.
Study real-world reference, behaviour, timing, scale, motion, and the principles behind believable VFX.
This free course is being released progressively, with new modules added as the program develops.
Once you understand the fundamentals, deepen specific parts of your workflow with focused training built around real production needs.
PLAN, BUILD, DELIVER is your step-by-step guide to mastering the entire VFX pipeline, giving you the clarity, structure, and pro workflow we wish we had when starting out
Learn how to create stunning VFX textures using Substance Designer for games. With proper guidance, you will become a pro within weeks.
Become a master in game VFX with Houdini pyro simulations. Build real-time effects with particles, simulations, and many more in this career-focused course.
We teach the way studios actually work reference-driven, physics-grounded, and built for real-time performance.
Realistic, semi-realistic, or stylized the fundamentals still matter. Learn how reference, behaviour, shape, timing, motion, and art direction change across different visual languages.
Learn from artists with real game-production experience who understand the artistic, technical, and production decisions behind the work.
Apply what you learn through practical effects, workflows, and production problems not isolated theory.
Learn the workflows, technical considerations, and decision-making that matter when VFX has to work inside an actual game.
Ask questions, share work, exchange feedback, and continue learning alongside other artists in the MadVFX community.
Study the effect before touching the engine. Understand its behaviour, timing, scale, motion, and structure then decide how to build it. Reference first. Behaviour second. Polish last.
MadVFX instructors bring professional game-development experience into the classroom, connecting artistic principles with the realities of real-time production.
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Tools, technology, and partnerships that help support the MadVFX learning experience.
If you're new to MadVFX, begin with our free Foundations training and learn how to observe, break down, and understand effects before building them.