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I had taken the 'Composing for Video Games' course that was taught by Instructor Jason Graves. My ELVTR liaison was Saul Mora. It gave me a lot of much needed direction and polish. The instructor was enthusiastic about our learning which motivated me to perform better, beyond that he also gave us access to a great networking circle that is sure to help us in our future endeavors should we appropriately leverage it. Overall, it was a great experience that refined my creative process, introduced me to the business/industry side of things, provided me with some experiences that reflect real-world environments, and provided a solid springboard for future employment. The ELVTR team were also very accommodating to my queries and requests despite however frequent or trivial they might seem. It was a very streamlined experience overall.

Fantastic content delivered by a wonderful course leader, has opened the floodgates of opportunity, by showing me key insights for my future career, the course was a decent length, was challenging in a welcoming way which made me want to strive, a feeling I haven't had for a long time. Worth every penny, loved my time with ELVTR.

Jason Graves’ course was inspiring and practical—full of real-world tips on storytelling through music, game scoring techniques, and creative sound design. A must for aspiring game composers!

I participated in the "Become a Game Writer" course with Adam Dolin and I can say it's totally worth it. As an introductory course to game development and particularly to game writing they are excellent. They provide structured guidance about the most common tools used in the industry, some of the processes too. They also explain and have you practice the four or five basic kinds of products any game writer should master. The instructors are great and it's also a good place to make friends and contacts for future projects. As a person with previous experience in writing, both creative and scholar, couldn't ask much more from this course. The rest depends on each of us to really make ourselves a path as game creatives!!

How to Become a Game Writer was a course I did not anticipate taking this year. I am that I did! Everyone was kind, welcoming, and knowledgeable. I learned new aspects of writing that I originally thought I knew about, and now I am able to look at creative writing through the lens of game writing and development- a concept I never thought of prior. This has not only introduced me to game design but enabled me to dive deeper into my writing by examing things, like the relationship between the player and the characters, even more.

With no relevant education or experience, just following my childhood dream, I took an animation scriptwriting course from ELVTR by David Weiss and Steven Roy. Not only talented and well-versed in writing scripts for animated features and TV, but they are a rare type of true teachers who care about you as a person and aspiring professional. While David generously shared his wisdom gained on productions like Rugrats, Shrek, and Hypergalactic (as well as some unsuccessful projects – I think that was double important), Steven commented on every tiny detail in my assignments and final project. So, from having nothing but a random idea, in less than 3 months, I crafted a pitch deck of my animated feature IP. To me, it felt like a giant leap. I keep writing a script and have some trouble with discipline, so I really hope there will be a successor class to work on finalizing our screenplays. Our Discord community is still active months after the class, and people keep exchanging feedback and inspiration. I loved everything about this experience.

Fantastic, comprehensive training course.

It was a really great experience. From the start talking to someone at ELVTR about what the course actually was and how it would help you if you wanted to freelance or change careers, to hearing from Julia about the industry. The Discord server they make for the class to talk to each other is such a nice touch and made me feel like I was in the classroom. I didn’t feel pressured to attend if I was busy or working. I love the information they give and while I was nervous about the assignments, I liked them and I feel I learned a lot. Definitely sign up if you want to learn about an industry in-depth and just want to try it out!