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Big Nerd Ranch, Inc. is starting the new year with three of their most popular classes:

Class: Beginning Cocoa Bootcamp
Instructors: Mark Fenoglio and Scott Ritchie
Date: January 9-15, 2010
Location: The Big Nerd Ranch, Atlanta, GA
Cost: $4750, including meals, lodging, and ground transportation to and from the Atlanta airport
To register: http://bignerdranch.com/RegistrationForm?cid=1198

Class: Beginning Ruby on Rails Bootcamp
Instructors: Brian Hardy and Charles Quinn
Date: January 16-22, 2010
Location: The Big Nerd Ranch, Atlanta, GA
Cost: $4300, including meals, lodging, and ground transportation to and from the Atlanta airport
To register: http://bignerdranch.com/RegistrationForm?cid=1198

Class: Beginning iPhone Bootcamp
Instructor: Mark Fenoglio and Joe Conway
Date: January 30 – February 5, 2010
Location: The Big Nerd Ranch, Atlanta, GA
Cost: $4750, including meals, lodging, and ground transportation to and from the Atlanta airport
To register: http://bignerdranch.com/RegistrationForm?cid=1198

• Related Link: Big Nerd Ranch, Inc.

In Advanced Game Design Course 9-13 year-olds will learn to create their own complex games, learning key programming concepts along the way. This class moves beyond the basics, teaching you the essentials of game balancing, important game design principles, and how to build a complex game from the ground up with Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Flash. In addition, the class will also teach how to design your own characters and environments with Photoshop and build custom animation for your games with Flash. Classes are held over a 5-day period and held at Stanford University and the University of Pennsylvania.

Related Links:

• Digital Media Academy
• Game Institute

Brian Greenstone is CEO and lead programmer at Pangea Software. He’s been making Mac games 1982, with notable titles such as Bugdom and Nanosaur. In 2004 Brian released his book, ‘Pangea Software’s Ultimate Game Programming Guide for Mac OS X‘, which is now available for download. Based in the mecca of the game development industry, Austin, Texas, he offers private lessons at students’ homes.

All skill levels are accepted from beginner to experienced programmers. The tutoring will be customized to each student’s skill level and interests. We will start by learning to write simple 2D games, and then as students get more proficient we’ll delve into the world of 3D gaming.

The cost for the private lessons is $50 / hour, and he recommends lessons once per week.

Related Links:

• Private Lessons with Brian Greenstone
• Big Nerd Ranch Bootcamp
• The Game Institute