Register below for the Sunday May 4th 2025 (4pm UK time) Diploma in Programming and Videogames Taster Session (on Zoom)
Shahid Kamal Ahmad's Diploma in Programming, Video Games, and Society is designed for Muslim professionals from the ranks of developers, designers, educators, policymakers, cultural critics, and anyone seeking to understand how video games have shaped and continue to influence every aspect of modern life.
Drawing on over 40 years of experience spanning programming, design, production, music, publishing, public speaking, business development and strategic leadership at the forefront of the industry, Shahid will teach the fundamental principles of code — what it is, why it matters, and how understanding it is essential to grasping the significance of video games to modern society.
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Shahid Kamal Ahmad, your instructor and mentor on this Diploma, is a multiple award winning video games industry veteran of 43 years whose career has spanned programming, production, music, publishing, coaching, emerging markets and business development.
He is best known for his industry changing role at PlayStation where his team helped to bring hundreds of video games by independent developers to the market, including hits like No Man's Sky and Hellblade.
More recently he has mentored young developers across the world, delivering talks, lectures and courses on the benefits of playing and developing video games.
As a developer, he created Islamic Relief's "Virtue Reality", the world's first game funded by an Islamic NGO, for iPhone and Android.
Shahid has been named one of Games Industry International's Top 10 Persons of the Year and 100 Top Influencers in the British Games Industry, Develop's 25 People that Changed Games, one of MCV's Brit List 100 and received Develop's Publishing Hero award for his team’s role in opening PlayStation up to developers and for commissioning global hits likeNo Man’s Sky and Hellblade, as well as indie smash hits like Velocity 2X, Hotline Miami, Rogue Legacy and over a hundred others.