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Martinez AI Studios Academy
Martinez AI Studios Academy
A Martinez AI Studios education product
The new way to learn game development.
Build games with AI. Think like a game developer. Ship like a studio.
AI can write the code. You still need to understand the game. Learn the systems, architecture, production discipline, debugging methods, and release practices required to direct AI tools and build professional games.
Built from a real commercial game
CONTRABAND case studies
Built from a real commercial game
CONTRABAND: Edge of the Fold
The Academy teaches from a live development journey: CONTRABAND: Edge of the Fold, a branching narrative game published on Steam by Martinez AI Studios and created by Dero Lavigne. Lessons are framed around design judgment, system ownership, and shipping — not syntax memorization.
A Martinez AI Studios education product
Master areas
- 01Game Design
- 02Systems Design
- 03Architecture
- 04AI Orchestration
- 05QA & Debugging
- 06Production
- 07Steam Publishing
- 08Live Ops
Instructor
Instructor
Dero Lavigne
Instructor · developer · case-study practitioner
Dero Lavigne is the instructor for Martinez AI Studios Academy and the developer of CONTRABAND: Edge of the Fold. He directs the work; Martinez AI Studios publishes it. The Academy teaches from that real development process — not from toy examples.
Published by: Martinez AI Studios
Read and look up
Notes, a working glossary, and product FAQ — written from the same constraints as the course: 170 lessons are free to read; LMS enrollment and downloads stay closed.
Academy notes
Short teaching essays from the same practice as the flagship program and the CONTRABAND case studies. This is not the Studio Log, and it is not a second copy of the curriculum map.
Glossary
Academy glossary
Academy FAQ
Academy FAQ
170 bilingual lessons and 12 bilingual fillable resources are free on this site. LMS accounts, progress, and certificates stay closed. Optional Stripe support (you choose the amount) does not gate lessons or downloads.