Course overview
On this Game Development degree, you'll gain technical, creative and professional skills within an environment built to mirror a real games development studio.
In preparation for a career in this ever-evolving industry, you’ll collaborate in multi-skilled teams to develop your own games from day one – learning how different specialisms work together, how to operate effectively within a team and how to develop the role you play.
You will:
- Build your own games from day one and have the opportunity to establish your own company in your third year
- Work in one of the largest and best-equipped dedicated game-making spaces of any university in the UK
- Learn in a department dedicated to gaming and be surrounded by people working in all aspects of the industry
- Develop a multidisciplinary approach, using Unity and Unreal to touch upon all aspects of game creation
- Engage with industry via our Guest Speaker programme and annual Games Expo
- Have the flexibility to change your area of specialism based on your skills and interests
The placement year pathway for this course is new and subject to validation.
Lead images: Louis Sullivan, Repeater Roulette by Average Soup.
Overviews of each specialism
Overview
Get into teams from the start to learn core game art abilities, such as character and environment modelling, using industry-standard packages, processes and pipelines.
Course routes
On this Game Development: Art degree, you'll have the opportunity to gain a BA(Hons) degree over three years or the option to study Game Development: Art BA(Hons) with Integrated Foundation Year and/or placement year study options.
From module information to course aims and assessment criteria, discover the full course details:
UCAS codes
- BA(Hons) 3 year: W281
- Integrated Foundation Year BA(Hons) 4 year: FY02
- Placement year BA(Hons) 4 year: PY29
Overview
Create sound effects, sonic environments and scores that electrify players, and then work in-engine to integrate them into games in an immersive way.
Course routes
On this Game Development: Audio degree, you'll have the opportunity to gain a BA(Hons) degree over three years or the option to study Game Development: Audio BA(Hons) with Integrated Foundation Year and/or placement year study options.
From module information to course aims and assessment criteria, discover the full course details:
UCAS codes
- BA(Hons) 3 year: W283
- Integrated Foundation Year BA(Hons) 4 year: FY27
- Placement year BA(Hons) 4 year: Coming soon
Overview
Prototype and implement the rules, systems, puzzles and levels that shape player experience, iteratively testing and refining them.
Course routes
On this Game Development: Design degree, you'll have the opportunity to gain a BA(Hons) degree over three years or the option to study Game Development: Design BA(Hons) with Integrated Foundation Year and/or placement year study options.
From module information to course aims and assessment criteria, discover the full course details:
UCAS codes
- BA(Hons) 3 year: W284
- Integrated Foundation Year BA(Hons) 4 year: FY28
- Placement year BA(Hons) 4 year: PY31
Overview
Become a gameplay programmer who implements and tests core game mechanics and evaluates how players interact with them.
Course routes
On this Game Development: Programming degree, you'll have the opportunity to gain a BA(Hons) degree over three years or the option to study Game Development: Programming BA(Hons) with Integrated Foundation Year and/or placement year study options.
From module information to course aims and assessment criteria, discover the full course details:
UCAS codes
- BA(Hons) 3 year: W285
- Integrated Foundation Year BA(Hons) 4 year: FY30
- Placement year BA(Hons) 4 year: PY33
Overview
Create backstories, dialogue, quests and player journeys, learning to translate foundational writing skills into narrative design for games.
Course routes
On this Game Development: Writing degree, you'll have the opportunity to gain a BA(Hons) degree over three years or the option to study Game Development: Writing BA(Hons) with Integrated Foundation Year and/or placement year study options.
From module information to course aims and assessment criteria, discover the full course details:
UCAS codes
- BA(Hons) 3 year: W286
- Integrated Foundation Year BA(Hons) 4 year: FY31
- Placement year BA(Hons) 4 year: PY34
Overview
Learn to manage the production of game projects, identifying and solving problems while making the development process run smoother and helping to deliver the project on schedule.
Course routes
On this Game Development: Production degree, you'll have the opportunity to gain a BA(Hons) degree over three years or the option to study Game Development: Production BA(Hons) with Integrated Foundation Year and/or placement year study options.
From module information to course aims and assessment criteria, discover the full course details:
UCAS codes
- BA(Hons) 3 year: I608
- Integrated Foundation Year BA(Hons) 4 year: FY29
- Placement year BA(Hons) 4 year: Coming soon
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