Learn core game art abilities, like 2D and 3D concept art and character and environment modelling - using industry-standard packages, processes and pipelines. By working with a multidisciplinary team of other developers, you’ll graduate with a professional portfolio presenting your work in context. This course involves more project work from the beginning and less focus on foundational skills than BA(Hons) Game Art

Graduate with a portfolio of game animation - one of the most sought-after skill sets in the industry. By working closely with other artists, designers, programmers, writers and sound artists, you’ll develop a thorough understanding of the animation pipeline and its place in game development.

Create sound environments and scores to electrify players. Working closely with a multi-skilled development team, you'll graduate with a portfolio of audio for a number of completed games, and first-hand experience of the development pipeline.

Work out the rules, systems, puzzles and challenges shaping a player's experience. You'll graduate with extensive experience as a game designer - from paper concept to the finished article - with a portfolio of games you’ve completed in collaboration with other disciplines.

Learn to program in C# and work with animators, artists, designers, sonic artists and writers to make completed games. Our highly accessible programming course gives anyone the skills and opportunities to learn to code and flourish in the industry.

Create back stories, dialogue, quest texts and story arcs as you learn essential creative writing skills and look into how these can translate to gaming. You’ll work as a narrative designer in a multi-disciplined development team, and contribute as a specialised developer.

You'll learn what it takes to make a game - asset creation, project management and pipelines, pitching ideas, and theories exploring what games are and how they engage players. Developing your skills and aligning them to your chosen route, you’ll enhance cross-disciplinary groups as you pitch a game to tutors and build it together.

Modules

Development Principles
Theory 1: Reading Experiences
Multidisciplinary Development Practice
Specialist modules depending on your route

Specialist modules

Art

Environment Art 1
Environment Art 2

Animation

Game Animation 1
Game Animation 2

Audio

Designing Sound
Music Technologies

Design

Game Design 1
Game Design 2

Programming

Principles of Computing
Creative Computing
Individual Creative Computing Project

Writing

Craft of Writing
Audiences & Contexts

With greater confidence in your skills, you’ll mirror professional game development as you tackle a larger game project in a multi-skilled group. Made over the entire year, you’ll research and experiment with various approaches and create innovative features. You’ll investigate strategies in player experience, and learn what drives industry trends and developments from visiting professionals, all the while developing the specialist skills informing your practice.

Modules

World Creation Project: Pre-Production
World Creation Project: Production
World Creation: Game Development Project 1
Theory 2: Form & Player Experience
Specialist modules depending on your route

Specialist modules

Art

Developing Specialist Game Art Practice
Developing Concept Art Vocabularies
Developing Character Art Vocabularies
Developing Environment Art Vocabularies

Animation

Game Animation 3
Developing Specialist Game Art Practice

Audio

Supersonic
Developing Specialist Game Development Practice

Design

Game Design 3
Developing Specialist Game Development Practice

Programming

Specialisms in Creative Computing
Individual Specialist Computing Project: Interfaces & Interaction
Individual Specialist Computing Project: Artificial Intelligence

Writing

Games and Digital Writing Workshop
Developing Specialist Game Development Practice

You’ll produce a complete and potentially publishable game as part of a team. By pitching it to industry professionals, you’ll receive reliable and insightful feedback. You’ll also research a topic relevant to your project, and work with industry mentors, sharpening your real-world insights and building valuable career contacts.

Modules

Preparing for the Future
Major Game Development Project: Pre-Production
Professional Practice
Major Game Development Project: Production