Games Design (BA Hons)

Learn how to design and develop computer games from concept art, through to digital modelling, texturing and animation to help realise making a fully functional gaming platform. Use your own creative skills to work on projects from within the games industry using the latest mobile technologies, virtual and mixed reality to help bring your digital design ideas to life. Let games industry professionals teach you how to design and develop computer games from concept art through to asset creation, animation and level design, leading to fully playable games. This Games Design programme will unlock your potential through an exploration of the ways in which design, storytelling, art and coding come together to create unique and memorable games.

Games Design is a field which is as challenging as it is rewarding, as varied and exciting as it is competitive. We acknowledge this and focus our course on the work-related skills you’ll need to stand out in the job market and find success in your field.

How will you present concepts to your team or clients? Our year one Introduction to Game fundamentals, project pipeline, art and asset creation has got you covered. In second year the Collaborative Project and Work-related Learning modules will teach the essential communication and collaboration skills you may have missed whilst busy creating characters and narratives, designing playable levels, and investigating immersive tech such as VR and AR. In your third year the Client and Major Projects will let you focus on a specialist skillset and put it to use gaining valuable work-experience with our industry partners, as well as creating a final, playable game artefact.

Program Available At (Campus) - York campus