Games Design (London)

This course is delivered at our London campus in Whitechapel, at the centre of the UK’s games and creative industries.

Design games that people want to play.

You’ll focus on gameplay, level design and player experience, learning how to shape mechanics, balance difficulty and build progression that keeps players engaged. Using industry-standard tools, including Blueprint systems, you’ll create playable games from concept through to delivery.

The course is built around studio-based projects and collaborative development, reflecting how games are made in industry. You’ll work with artists, animators and VFX students, building a portfolio that shows both your ideas and your technical ability.

Key features:

• Design and build playable games using industry-standard tools

• Focus on gameplay, systems and player experience

• Work in collaborative studio environments across disciplines

• Build a portfolio of finished, playable projects

You’ll study in East London, surrounded by studios, agencies and digital companies, giving you direct exposure to the industry.

You’ll graduate ready for roles such as gameplay designer, level designer, UX designer or developer, or to continue developing your own projects.

Course Modules

[Year one]

• Introducing Gameplay (40 credit points)

• Games Studies (20 credit points)

• Introducing 3D digital art (20 credit points)

• Programming Gameplay (40 credit points)

[Year two]

• System and Level Design (40 credit points)

• Games Design Studio (40 credit points)

• CoLab: Research, Exploration and Risk-taking (20 credit points)

• Optional module.
  You will also choose one optional 20-credit module from:

• 3D Materials and Exploration

• Storyboarding

• Exploring Creative Coding

• Performance for Motion Capture

• Sound Art & Design

• Open-source 3D Art

• Tabletop Game Development

• Interactive Narrative

Optional Placement Year (Sandwich)*
We have an option for all of our students to undertake a placement year (Sandwich) and allow you to decide whether this is right for you once you have completed years 1 and 2 of your course. This time spent working in industry provides our students with crucial work experience, which is highly prized and much sought after by employers upon graduation. If you are successful in securing a placement you will have the chance to gain an additional Certificate or Diploma in Professional Practice, dependent on duration.

If you choose to take the sandwich route option, you will still need to apply for this course with the full-time UCAS code.

[Final year]

• Games Design Project (60 credit points)

• Screen Arts Collaboration (40 credit points)

• Games Entrepreneurship (20 credit points)

https://www.ntu.ac.uk/course/art-and-design/ug/bsc-hons-games-design-london?year=2027#module-information