Games Design

Ba (Hons) Top Up (Level 6) :

1. Explore, design, and evaluate creative ideas development through professional preproduction processes that form a strong foundation for production pipelines.
2. Differentiate appropriate game development business practises and implement these to inform the development of successful game products.
3. Research and problem solve a range of contemporary, relatively complex game problems independently and in groups.
4. Contribute to research into game development workflows using appropriate data, sources and methodologies.
5. Develop a range of game production processes ranging from game art and animation production to technical game development using game engines and other relevant game development tools.
6. Act independently in planning and managing self-defined tasks with limited guidance to produce creative game production outcomes
7. Evaluate creative and technical choices made throughout a game production pipeline to judge the success of a project.

Course Modules

- Indie game development\

• Pre-production\
• Final major project

Teaching will be delivered through seminars and workshops to develop your skills further in the game design industry. This will be through the completion of 3 long modules, giving students a chance to work on a big final project.

Your work will be assessed through the development of game assets and concept designs. You will also be assessed on your critical analysis and evaluation of your progress.