BA (Hons) Games Design

**Why study this course?**- Develop key skills in narrative and story telling
– Prepares you for a career as a games maker, either in the AAA or independent markets
– Enables you to contextualise the role design plays in storytelling and game playing
– Specialise within the games design discipline in an area that best suits your unique skillset
– Build a critical language and apply this to games and games design
– Apply and utilise games technologies to respond to changes in the development landscape quickly and confidently.

**Key study topics:**- Game engine technologies
– Scripting
– Production methodologies (Scrum, Lean, Waterfall)
– Development cycles
– Concepting and ideation
– Prototyping
– Documentation
– 2D/3D art pipelines
– Character design
– Environment design
– Games culture and studies
– Game design fundamentals
– Team working

Integrated Foundation Year (optional)
If you choose to add an Integrated Foundation Year on this course, you will be first introduced to the fundamental principles of games design, animation and illustration. A foundation year gives you the time, space and support to explore your strengths, build confidence and prepare for the demands of project-based, industry-focused learning.