This industry facing award will produce creative and free thinking graduates with the specialist skills to be successful in the disciplines associated with computer game production including game design, asset creation and management, 2D/3D modelling and computer games production, consumer testing and marketing. You will acquire a detailed knowledge of the processes involved with creative game design, development and production, along with its technical and creative interdependencies, time constraints, effective time management and required development resources. Students will work and learn as part of a live game development team, designing, developing, producing and publishing games at every level of their degree for mobile devices, consoles, PC and the web, honing their skills in a highly creative and supportive environment that encourages innovation in game play design, whilst also experiencing first-hand the mix of creative and technical problem solving skills required in the role of a game designer. You will learn to script core game play mechanisms for mobile devices and later for console devices, and build effective game play levels that adhere to principals of level flow and balance along with visualisation, focal points, interaction design and level optimisation. There is an emphasis on technical and creative problem solving throughout the course, which is defined and promoted through the requirement for students to frequently change roles, developing skill sets and perspectives within the development process.

This course will produce creative individuals who are able to operate effectively and successfully within a rapidly changing industry. Students will have spent three years developing games gaining valuable experience and insight into the realities of the technical and creative game design process along with key project management skills, and by graduation will be prepared for employment in a number of professional roles, including: * Game designer * Level designer * Game Development Lead * Mobile Game Designer * Character Modeller * Environment Modeller