Become a confident and daring indie game developer, producing vibrant and engaging experiences for gamers. Analyse the principles of the creative process, from ideation and design through to delivery and dissemination. Integrate design tools, programming languages, game engines, as well as specialist middleware and frameworks into your game development practice. Explore business models used by indie games studios to see how you could start up your own. And, if you already have a business idea, get it off the ground with help from a mentor.
Modules could include: □□ Development Practice □□ Game Development □□ Co-creative Design and Development Practice □□ Indie Game Start-Up □□ Final Major Project
Entry requirements □□ We welcome applicants with varied qualifications, but usually you’ll need an undergraduate degree in computing, software engineering, game programming or related fields
Why study here? □□ Design and implement digital and non-digital games □□ Apply the principles of design and creativity to generate fun and playful experiences □□ Learn to use industry-standard platforms for making games and adapt to their technical constraints □□ Apply primary and secondary research methods drawn from game studies and the broader design science literature □□ Collaborate across disciplinary boundaries, an increasingly important skill in the games industry
Assessment method
□□ You’ll also need experience of computer programming (i.e. presence on GitHub and/or StackExchange, source code excerpts, technical reports, etc) □□ Our typical applicants hold an undergraduate degree of 2:2 or above, or equivalent experience □□ We’ll also welcome your application if you have formal or ‘certified’ learning (such as training courses not run by universities or colleges) and learning from work experience or self-study. This is called Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL), and should have been gained within the last five years, and be equivalent to the learning outcomes of our minimum entry qualifications □□ APL applicants using experience to apply should note there is a £200 application fee for entry with advanced standing or with exemption from specific modules or credit
□□ 100% coursework, including assessments such as projects, portfolios, pitches and papers
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