Bachelor of Science - Games Design and Development

Do you want to design and balance game mechanics to create emergent dynamic player experiences? On this hands-on course, you'll be making games with a mix of digital and paper prototyping and planning from week one.

Bsc Games Design and Development encourages Design and script games from day one. On this highly practical course, Student will be be making games with a mix of digital and paper prototyping and planning. Student will be introduced to a range of tools for bringing ideas into reality, including Adventure Game Studio, RPGMaker, RenPy, Unity and Unreal.

As well as technical skills student will develop the communications and entrepreneurial skills needed to put together and manage a multi-disciplined team. Student will get plenty of hands-on experience and opportunities for collaborating with other Middlesex students from our 3D animation, art and design, music, computing and graphics departments as part of our coordinated workshop activities.

Student will learn design communication skills including writing, scripting, prototyping and storytelling. And learn the concepts and history of game design which will build confident communication skills so that student can explain what makes existing games successful and what players do in games that keeps them playing. Student will also learn critical and analytical techniques for observing playtests, offering peer feedback, and iterating ideas.

There will be opportunities for experimental design to develop ability to evaluate and adapt technologies to create new game experiences.