B.Sc. Computer Science (Gaming Design)

B. Sc. Computer science (gaming design) is a three-year ugc recognized undergraduate program offered by the department of computer applications. This program focuses on the design, art of animations and games to provide opportunities to the students in the field of gaming. 

The students can acquire advanced skill development in game design, game art and animations and develop the ability to create gaming applications from scratch.

B.Sc Gaming Design is a 3-year undergraduate program that focuses on the design and art of animations and games. The course involves the fundamentals of game development including strategy, creativity, and implementation. B.Sc Gaming Design also deals with advanced technical skills and code languages. Aspirants also encounter a variety of tools and processes like level and map editors, databases, proprietary scripting languages, and design documents. 

With the evolution of the Gaming industry, the demand for efficient game designers and game developers is increasing rapidly in the market. B.Sc. Gaming Design provides a medium to acquire relevant skills and knowledge. Aspirants get to learn the basics of game and animation programs, 3-D modeling, storytelling, 3D modeling and animation, storyboarding, and graphic design skills.

Designing a game is an art. It requires designing an aesthetic sense to create games. The professionals working in game design and development prepare games for phones, tablets, and laptops. Different aesthetics and design elements create an interesting gaming environment for the viewers. India has earned a commendable position in the international gaming market. Due to this, more students are now choosing game design careers in India. The industry promises a bright future for professionals.

Why Study B.Sc Gaming Design?

The reasons for pursuing B.Sc Gaming Design are as follows:

• The gaming industry is flooded with a huge range of games. The game designers keep on experimenting and developing a new range of game designs for all age bands. As the need is increasing, the industry is expanding too. The gaming field has ever-increasing job opportunities for its professionals. By pursuing B.Sc in Gaming Design the students become ready to enter such a secure career. Designing gaming mechanisms, working on different audio features, and animation programs, and using 2D and 3D animation software are some of the tasks a game designer performs. The course helps to learn each of them in detail.
• Scripting languages, using map editors, and databases, and designing documents are some of the important game designing and developing tasks on which the students become adept through this course.
• Any game designing course is about learning new technologies like software designing, animation, software programming, etc. The B.Sc Gaming Design promises students to be up-to-date with all the technical and industrial advancements so that they can win over any challenge in the practical work field.
• There is a high demand for gaming professionals in the animation, multimedia, and entertainment industries. After completing the course, the professionals become employable in these industries.

Who Should Opt for B.Sc Gaming Design?

• Those who love to play online games and want to gain an understanding of the game designing process can pursue the B.Sc Gaming Design courses. Individuals having a passion for learning visual effects, animation, etc. can come to pursue this course. Those who are creative and want to showcase their creativity by designing and developing games are best suited for this course

Career Opportunities

Students pursuing B.Sc Gaming Design can either go for a job or higher education depending on their preferences. Upon completing the course lots of opportunities knock on the door of the aspirants. They may extract a salary from anywhere between INR 1,76,000 to INR 20,00,000 per annum. Go through a few of them mentioned below to know the Career Options and Job Prospects available after completing B.Sc Gaming Design .

• Experience Designer
• Gameplay Programmer
• Game Designer
• Level Scripter
• Level Designer
• Tools Programmer
• Animator
• Cinematic Character
• Freelance Game Developer
• Content Developer
• Game Modeller & Texturing Artist
• Interface Artist
• Game Tester
• Visualiser
• Script Writer
• Art Designer

B.Sc Gaming Design  Job Profiles

A few job roles can be opted for after B.Sc Gaming Design are described below:

• Game Designer – A game designer handles everything related to a game including conceptualizing storylines, setting characters, using programming language, animating, etc. They work in collaboration with the other team members to meet the project timelines and goals.  
• Game Developer- A game developer is liable for developing games, making prototypes of the game ideas, translating requirements into efficient code, developing a base for the game, etc.
• Gameplay Programmer- A gameplay programme oversees the things that make the game runs. A gameplay programmer’s job is to write the interacting codes based on which the gameplay runs
• Content Developer- A content developer creates content for digital media and writes for videos, articles, blog posts, podcasts, etc.
• Interface Artist- An Interface Artist implements user-friendly graphics and thus assists the game players to understand the game features
• Tools Programmer- A tool programmer helps the game designers and artists by working on internal tools and thus he/she aids them to transfer their ideas to a game.
• Game Tester- A game tester checks every function and loophole of a game to ensure that the game is ready to be launched.
• Freelance Game Developers- A freelance game developer work independently on different gaming assignments.