Game Design & Production (Bachelor Degree)

Unleash your creativity in game design & production. Game designers are the visionaries and evangelists for a game development project. They thrive on new ideas and are always thinking about how users will interact and enjoy the experience that they’ve created. 

• A great game designer possesses a combination of technical knowledge, artistic skill and most importantly, the ability to communicate and understand people.
• Game designers spend significant amounts of time writing detailed documents specifying game mechanics, environments, playable characters and the game’s nemesis. This detail extends right down to how a particular item might behave, be animated and sound.
• Game Design is a two-year, full-time course written by experienced game designers, in consultation with local and international studios, to produce innovative graduates who will lead the next generation of game development.

Industry software you will learn

• Your career in Game Design starts through the hands-on Advanced Diploma or take your knowledge to the next level with the bachelor's degree. 

Both programs have been closely developed with the game industry and leverage the latest game industry software including:

• Unreal Engine
• Game development
• Unity Engine
• Game Development
• Maya
• 3D Modelling, rigging, animating, lighting and rendering
• ZBrush
• Sculpting
• Substance
• Texturing
• Adobe Photoshop
• Concept art and texture maps
• Visual Studio
• Programming tools
• MonoDevelop
• Programming tools
• Perforce
• Project management and version control
• Git
• Project management and version control
• Source Tree
• Project management and version control
• Microsoft Office
• Project management and planning

This degree will build your knowledge and practical skills with to pursue a career in the design and production of games. Develop your storytelling and user experience skills to produce unique interactive experiences. This three-year degree covers all the core topics covered in the Advanced Diploma and takes it to the next level. Not only will you cover specialist design units, but you will gain broad expertise in graphic design, game art and systems design to power you in your game development journey.

Core Topics

• Introduction to Game Design
• Design Prototyping
• Level Design
• Narrative Design
• Game Art Optimisation
• Game Programming
• Graphic Design Principles
• Introduction to Game Art

Specialist Topics

• User Experience Design
• Proof of Concept
• Psychology and Economies
• Portfolio Development
• Testing and Quality Assurance
• Graphical User Interfaces
• Systems Design
• Games for Wellbeing
• Critical Game Studies

Game Development

• Production Planning
• VR Development
• Six Game Development projects
• Cross-platform development
• Studio Internship

Degree students study four subjects per semester, leveraging knowledge and skills across subjects to develop a deep understanding of related subject matter. The course runs through a series of lectures and tutorials, which are undertaken in industry-simulated studio environments.

Students study two semesters or eight x 10 credit subjects per year for three years. Students can take choose to undertake a 20 credit Major Production 2 subject or 40 credit Internship subject in their last semeste

Subject and Assessment

• Students complete practical game design projects based on industry standards along with written coursework to develop in-depth and up to date knowledge. This course work includes research papers and essays which assess your ability to research, critically analyze, and effectively communicate your ideas and arguments.

Career Outcomes

• Game Designer
• Level Designer
• User Interface Designer
• Systems Designer
• Narrative Designer
• Producer
• Technical Designer