Game Technology (M.Sc.)

Augment your creative thinking with design knowledge, technology, and programming skills to find a challenging position in the game industry. Join the job-assured program in game technology. 

The M.Sc. Game Technology program at ICAT is a 2 -year, full-time program that provides you all-round knowledge and intense practice in every facet of the game industry. The program makes you an able professional ready to take up a career in Game Designing, Game Development, Game Programming, and in various Design related companies.

The program encourages students to build 2D and 3D visual game arts that follows the vision of any game concept, such as concept art, sprites, textures, environmental backdrops or terrain images, user interface, models, animations, 3D environments, and cinematics. Besides, the program equips our students to invent new game concepts, design the gameplay, and work on game development tools to create workable games.

Get, Set to Grab Numerous Careers of Passion

• With hundreds of games developed in India for the International market, India is fast becoming a hub for game development catering to markets like US, China, Japan, and Europe. Also, affordable Internet connectivity, smartphone penetration, the power of data, better economics for gaming companies, and the emergence of e-Sports augments the growth of Indian gaming industry. With all this, the Indian gaming market is forecasted to grow more than threefold in terms of revenue to reach the billion-dollar landmark or even surpass it by 2021.
• While the gaming industry witnesses such a rapid growth, there are numerous opportunities opening up every year for skilled game professionals with finest skills to handle traditional and futuristic technology. It’s now your right time to build a career in your passionate gaming industry.

Year 1
Semester - I

Game Development Process

• As a foundation module, this aims to provide clear knowledge on the principles of design that must be followed by a Game Designer to produce an output of industry standards.

Game Design Challenges

• Game Designing is the most important specialization in game development as it governs all other areas of game development.

Visualization (Theory & Practical)

• As games are a visual medium, the ability to rightly visualize an idea and deliver it in the right format is the one of the most important skills for a Game Designer; and it is developed in this module.

Programming for Games (Theory & Practical)

• Game Programming requires high logical reasoning and problem solving skills that are imparted in this module

Game Prototyping

• Prototyping is an important phase of any product development including games, as it helps students to communicate their ideas more precisely and also helps in testing and validating the ideas

Semester - II

2D Game Art (Theory & Practical)

• Enabling students to create digital assets for games is the aim of this module. It trains students in using 2d graphic-editing software that is commonly used in game production

Game Development using Engine I (Theory & Practical)

• As Game Engines are one of the most essential tools for a novice Game Designer to learn, this module introduces students to a commonly-used game engine

3D Game Art (Theory & Practical)

• Comprehensive knowledge on 3D digital modelling and the tools used to create 3D artifacts for games is taught in this module.

Game Development for Web

• The Web Game Development module introduces students to the custom game development methods available for Web.

Year 2
Semester - III

Game Development for Mobile (Theory & Practical)

• Enabling students to develop games that are playable in mobile devices and that have appropriate gameplay is the goal of this module

Modelling and Texturing (Theory & Practical)

• The students here are taught several concepts, such as UV Unwraping, Organic Modelling and Sculpting.

Game Development using Engine II (Theory & Practical)

• This module augments students’ knowledge on game engines by training them to learn and develop large-scale games with Unreal game engine.

Game Psychology

• Games being a rich interactive medium will create a heave impact on players. In game designing, the ability to create positive and safe experience is very important

Semester - IV

Animation for Games (Practical)

• This module teaches students to create 3D animations for games. The students get hands-on practice on various rigging and animation techniques

Emerging Technologies (Practical)

• As Game industry is always the first to welcome modern technologies, such as AR/ VR and IoT, experience with these technologies will help students to stay abreast in the industry and gain more audience attention.

Artificial Intelligence

• This module introduces students to various Artificial Intelligence algorithms employed in games

Level Design

• This module aims to introduce students to various theories and methods involved in building interesting and engaging game levels

Research Methodology

• The module teaches how research happens in professional environment and helps students experience the complete research journey from problem discovery to report writing

Project Work

• With the vast knowledge and skills developed through the years, the students here establish the capacity for autonomous learning through self-managed study, integrated research and reflective specialist practice

Internship and Viva Voce

• The aim of the module is to develop a clear understanding of the relationship between design, production and commerce by introducing students to various aspects of a business.

Skills to Seek as a Game Technology Professional

• Game Design: Research, Conceptualization
• Game Art: Visualization, Traditional Art Mediums
• Digital Tools: Photoshop, Illustrator, Maya, Z brush, Substance Painter
• Scripting / Programming Languages : C#, Java
• Game Engines: Unity & Unreal

Learn through Self Exploration

• The systematic way of research, analysis, and reporting of any topic related to each module increases the knowledge stack of the students.

Learn the Techniques from Professionals

• Professionals from reputed organizations associated with ICAT share their knowledge, skills and industrial processes with our students through seminars, workshops, and interactive sessions.

Brainstorm with Peers

• Sharing ideas with like-minded people set the spark in you to a fire. We encourage our students to involve in group discussions with peers, in a guided environment that helps students learn to give a concrete shape to their ideas.

Inspire from What’s Around

• Students constantly experience fresh inputs that trigger their creativity. They are taken outdoors for field research and artistic inspiration.

Watch the Industry Process Live

• Industrial visits to game studios and related companies give the students the clarity on what exactly happens in the industry and what will be expected from them.

Get the Cutting-Edge from Feedbacks

• The students of Game Design and Development showcase their works to general audience and to professionals to get their feedback. This helps the students to understand the expectations of the target audience and the industry, and groom accordingly.

Probe the Techniques through Project Works

• Individual projects help students decide on, discuss, and implement their ideas. This enables them to identify and take forward their specialist area of interest, and to organise their efforts in achieving the set goal.

Get the Professional Touch from Reputed Companies

• The curriculum at ICAT insists students to take up an internship in any related organization to get a clear and early insight of the industry, and build confidence to take up a career.

Get Placed as a...

• With an exclusive Placement Cell that holds a record of 100% placement, till date, we assure best jobs for every student who have gathered their skills and are ready to take up challenges of the industry.
• As M.Sc. Game Technology post graduates, the students can seek opportunities in well-known companies like TCS, Ubisoft, Sony, Rockstar Games, Technicolor, Electronic Arts, TechTree, etc similar to the alumni of ICAT. Also as the alumni, they can seek overseas career in firms like Magic Leap. 

The students can take up a role as:

• Concept Artist
• Game Designer
• 3D Low Polygon Modeler
• Texture Artist
• Game Artist
• Environment Artist
• Effects Animator
• Character Animator
• Level Designer
• Game Play Programmer