Games Design (Top-Up) (Hons) University of Northampton

Overview

You will join current third year Games Design BA students to work on a number of portfolio-based projects and a substantive personal project. You will be able to share your experiences with current students and collaborate on team projects.

Key Facts

During the Games Design (Top-Up) (Hons) course offered at University of Northampton you will be given creative skills, technical software skills and industry knowledge, which are all required by leading games developers. You will produce a personal portfolio of your work to reflect industry and professional practice needs, informed by historical and contemporary references, cultural and social contexts.

You will focus on the design side of the Game Art industry, but you will be exposed to the whole life cycle of game production from the initial ideas process to final release stage. You will work with programmers from the BA Games Programming and artists from the BA Games Art course so that you understand games development for specific markets in 2D and 3D formats.

Teaching and learning occurs through a variety of methods, with practical’s, workshops and learning how to use new techniques and software. Learners will have around 12 hours contact time per week, with the expectation of matching this with their own time. Sessions can be longer or shortened depending on the activity e.g. attending industry events.

All of the module tutors use our virtual learning environment (NILE) to provide additional resources to facilitate your independent learning.

Highlights

• Up-to-date workstation hardware and software in dedicated laboratories, including Wacom Cintiqs and Wacom Intuos
• Dedicated Games Labs and Out of Hours Access Labs
• Guest lectures from industry specialists, previous talks include Rare, Splash Damage, Codemasters, Ubisoft, Lockwood Publishing, Sony and FreeStyle Games
• Yearly group projects, which allow for a real-life games development experience
• Industry experienced tutors