Games Design (Hons) Leeds Beckett University

Overview

Turn your passion for games into the skills, confidence, and experience needed to thrive in the dynamic international games and creative industries. This hands-on BSc Games Design degree blends creativity with technical expertise, preparing you to design, develop, and deliver immersive gaming experiences, from concept to completion.

From RPG and horror to action, strategy, sports, and classic 8-bit - whatever your interests, you'll study some of the most influential games ever made. You'll discover how games are imagined, built, and refined, while developing a strong understanding of the tools, technologies, and workflows used by professional studios.

As part of this Games Design (Hons) course from Leeds Beckett University you'll discover how games are imagined, built, and refined, while developing a strong understanding of the tools, technologies, and workflows used by professional studios.

• Design and produce original games driven by your own creative vision

• Study modules across three core areas: programming and software engineering; art, concept, and asset production; and games design theory and practice

• Take ideas from initial concept through design, visualisation, and technical implementation

• Build practical experience by testing, refining, and improving your work through feedback and collaborative projects

• Develop transferable creative and technical skills used across games, animation, digital and interactive media, and the wider creative sector

Career opportunities:

You will graduate with a range of skills relevant to computing, digital studio production, creative agency markets and micro-business management. You could work in games and digital entertainment, 3D visualisation or in the creative marketing sector. Graduates have found employment with some of the top games companies, including Rockstar Leeds, Sumo Digital and Team17 Digital, as well as international digital agencies such as Dubit.

• Games programmer

• Digital and concept artist / environment artist

• Games designer

• QA tester