Game Development (Hons) Kingston University

Overview

 You will experience all aspects of game development from concept design and prototyping through to programming, production, testing and publishing during this  Game Development (Hons) programme from Kingston University .

In our games lab, three pairs of large projector screens allow students to participate in an interactive learning experience. The lab features high performance workstations, with 12th gen Intel i7 processors, 1TB SSD drives, Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 GPUs and PlayStation 5 development kits.

The Centre for Augmented and Virtual Environments (the CAVE) features Oculus Quest 2s, Emotiv headsets, Meta Quest 2, Meta Quest Pro, Meta Quest 3, HTC Vive Pro 2 and an Omni Treadmill.

Key Facts

Throughout this course, you will create, make games and experience all aspects of game development, from initial design to prototyping, production and publishing. You will use industry-standard game engines, like Unity and Unreal, across various platforms. For example, you’ll use PC, mobile, tablet, and the Sony PlayStation 5, with programming languages such as C++ and C#.

You will also gain expertise in artificial intelligence, generative AI, 3D graphics, multiplayer games, and console game development. The course will equip you with the skills to create real-time strategy, puzzle, stealth, first-person, and educational games. Additionally, the course covers essential computer science concepts like requirements analysis and computing systems.