MODULES
Year 1
CORE MODULES
Introduction to Game Design
Subject to validation.
Introduction to Game Art
Subject to validation.
Introduction to Game Programming
Subject to validation.
Expressive Game Design
Subject to validation.
Introduction to Game Scripting
Subject to validation.
Game Studio 1 (Mental Wealth)
Subject to validation.
Year 2
CORE MODULES
Game Concept Prototyping
Subject to validation.
Playful Experience Design
Subject to validation.
Professional Practice
Subject to validation.
Game studio 2 (Mental Wealth)
Subject to validation
OPTIONAL MODULES
Level Design
Subject to validation.
Narrative Design
Subject to validation.
System Design
Subject to validation.
Advanced Level Design
Subject to validation.
Advanced Narrative Design
Subject to validation.
Advanced System Design
Subject to validation.
Year 3
CORE MODULES
Game Studio 3: Pitch
Subject to validation.
Games Beyond Entertainment
Subject to validation.
Final Project: Development
The module will review the field / subject discipline as appropriate to a self-identified research project within the scope of the programme of study. This will entail devising, researching and planning a major programme of work in an appropriate medium as a relevant object of analysis. You will draw on learning across your programme to showcase your skills and talent in articulating your media project, as a process of development informed by theories, methods and practices relevant to the creative industries.
You can choose to follow independent research through one of two routes: a) by producing a written dissertation that engages with contemporary debates in media or b) by using practice as a mode of research supported by a verbal demonstration of the critical discourses it speaks to.
Under relevant subject-specialist supervision and through a process of drafting and revision, you will be grounded in methods of study and conceptual formulation, as dictated by the scope and character of the research undertaken.
Final Project: Completion
The module will lead on from the development stage of your self-identified research project based on your preferred choice of production, for example a written dissertation that engages with contemporary debates in media or a complete practice project, produced through a developed programme of research supported by a verbal demonstration of the critical discourses it speaks to.
The aim of the module is to extend knowledge in the chosen field of research, to produce or write the project according to the student's planning and to complete and present the final research project within the given time frame. You will have the opportunity to demonstrate your skills in an accompanying project portfolio, including production folders for practice projects or reviews of existing academic literature on the written dissertation topic and a comprehensive bibliography.
Projects will be developed through subject-specific supervision and peer support.
Game Studio 3: Production (Mental Wealth)
Subject to validation.
Portfolio
Subject to validation.
