This course has been developed to fuse technical and creative abilities. It is firmly grounded in art and design, with computing and scripting elements interwoven throughout, to help you develop the skills you need to make the visual and interactive elements of games.

As you develop your creative 3D animation skills you will explore games as a means of communication and storytelling. You will have the freedom to experiment with new or unconventional modes of interaction or play, and we will encourage you to consider games as spectator or theatrical events.

We will introduce you to the digital tools you will work with during the course and consider how to develop game narratives, assets, and levels. 

As you progress through the course, you will be able to explore performance and motion-capture methods, as well as traditional character animation approaches. You will examine interaction and user-interface (UI) design and try out gaming ideas.

For your final year project you will develop a digital product, which will give you valuable experience of applying your knowledge, business planning and entrepreneurial skills. This work can form the basis of your portfolio to showcase your work to future potential investors or employers.

You will leave the course with strong creative and workplace skills, and the ability to continue building your portfolio, ready to start your chosen career.

Once you graduate, you could go on to work in:

• game design
• level design
• character art
• interaction design
• play testing

You may also consider roles within one of the many creative industries where you could use your transferable skills in 3D graphics, computer animation or storytelling, such as:

• visual effects
• animation
• motion graphics
• creative development
• graphic design
• web design
• concept art