IELTS: 6.5 (min 5.5 in all areas)
Pearson: 59 (59 in all subscores)
BrunELT: 63% (min 55% in all areas)
TOEFL: 90 (min R18, L17, S20, W17)
If you want to design the games you play and be a part of the booming games design industry – this is the course for you.
From the start, you will be encouraged to think and work as a games designer and be given the skills to develop your own ideas. You will design and prototype your own games, pitch games and develop skills in digital asset creation, wire-framing, and 3D modelling. You will also learn the core theories, concepts and methods of analysis of games which will help you create games that are based on a rich foundation of knowledge.
The Games Design BA gives you the flexibility to explore what really interests you. In the first year, you will study a range of modules including: Introduction to Games Design, Introduction to Games Studies as well as Historical and Business Contexts. This approach is designed to help you decide where your particular interests lie so that you can begin to consider where to specialise in the second and third year.
In the second and third year, you have the choice to focus on design, art, technology or game studies. Making this choice allows you to begin to specialise in your chosen field of games design and to build your portfolio around your future ambitions whilst you’re still studying. This means you can hit the ground running when you graduate because you will have a clear focus on where you want to work and the kind of role you want to pursue.
By the end of the course you will have a comprehensive portfolio and a range of skills sought after by the games industry in areas such as: game design, game production, game art, game development, game analysis, and game research, as well as giving you transferable skills that are relevant to broader fields.
Brunel’s Games Design BA covers all the skills needed to design, develop and understand games, giving you training that will help you to reach your potential in the games industry.
Course code: I620
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Year 1
Compulsory
FM1605 Global Gaming Histories
FM1609 Games Design 1: Introduction to Game Design Core: Element 2
FM1610 Games Studies 1: Introduction to Game Studies
FM1613 Asset Creation 1: Art Fundamentals
GD1600 Games Development 1: Prototyping and Communication
GD1601 Studio Practice
GD1602 Game Audio 1: Sound Fundamentals
Year 2
Compulsory
FM2608 Games Studies 2: Concepts and Analysis
FM2607 Games Design 2: Mechanics & Economies
FM2601 Games Development 2: Methodologies & Practices
FM2610 Asset Creation 2: Advanced Techniques
FM2612 3D Modelling for Games
FM2616 UI Design
FM2614 Game Genres
FM2617 Research Methods
FM2613 Game Engine
FM2618 Games Programming
Game Audio 2: Music for Games
GD2602 Ludomusicology
Optional
FM2612 3D Modelling for Games
FM2613 Game Engine
FM2614 Game Genres
FM2615 Setting and World Design
FM2610 Asset Creation 2: Advanced Techniques
GD2600 Animation
GD2602 Ludomusicology
FM2601 Games Development 2: Methodologies & Practices
Year 3
Compulsory
FM3627 Games Studies 3: Theory of Games Design
FM3605 Games Design 3: Further Design
FM3622 VFX
FM3623 Major Project – Game Art Project Core: Block
FM3630 Socio-Cultural Studies
FM3626 Gaming Technologies
GD3604 Dynamic Audio and Implementation
GD3605 Game Audio Major Project
Optional
FM3619 Concept Art Project
GD3601 Film and Video Games
FM3620 Concept Communication
AH3600 - Psychogeography
GD3602 Major Project – Serious Games
FM3607 Major Project – Commercial Games
FM3608 Major Project – Experimental Games
FM3612 Major Project – Game Assets
FM3614 Major Project – Team Project
FM3611 Theory Project: Design
FM3615 Theory Project: Business & Development
FM3616 Theory Project: Game Analysis
FM3617 Theory Project: People, Communities, and Cultures
FM3618 Major Project: Traditional Games
FM3631 Major Project – Game Analysis Video Essay
FM3625 Joint Film/Theatre Final Production
FM3628 Major Project – Hardware Technology
FM3629 Major Project – Software Technology
GD3600 Major Project – Film and Video Games
Insurance – Single: 300 GBP per year
