Games Design, BA (hons) in University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN), UK

Games Design, BA (hons) in University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN)

You will love this course if you want to design the games you play - from the start you will be designing and developing games from design and animation to digital modelling.

BA (Hons) Games Design offers a dynamic and friendly creative environment where students are encouraged and inspired to play, learn and think creatively, to reach their potential for employment in the industry. Many of our graduates have paid work and lead roles in a variety of games design studios.

You will work on live projects from the games industry, working to real deadlines, getting the chance to express your own creative ideas and skills through your project work; all this using the latest games software in up-to-date facilities taught by professionals from the industry.

• Computer Games and Animation at UCLan is in the UK top 20 and 2nd in the North West for learning resources  - National Student Survey 2019.
• Over 40 of our Games Design students have been employed on a variety of contracts by TT Games in Cheshire.
• UCLan is an official academic partner of the Unreal Engine team.
• You are given the chance to work on live projects with companies and even gain credits for commercially sold games, adding a real boost to your CV.

STUDY GAMES DESIGN AT UCLAN

BA (Hons) Games Design covers the conceptual, visual and digital development of games and you will be given an industry perspective that will equip you to seek employment in the trade. From the start of the course, you will be designing and developing games. You are actively encouraged to 'play', to question the nature of games/computer games and express the ideas you formulate through your personal project work. As your skills develop you will undertake live projects linked to games developers. The course provides a strong visual and creative base, supported by digital modelling, set within a professional framework for the development of games concepts. You will be encouraged to operate as a games designer and given the creative freedom and necessary skills to develop your own ideas.

The course team have a wide variety of skills and are highly experienced in developing your visualising, creative thinking, digital modelling and games development skills. Team members include Bev Bush, Senior Lecturer who was named in the Women in Games Top 100 (2013) and Associate Lecturers Pete Bottomley and James Burton of White Paper Games. We have an established visiting Industry Speaker programme which includes Lead Designers, 3D Artists, QA, Production and Technical Artists from AAA and independent game development studios throughout the UK who bring with them a broad experience of the games development industry.

WHAT OPPORTUNITIES WILL I HAVE?

Our own alumni have gained good positions in a variety of highly successful games companies for example Warner Brothers, Ninja Theory, Rare, Naughty Dog, Riot Games, Playdemic and often come back to visit and share their experience so that current students can be inspired from hearing of their success.

There are many opportunities within games for graduates who work hard to create a strong portfolio of work. This can be in the area of games design, concept art, environment art and technical processes.

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Post Study Work Permit in UK	2 Year after graduation depending on the course.
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