Game Development (Design) MA

Game Development (Design) MA is part of the Digital Media Kingston suite of courses providing students with a unique mixture of creative and technical skills.

Students will have access to first-class technical facilities such as our Games Lab, with state-of-the-art computers, moving image studios, 3D workshops and other specialist resources. These include a number of Sony PlayStation 4 developer kits. In addition other software is available including Unity Pro, Unreal and Maya. Students also have access to our new Centre for Virtual and Augmented Reality (CAVE).

This industry-facing course aims to hone your workplace skills including:

team-work;
time management;
communication (oral, written and electronic);
data collection, review and synopsis; and
computing.
Input from industry practitioners and experts will add a valuable dimension to your studies, particularly though the games inKUbator which features regular industry speakers. There is also the opportunity to participate in Game Jams and Hackathons

Graduates of this course are suited to jobs in the games and media industries such as game designer, indy developer, testing and user experience.

Applicants are normally required to have a good honours degree in humanities, art and design, multimedia, media production or the academic equivalent.

All applicants must be able to demonstrate, either through qualifications or portfolio of works a solid understanding of digital media.