Level 2 Games Development

Course Details Level 2 Games Development

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This is a full time course

Qualification

Awarding Body: EDEXCEL

Award: BTEC First Extended Certificate in Creative Digital Media Production

Course Content

These courses have been designed to provide a route into, and develop skills in the games industry. From the start you will be designing and developing games and be encouraged to ‘play’, to question the nature of games and express the ideas you formulate through your personal project work. The course provides a strong visual and creative base supported by digital modelling, set within the framework of games development.

Topics on this course include:

Course Structure
The course is made up of 12 units of study which are mostly integrated together and studied via assignments and set tasks. All grading criteria in the 12 units must be achieved at least to Pass level in order to achieve your full Extended Diploma and requires a Merit for progression onto a Level 3 course. Two units are externally assessed via a test scenario.

Core Units
• Digital Media Sectors and Audiences
• Planning and Pitching a Digital Media Product
• Digital Moving Image Production
• Digital Games Production
• Media Industry in Context

Activities include
• Game Design
• Story Development
• Character Design
• Level Design
• Game Engines
• Audio And Game Sound Effects
• Final Production Project

Entry Requirements

4 GCSEs grade D or above to include English and Mathematics

Possible Progression

Level 3 Games Development