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Study Details: 1 Year Full-time
The Master of Design (MDes) programme in Games Design and Development provides students with a unique opportunity to design and develop their own computer game to the highest industry standards while gaining hands-on experience with the product lifecycle, gathering technical and professional skills, and further practical entrepreneurship knowledge. It is the perfect stepping stone to enable students to smoothly transition to design and programming roles in the games industry.
An honours degree in an appropriate discipline (e.g. Computer Science, Electrical Engineering Mathematics) with programming as a component of their degree or equivalent at the 2:2 level.
Reasonable experience in programming and University level Maths, and some familiarity with games is preferable.
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SEMESTER 1 AND 2
Core courses
Games Design & Pre-Production
Entrepreneurship & Creativity
Games Production & Playtesting
Entrepreneurial Venturing
Masters Project in Games (Semester 3)
Optional courses
3D Graphics and Animation
Industrial Programming
Advanced Interaction Design
Advanced Software Engineering
SEMESTER 3
The MDes project itself is undertaken in semester 3 as defined by the Masters Project in Games and it allows students the opportunity to finalise their Master's game design ideas, further develop their games, and release/publish their Master's work.
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