Game Development and Design

You want to turn your passion for playing video games into a successful career? The Game Development and Design program provides graduates with the solid technical and artistic foundations they’ll need to become a part of this growing industry.

In order to be successful in the game, animation and CGI industries, you'll learn the key of storytelling, game design, game play, modeling, and animation techniques. From color theory, design fundamentals to life drawing, students will be able to apply industry standard software tools and techniques to production processes. 

Career opportunities can be found in a variety of CGI-based industries, including computer animation studios, game development companies, post production and special effects studios. They may also work for industrial design firms and software producers, or for companies that require the production of 3D graphics and animation.

• Work with major trends in visual arts in the game, animation and visual effects industries
• Apply critical thinking and creative expression techniques
• Analyze and critique a production
• Draw a character and its environment
• Produce a concept sketch
• Shape a model
• Stage a scene
• Design game environments
• Design game characters
• Develop a storyboard
• Produce computer-generated images
• Produce 3D models of props
• Prepare 3D models of characters
• Animate characters
• Create digital visual effects
• Present a professional portfolio