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Game Design and Development
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    Game Design and Development

    Quinnipiac University
    Hamden, ConnecticutUSA
    On campus
    Full-time
    €46,316.82/year
    Duration
    4 Years
    Language
    English
    Apply date
    Aug 2024

    Program Description

    As a game designer, passion is your key to success in the fast-growing and fast-paced gaming industry. The skills you acquire will prepare you for a variety of fulfilling careers. You could design virtual reality experiences for theme parks, develop military training simulations, create games for the health care industry or even revolutionize course delivery in schools.

    Our game design and development program offers hands-on experience with game labs, research projects and internships. All students take core classes in the major and choose concentrations that allow them to focus on their skills and interests. Our concentrations include programming, technology, design process, art, game studies, game writing, business and audio.

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    Curriculum

    Core Modules

    Introduction to Game Design

    Introduction to Visual Design for Games

    Creativity and Computation

    Introduction to Game Development

    Professionalism Practice for Game Design

    Game Lab: Team Projects

    OR

    Internship

    Senior Project and Seminar

    Concentrations

    Technology:

    Game Design Tools and Processes

    Game Lab: Team

    VR/AR Development for Games

    Advanced Topics in Game Development

    Art:

    Drawing for Games and Animation

    Game Art

    Game Studies:

    History of Video Games

    Critical Game Studies Seminar

    Games, Learning & Society

    Media and Society

    Media Users and Audiences

    Business:

    eSports Management

    The Business of Games

    Creating Digital Businesses

    Creativity and Innovation

    Writing:

    Playwriting

    Creative Writing

    Introduction to Fiction Writing

    Screenwriting

    Interactive Storytelling and Narrative

    Audio:

    Game Audio Design

    Digital Music Composition for Games

    The Art of Audio Narrative

    Design Process:

    Special Topics in Game Design

    Game Design Tools and Processes

    Board Game Design

    Acting and Directing for Game Design

    Design Research and Methods

    Programming:

    Data Structures and Abstraction

    Advanced Topics in Game Development

    Object-Oriented Design and Programming

    Introduction to Software Development

    Careers

    Graduates can work in the gaming design, programming, animation and art direction and related specialties:

    • Game Design: Usability/Play Testing, Level Design, Game Designer, Writer
    • Programming: Engine Programmer, Graphics Programmer, AI Programmer, Audio Programmer, Network Programmer, Sound Design, Programming for Game Play Design
    • Animation/Game Art: Concept Artist, Texture Artist, Animator, UI Artist, Art Director, Asset Design, Character Design, Character Rigger
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