Diploma In Games Design & Development

Course details

Playing games is fun. Making games is fulfilling. Do you want to create games that can give people fun, engaging experiences?

From idea to concept to game design planning to game demo development, the game development process is challenging but very rewarding. Get closer to making your own original game in the Diploma in Games Design and Development (DGDD). This course will groom you to become a well-rounded entrepreneurial Game Designer, Level Designer, a 2D & 3D Game Artist or a Gameplay Programmer who can design and develop a game idea from conceptualisation to project proposal, from prototyping to production.

Course Highlights

• Exciting collaborations with industry partners, including game studios, research labs
• Learn to design and develop games on new game platforms such as iPad, Android tablets and motion-based input devices
• Studio environment which provides realistic team-based games development project experience
• Wide range of professional software and hardware support the learning process, and the development of game projects
• Track record of successful game projects, including published games, games for research, games for learning, and game installation projects

SUBJECT                                                                                              GRADE

1. English Language (as 1st Lang)                                                  1 - 7*
2. Mathematics (Elementary / Additional)                                        1 - 6
3. Any two other subjects                                                                1 - 6

MODULE NAME

Common Foundation

• Communicating for Personal and Team Effectiveness
• Visual Arts Studio
• Foundation Design Studio
• Basic Drawing Class
• Graphic Communication
• History and Theory of Ideas 1

First Year

• General Education 1
• General Education 2
• History and Theory of Ideas 1
• Games Design & Development Studio 1
• Games Design Principles
• Perspective and Constructive Still-Life Drawing
• 2D Games Development

Second Year

• Scriptwriting for Games Design
• Social Innovation Project or Overseas Social Innovation Project
• General Education 3
• Games Design and Development Studio 2
• History and Theory of Idea 2
• 3D Games Development
• Human Computer Interface
• Life Drawing and Conceptual Digital Painting
• Games Production
• Audio and Music for Games
• 3D modelling and Animation
• Industrial Training Programme

Third Year

• Communicating for Project (Report) Effectiveness
• Games Design and Development Studio 3
• Ethics and Law of IT and Media
• Games Design for Education and Training
• Elective Module Option

Elective Module Option - Mathematics for Games (MS0151) will be made compulsory for students taking Game Design and Production (SD310Z) or Game Programming (SD311Z) elective modules.

• Mathematics for Games
• Game Art
• Game Design and Production
• Game Programming