Games Design and Concept Art

The BA (Hons) in Game Design and Concept Art offers a discreet dual pathway of specialist modules that aim to develop skills for students wishing to specialise in games design and concept art. The intention and ethos is to mirror industry set-ups and to foster teamwork between these two major disciplines in the field, whilst also developing high levels of creative and technical skills. The programme covers game design and development, both environmental and character-based concept art and design, digital illustration, animation, 3D sculpting, life drawing, live briefs, texturing, and games production. It provides a broad study of games design, concept art and illustration, with an emphasis on innovation, design and creativity rather than simply focusing on the programming and technical aspects. Students will gain first-hand experience of what it takes to plan, design and build interactive game environments and character concepts and will graduate with a portfolio demonstrating your technical skill and creative talent. Our facilities include dedicated studios, including a standalone suite of state-of-the-art Wacom Cintiq 27QHD - 27 Inch Creative Pen Displays, powered by High End Alienware i7 PC workstations accompanied by a large drawing space for group work and sketchbook study. Alongside this we have various study clusters offering Dual Screen i7 Alienware PCs installed with current games development environments, state-of-the-art 3D graphics cards, Unreal Engine 4, Autodesk Maya, Autodesk’s Sketchbook Pro, ZBrush, Substance Painter-Designer and Adobe CC suite; ensuring students have access to the tools they need to create a high quality portfolio of work ready to impress potential employers.

UCAS Tariff
College uses UCAS Tariff points to standardise entry requirements. It is expected that the total tariff score of all your relevant qualifications is at a level of 96* points minimum. This is a points total achieved by converting qualifications such as A levels (and many others) into points, making it simpler for course providers to compare applicants. To check your qualifications tariff value use UCAS tariff calculator https://www.ucas.com/ucas/tariff-calculator. Don’t worry if you don’t have the right qualifications – you may be able to meet the entry requirements in a different way. Accreditation of prior learning (APL) is essentially credit awarded for wider learning evidenced from self-directed study, work or training may apply to you**. Accreditation prior experiential learning (APEL) is an extension of APL that includes assessed learning gained from life and work experience. * May be higher / different for different programmes ** Link to our APR policy.