This Master in Game Design has been created with our industry partners to be a highly focused digital games course that encompasses not only theory but technical and artistic approaches. From core design practice through to game engines, user interface (UI) and user experience (UX) as well as narrative and development pipelines.

This course aims to produce graduates who design video games from concept to implementation, developing gameplay, environments and user experiences to produce engaging play experiences. You will have the transferable skills to work and support teams in both technical and artistic capacities across different real-time and interactive production environments, such as virtual reality and other forms of interactive entertainment.

This cutting-edge course will enable you to develop and refine your skills, with individual projects, as well as working alongside our Technical Art and Game Art programmes. We will provide rich and varied opportunities to work on collaborative projects, developing the soft and technical skills that games companies look for in Games Designers.

Taught by industry professionals, we have a high level of industry project mentoring from external developers throughout our courses, connecting our students to current development practice. This coupled with our studio-based practice and high spec equipment will give you the best foundation to become Games Designers.

Why choose this course:

• Designed with industry - this course has been created with professionals from Creative Assembly, Framestore and Sony London Studio.
• Learn from expert Tutor, Glyn Fairweather who has over 10 years of industry experience, including working Runescape and most recently Design Director at Fundamentally Games.
• Get to grips with the software used in industry, including Unreal Engine, Houdini, Maya, ZBrush.
• Receive feedback from industry professionals - an opportunity to level-up your work and build connections, ready to embark on your creative career.
• Recognised degree - graduate with a postgraduate MSc qualification awarded by Coventry University which will boost your employability around the world.
• Benefit from our AfterCare package - we'll help you polish your showreel and find the right job, with access to our studios and showreel clinics for 12 months.

Career opportunities:

This degree was created to meet industry demand for new creative talent and is dedicated to enhancing your skills with a particular focus on the science and psychology of game design, as well as the efficient and elegant technical implementation of systems and mechanics.

Upon completion of this course, you'll have developed the transferable skills to enable you to contribute to teams in technical and/or design roles across various real-time and interactive production environments.