BSc (Hons) Computer Games Development

Accredited by BCS, this Computer Games Development course offers a skill-set that will help you gain employment as a game programmer. You could find yourself at the heart of the computer game development process, from writing code, testing it and fixing bugs, to producing tools for other members of the team to use.

Whether you're interested in artificial intelligence, game physics or cross- platform graphics rendering, the computer games industry is a thriving sector that offers many opportunities to work with publishers, independent studios or middleware producers.

This Computer Games Development course places an emphasis on programming for computer games, but it also prepares you for a career in software development, and is your first step towards a rewarding career in the creative industries.

You'll learn by doing, making use of high-performance computers and working individually and in teams to produce games to tight deadlines. You'll work on real problems that will prepare you for employment, and develop key skills to support lifelong learning.

What you will study

You will learn by doing, making use of high-performance computers and working individually and in teams to produce games to tight deadlines. You’ll work on real problems that will prepare you for employment and will develop key skills to support lifelong learning that will help you keep pace with this rapidly changing field.

Our students learn C++ and Unreal® Engine from week one with coverage of Unity® following quickly afterwards. We place a strong emphasis on modern and open source games engines throughout the whole course, with much of this placed within the context of teams. With graphics programming spanning multiple years, you will be well versed in producing striking effects.

Year One: Computer Games Development Degree

• C++ Programming for Game Developers
• Computer Systems Concepts
• Game Development Fundamentals, Practice, Professionalism and Employability
• Information Management, Assurance and Security
• Mathematical Tools for Computation

Year Two: Computer Games Development Degree

• Data Structures and Algorithms with Object Oriented Programming
• Professional Practice and Employability, Team Based Game Development Workshop
• Operating Systems Concepts
• Computer Graphics
• Tool Development for Computer Games
• Supervised Work Experience (Computing) (optional)
• Study Overseas (Computing) (optional)
• Computational Mathematics

Year Three: Computer Games Development Degree

• Individual Project
• Real-time Rendering Techniques
• Game Engine Design
• Parallel and Concurrent Programming
• Artificial Intelligence for Game Developers

Careers

The development of mobile devices has opened up new possibilities for careers in computer games development, alongside existing console and desktop platforms. So for those with the right skills, like our Computer Games Development graduates, there are more employment prospects than ever before. There has been a huge growth in the games development industry, generating a demand for highly-trained and motivated software engineers, but on this Computer Games Development course you will also gain skills that are useful in other software careers.