If you love computer games and would like to develop and programme your own, then this Level 3 Games Development course is the perfect way to prepare for a creative career or university.

What you will do on the Games Development course:

- Learn the fundamentals of games design and apps: Learn about the fundamental design principles and techniques for creating games and interactive applications using Autodesk Maya and Adobe Photoshop.

- Work with advanced games engines: Familiarise yourself with high-end 3D game engines, such as Unreal Engine 4 and Unity, using scripting and node-based systems.

- Test your own games: Create test cases and experience bug tracking, focus testing and quality assurance.

- Develop business skills: Understand how the games and media industries work and how to market yourself successfully.

Entry requirements

We value your creative passion and skills above all else. However, you will also need to demonstrate that you are able to work at Level 3 (A Level standard). For school leavers we will require evidence of your predicted and actual grades, backed up by a school reference.

You will be invited to an interview. Please come prepared to talk about creating art and illustrations and playing computer games. You might want to talk about what computer games you like, or have created, and identify what new skills you would like to learn.

Your next steps...

Choosing this Games Development Level 3 course will give you the skills to go on to university or into creative work.

The creative sector is one of the fastest growing areas of the UK economy and a great and exciting place in which to work.

This Games Development course can lead on to:

- A creative degree at university where you can gain further skills in preparation for work. This may be a Games development/programming degree or another subject which takes your fancy. You will need to complete both years of the course in order to generate the UCAS points for university entry.

- Employment, or self-employment, in the creative industries. This may be as a games developer/ programmer, or it may be into another area of the creative industries.

- A creative apprenticeship as a stepping stone to work.

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