Games Development

• Game engine technologies
• Games culture and practice
• Game design fundamentals.

If you are studying the BA (Hons) Games Development with Integrated Foundation Year version of this course, key topics of your integrated foundation year will include:

• Understanding how graphical computer outputs are generated, interpreted, and utilized in digital systems
• Applying planning, time management, and structured production methods to achieve successful software and hardware outcomes
• Developing responsible and accountable technical workflows in creative computing
• Analyzing complex problems, formulating strategic approaches, implementing solutions, and critically evaluating results
• Experimenting with physical computing, graphical interfaces, and software tools to explore creative and technical possibilities
• Demonstrating and understanding of the historical development, impact, and limitations of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
• Gaining foundational knowledge of programming concepts, including functions, arrays, objects, and event-driven programming.

Students are introduced to the fundamentals of games programming, architecture and the relevant media skills essential for games development. 

Throughout the year, students learn the practices and conventions of industry protocols alongside personal development attributes required for success while at university and in the world of work.

Modules include:

• Programming 1
• Design of Play
• Engines and Pipelines
• Environments and Levels
• Professional Life Practice: "Developing your Practice"
• Professional Life Practice: "Exploring your Practice".

Progressing from the essential foundations of games development, the focus in Year 2 moves towards the specific technical skills necessary for game development across the range of creative possibilities.

Here, students will begin growing into their desired specialism that will see collaboration with students and professionals from related and other academic disciplines.

Modules include:

• Narrative and World Building
• Character Design for Games
• Games Studio
• Professional Life Practice: "Applying your Practice"
• Work-based learning.

Students in their final year are given the opportunity to undertake a significant and sustained individual development project.

This will pull together all the previous experience strands of their study, and provide the tailoring of a portfolio of work that will act as your professional calling card into the industry.

Modules include:

• Pre-production
• Production
• Professional Life Practice: "Situating your Practice"
• Post-production.

At Ravensbourne we accept a wide range of qualifications for entry onto our courses, whilst also considering the context in which they were achieved. For this course, we would usually require a GCSE Grade 4 or above in English and Maths in addition to any of the below;

• Three A Levels at grade BBC or above
• BTEC Extended Diploma at grade DMM
• UAL Level 3 Extended Diploma
• T Level (pass or above)
• Access to Higher Education Diploma
• International Baccalaureate at grade 24 or above
• Other/Mixed qualifications equivalent to 112 UCAS Tariff points

Interview and portfolio requirements

Please note that a portfolio is not usually a requirement for this course. However, we may still ask you for one if you have not met the entry requirements for the course or if your educational background is in a very different subject.

If you do submit a portfolio you are required to upload no more than 10 pieces of work to a blog or microsite.

A piece of work can be:

A game idea or paper prototype of a game

A level idea for a game that already exists or one of your own game designs

A concept piece, which could be of an environment or character design

Video of any playable prototypes you have created in game software such as Unity, Game Studio 2.0

Any personal work representing design, drawing, colour and research

Reports from play sessions where you look at how a game was played by multiple participants and which mechanics worked best

3D work (a single model, an environment or samples of texturing and lighting skills)

If you feel other work is suitable such as photography or model making then please feel free to add it if it is relevant to game design.

The blog

The blog should be something easy to set up and access. Tumblr is quick and easy to get up and running. You can also use an existing blog you have.

Things to remember:

You'll need an existing email address to set up your account on the blogging service

Create a simple URL

Make sure you remember the password and URL for your blog just in case we have any issues accessing it

It's your responsibility to make sure the site is not password protected and we can access it with no issues.

This page offers great tips for completing your portfolio/showreel.

At Ravensbourne we accept a wide range of qualifications for entry onto our courses, whilst also considering the context in which they were achieved. For this course, we would usually require a GCSE Grade 4 or above in English and Maths in addition to any of the below;

• Two A Levels at grade DD or above
• BTEC Extended Diploma at grade PPP
• UAL Level 3 Extended Diploma
• T Level (pass or above)
• Access to Higher Education Diploma
• International Baccalaureate at grade 24 or above
• Other/Mixed qualifications equivalent to 48 UCAS Tariff points

Interview and portfolio requirements

There are no interview or portfolio requirement for this course.