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What to Consider in Game Design Schools

Game design is a much more complicated process than many students realize when they first enroll in a game design school. To help prepare students for career opportunities and help them determine which area of game design they are interested in, a game production school should feature a balanced curriculum, with classes in three different areas:

• Technical Skills
  Game designers work on a number of different computer programs. Classes at a game design and production school should train students on the latest versions of programs like 3D Studio Max, Photoshop, Unreal Engine, Torque and Flash.
• Practical Skills
  Unlike programmers, game designers do not necessarily work on computers all day. Because of this, game production schools should not only teach computer skills, but also practical skills – skills in design, production, management, scheduling and game theory.
• Practical Experience
  All the classrooms lectures in the world won’t do as much to train students as the experience of actually designing games. In addition to being valuable learning experiences, finished individual and team projects can be great additions to a game design portfolio.

If a game design school focuses too much on one area, students could enter the workforce under prepared. For example, a program that features too many practical classes without enough foundational ones usually produces graduates who are only capable of shoddy work, while a program dominated by technical classes can produce graduates who are unable to plan and work in teams.

The Game Design and Production degree program at Brown College features a balance of practical and technical classes. After a firm foundation in design and planning is established, classes also feature a wide variety of individual and team projects. Students receive personal attention and instruction from instructors with experience in the gaming industry.

Interested in learning more about game design school? Contact us today for more information about our Game Design and Development degree program.



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