BA In Game Development
- Langley City, Canada
- Richmond, Canada
BA
DURATION
4 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
TUITION FEES
CAD 22,800 / per year
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
Equipping students for success in a competitive industry.
The video game industry is massive and global, earning over $40 billion in the US alone last year. Market trends show it will continue to be a major employer of well-paid, highly skilled professionals.
Our unique Game Development program is unlike any other program. You will gain the technical skills you need to develop video games and knowledge about the entrepreneurial aspects of the business—all while gaining experience and developing your specialization in a range of team-based activities.
Beginning as early as your second year, you will work on three intensive projects to create and market video games. As in the industry, you will work within an entrepreneurial and interdisciplinary team environment to drive the projects from concept stage to promotion—creating business models and monitoring costs and revenues. In addition to building your portfolio through experiential learning, TWU’s liberal arts core and focus on holistic education will equip you to be a valuable contributor and leader in your field.
Program Highlights
- Marketable skills for a highly competitive industry
- Bachelor’s degree in game development
- Industry-ready portfolio for further specialized study, including student-created and marketed video games
- Small class sizes
- Team-based collaborative learning environment
What We Offer
- The choice of four study streams or specializations
- Hands-on experience through three, team-based game development projects
- Small class sizes and high-calibre, supportive, faith-based learning
- A Bachelor of Arts degree in game development
- An industry-ready portfolio of work upon graduation
Financial Aid
Investing in your future may require some help along the way. We offer merit and need-based awards to help offset the cost of tuition. Planning early is key and we are here to help get you started.
Study Streams
A. Game Design: Students learn how to design games, and combine that with the study of writing, art, sound design, programming, or business.
Course Sampling:
- Game Design for Video Games
- Advanced Game Design
- Interactive Storytelling
- Creative Writing
- User Experience Design
- Video Game Aesthetics
B. Game Art: Students learn to design and implement artwork and animation for video games and create supporting publicity materials like promotional websites.
Course Sampling:
- Foundations of Animation
- Foundations of 3D Graphics
- Video Game Art
- Advanced Animation
- User Experience Design
- Video Game Aesthetics
C. Music + Sound Design: Students learn how to compose and create the sound environments and soundtracks of game worlds.
Course Sampling:
- Sound + Music for Video Games
- Sound Design
- Advanced Sound Design
- Interactive Sound Design
- User Experience Design
- Video Game Aesthetics
D. Software Development: Students learn to program and design video game software.
Course Sampling:
- Introduction into Programming
- Data Structures + Algorithms
- Software Engineering
- Game Programming
- Artificial Intelligence for Games
- User Experience Design
Which Study Stream Is Right For You?
The World-Builder: You’re a creative and narrative artist. You love to give form to systems and breathe life into the imaginary worlds, characters, places, and plots everyone wants to interact with.
What’s My Stream?
Game Design: learn how to design, structure and write narrative and dialogue, and do public relations, blogging and community management for video games.
The Artist: Design is your life. So is learning how to create amazing, memorable-looking game worlds—including the websites and materials that promote them to the world.
What’s My Stream?
Game Art: learn to design and implement artwork and animation for video games and create supporting publicity materials like promotional websites.
The Maestro: Passionate about music and sound, you love to play around with digital technology to create dynamic sound environments. You believe the best gaming experience is an immersive one.
What’s My Stream?
Music + Sound Design: learn how to compose and create the sound environments and soundtracks of game worlds.
The Coder: You’re a technical thinker, you love working with machines, and you’re passionate about programming. You’re looking for the chance to put it all together as part of a diverse team.
What’s my stream?
Software Development: learn to program and design video game software.
After Graduation
Students graduating from this program will have an impressive portfolio and professional connections. They will be well-positioned to work on small-team game projects in their area of specialization. Game Art graduates go on to be illustrators, designers, and animators. Music & Sound Design graduates are well suited to work as composers, studio workers, and sound designers. Software Development graduates are prepared to work in the various technical and programming careers in the industry. Game Design graduates will be perfectly suited to small-team and independent productions that require people to work on multiple tasks—anything from level design, public relations, and business management to helping out with art, sound, or coding. All of our graduates are well-prepared to move into graduate programs in game design and development.
Careers By Study Stream
Game Design
- Game Designer
- Writer/Narrative Designer
- Systems Designer
- Level Designer
Game Art
- Concept Artist
- UI/UX Designer
- Technical Artist
- Environment Artist
Music & Sound Design
- Sound/Audio Designer
- Sound/Audio Manager
- Composer
Software Development
- Gameplay Programmer
- Game Developers
- Frontend/Backend Web Developer
- Software Engineer
All Streams
- Project Manager
- QA (Quality Assurance) Manager
- Producer