Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Continuing Education Master's Degree in Narrative Design and Video Game Studies (Online)
Madrid, Spain
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LANGUAGES
Spanish
PACE
Full time
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TUITION FEES
EUR 5,250 *
STUDY FORMAT
Distance Learning
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Introduction
The Continuing Education Master's Degree in Narrative Design and Video Game Studies is offered as 100% online training.
Its academic structure is based on uniting two key facets of video game creation: cultural studies on video games and the design of fictional worlds and the narrative structures that drive them.
Goals
The general objective of this plan is to obtain a student profile who, having been trained in the basics of video game design and development, specializes in the creative and organizational part of the production process, and is capable of knowing the variety of genres in which videogames materialize, their expressive and technical forms, as well as the contents that usually convey the worlds of videogames. This orientation will allow them to broaden their skills in the creation of different types of games and therefore better adapt to the various activities of each company, as well as enrich their creative and productive capacity, which will result in an improvement in their employability possibilities.
Likewise, the modular structure of the master's degree allows students interested in video game studies (Games Studies) who only take this module, to apply the knowledge acquired in other facets of science or humanities for research purposes.
Admissions
Curriculum
Modality: Online
Module 1. Video game studies: Games Studies.
- Game theory and video games
- Oriental culture: manga, anime, and video games
- Table games 3 History of the game and video games
- Video games, literature, and cinema 3 Game, society and culture
- Analysis and reception of the game 3 Serious games
Module 2. Narrative design and video game genres
- Narrative design and script 6 Character design
- worlds design 3 Universal narrative arguments
- Thematic genres I: Science fiction, fantastic, and horror in videogames.
- Thematic Genres II: Action, Epic Fantasy, Swords, and Sorcery
- Dynamic Genres I: RPG and Graphic Adventure
- Dynamic Genres II: Puzzles, Simulation, and Strategy
Module 3. Final degree work.
Program Outcome
General skills:
- Know the theoretical and cultural bases of the video game and its relationships with other recreational formats.
- Know the history of video games.
- Know the relationships of video games with other media such as cinema or literature, their common references, and their language differences.
- Know the types of design and the organization of the production phases of a video game.
- Know the narrative and gameplay fundamentals of each genre, in order to be able to master both the creation and its execution in each phase of production.
- Know and analyze the main games that are a reference in the industry of each of the genres and their design specificities.
- Learn about the experience of professionals in the sector in order to improve projects and jobs.
- Learn about national and international trends in game design.
- Develop a versatile profile that can be adapted to the different types of games that today are produced in the Spanish industry.
Specific skills:
- Being able to establish the principles of conceptual design, levels, and concept art of a video game.
- Being able to adapt literary, cinematographic, television, or comic works to videogames.
- Prepare the contents of a video game in terms of narration, script, and character design.
- Design the principles of the gameplay dynamics of the different narrative contents of the game.
- Learn how to prepare different documents, prototypes, and design materials.
- Being able to create a video game project according to the standards and needs of the market.
- Learn to develop a video game project for dissemination in studios, competitive competitions or to request aid for the creation of digital projects.