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Do you love video games? Is it your dream to design the latest hot game that everyone is playing 24/7? If so, a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Game Design may be a huge help in breaking into this competitive industry. Professional game designers often live and breathe video games – but if that is what you would be doing anyways, than this may be the perfect career for you. A game design degree may be able to shed light on all the fascinating technology that makes the games you love so much fun to play! Even though console games may be what you think of when you think of game design, this industry has actually grown! Game design also includes computer games, web apps like social networking games, and mobile apps like the games you play on your smartphone.

The Bachelor of Fine Arts in Game Design will probably delve into what it takes to design games in all these different formats. Depending on the game design degree, outcomes that might be expected from students include having an understanding of the different types of games (such as role-playing, massively multi-player online, and first person shooter), gaining a thorough education of the history of video games, and having technical knowledge of programming games on a variety of platforms (PC, console, mobile devices and internet).

Example Courses

• Digital Design Aesthetics
• Level Design Mechanics
• Video Game Industry Survey

Potential Industries

• Game Design
• Art Direction
• Software Development

Colleges Offering Degree

• Savannah College of Art and Design
• New York Film Academy
• International Academy of Design and Technology