GAMES
When you’re immersed in a game, everything else seems to fall away.
Top Game Design Schools
The Princeton Review - 2023
The best games draw the player in through a combination of world building, strategy, and storytelling. It takes a cohesive team of creative thinkers to cover all those bases.
With more than a decade of experience in the world of games, Full Sail’s gaming programs have evolved to suit the growing needs of developers, animators, writers, and designers alike. From iteration to UX, every step of the teaching process is designed to emulate the development studio experience, and arm students with a knowledge base as vast and varied as the industry itself.
View a short overview of each of our Games degree programs, including areas of study and course highlights.
Ready to take the next step? You can request more information about our programs or call us at 800.226.7625.
This program prepares students with the skills to create 3D content with a focus on games, simulation, XR, and film and television.
- Areas of Study
- Animation
- Material & Lighting
- Modeling
- Courses Include
- Model Creation
- Shading and Lighting
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Students learn how to play a key role in the business side of gaming and esports, including team and performance management, developing revenue streams, and building relationships with the gaming community.
- Areas of Study
- Business Models and Esports Management
- Marketing and Media
- Gaming Culture and Community
This program’s specialized courses focus on core concepts in teamwork and leadership, project development, design and prototyping, and marketing, as well as grounding in different types of software.
- Areas of Study
- Production Methodologies
- Project Management
- Team Leadership
In this program, students master the technology and tools necessary to develop and program single and multiplayer video games for gaming consoles, personal computers, and networks.
- Areas of Study
- Programming Languages
- Interactive Development
- Architectures
Students learn production processes used by today’s studios to design
and produce games, while studying the building blocks of narrative
design.
- Areas of Study
- Prototyping
- Design Integration
- Design Theory
- Courses Include
- Game Mechanics
- Game Balancing
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This program familiarizes students with the technical and critical thinking skills needed to study, architect, develop, and test simulation and visualization systems.
- Areas of Study
- Programming
- Validation & Verification
- Mathematical Modeling
This degree program focuses on the fundamentals of interactive graphics development – including character creation, environment and prop creation, the game production pipeline, in-game effects, and animation.
- Areas of Study
- Art Creation
- Modeling
- Collaborative Development
Whether you’re ready to apply or want to request more information about how to get started at Full Sail University, visit our Admissions section for details on application requirements, tuition, and available scholarships.
