BA (Hons) Games Art Bachelor's degree at Westminster

This module introduces you to the practice and production of 3D computer and video games art. You will consider some of the principles and methods used to create objects as assets for game environments. To do this, you will look at simple briefs and consider the different ways in which a brief for a game can be interpreted creatively. You will then learn how to use 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional tools to create 3D game assets in response to a brief.

This module introduces you to the creative and professional practice of concept art across games, film, and related creative industries. You will develop your ability to communicate visual ideas through a range of traditional and digital techniques while exploring the role of research, iteration, and presentation in visual storytelling. You'll investigate how historical, cultural, and global perspectives shape visual languages and production contexts, and how awareness of inclusion, representati

This module introduces you to the design and implementation of mechanics within a game engine. You will consider the role of game design in the game development pipeline, and explore the principles and methods used to create mechanics within a game. To do this, you will look at a client brief and use this to develop a simple game-related artefact. You will also consider how to adapt a design to make it accessible for a diverse range of users.

This module introduces you to core game development concepts of level design and environment art. You will consider some of the principles and methods used to design a level for a game and then concept and develop the game assets used to build the environment. To do this, you will look at simple briefs and consider the different ways in which a brief for a game can be interpreted creatively.

This module introduces you to the foundational creative and professional principles of games art and design. It provides a shared understanding of how visual, structural, and interactive elements combine to shape player experience. You will analyse existing board and tabletop games to understand the relationship between aesthetics, mechanics, and narrative. You will then design, prototype, and document an original board game that responds to a UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG), developing cr

This module is an introduction to working with 2D animation software. It will give you an overview of the various applications of 2D modelling and animation, as well as an understanding of 2D aesthetics. A series of workshops will introduce you to the skills needed to create your own 2D assets, and you will practice animating a 2D rig. These workshops will be the building blocks you need to develop your own concept for a 2D asset or animation.

This module introduces you to the foundations of programming and computational thinking as creative tools for designing interactive experiences. You'll explore how logic, structure, and simple systems can support the development of playful, expressive, or exploratory digital work. Through guided workshops and creative tasks, you'll learn key programming concepts such as variables, functions, control structures, and events. These fundamentals will be used to develop small interactive behaviours a

This module is designed to open up speculative enquiry and creative exploring of drawing approaches. Learning on this module is transferable and interdisciplinary offering a range of practical workshops and projects to widen the potential of possibilities in drawing practice and deepen your understanding of visual design and image-making.

This module builds on Typography as Image by focusing on typography as continuous text, information, and reader experience. It prepares graphic design students for industry-standard typographic understanding and application within professional contexts. Workshops explore typographic conventions through continuous-text exercises addressing both macro and micro typography, including reading, structuring, analysing and visualising text. You will work across analogue and digital processes, using con

This module introduces you to the practice and production of 2-dimensional (2D) game development. You will consider some of the principles used to develop 2D games. Look at the concepts and methods used to create 2D assets to match a games design brief, including those used to create retro styles such as pixel art.

This module introduces you to the fundamentals of advanced game environment art and the professional workflows used within the modern industry to create it. You'll learn to develop ideas and designs in response to gameplay and narrative requirements, and then develop them from the concept stage through to full digital environments. This design will be developed through a combination of 3D methods, tools and technologies that can be aligned directly to industry standard game engine environments.

This module introduces you to the full development life cycle of video games, looking at the development and management processes required to create a computer game as a team. You'll work in a group to develop a game based on a live industry brief, utilising a carefully managed production cycle. This rigorous approach is central to the skill set of contemporary professional game designers and artists. This module is also designed to prepare you for life after graduation which includes building a

This module develops your creative and technical understanding of character and creature design within th