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

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 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 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 introduces students 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. Students will analyse existing board and tabletop games to understand the relationship between aesthetics, mechanics, and narrative. They will then design, prototype, and document an original board game that responds to a UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG), de

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 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 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 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 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 aims to introduce you to the joy of typography. It introduces the concepts, approaches, cultural and technological developments relating to typography. You will explore issues including type as visual message, contemporary contexts and perspectives, and the role of typography in digital media. Workshops and projects give you an understanding of how to employ typographical structures to present the written word.

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 introduces students to the narrative traditions of the video game industry, with a focus on the use of interactive stories and text-based games to give players a sense of agency. It compares the nature of these works with more traditional narrative forms, and introduces concepts of narrative mechanics, narrative choice and consequence, and audience agency. Students will learn to develop ideas and designs in response to gameplay and narrative requirements, and then develop them from t

This module will look at the key game design issue of crafting an immersive gameplay experience. The module will start by looking at level designs and ways to immerse the pl