Game Development and Programming Concentration

Why should you select Becker’s game development & programming concentration?

The video game industry represents over $100 billion in worldwide sales, and is expected to grow; surpassing previous projections. This rapid growth has created a high demand for well-trained interactive media designers, who create visual graphics that allow user participation on a variety of electronic media websites, games, cell phone applications, and more.

Becker College has been called “a destination for game designers” by U.S. News and World Report. Becker College has been consistently ranked by The Princeton Review for the past eight years as a top undergraduate school to study game design–it is currently ranked #3 in the world; Becker’s game design and game development and programming majors are among the most innovative and best in the nation.

Students enrolled in the game development and programming concentration will work together in a real-world studio environment to produce publishable properties prior to graduation.

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Learning Outcomes

• Develop industry skills in operating computer game development tools and assessing their advantages and disadvantages.
• Use theoretical concepts and perspectives to explain and evaluate the development of games in various settings.
• Critically evaluate various approaches to game design and identify the elements that are likely to make for effective games.
• Design or engineer prototypes of computer games for a variety of environments.
• Effective collaborative strategies including components of the Agile Mindset.