About the course

This project-based course will help you develop the skills to produce a basic 2D game in Unreal Engine. Build your skills across aspects of Game Art and Design using the latest industry standard software and equipment. The course covers pre-production and planning, level design, blueprints in Unreal, image and video editing, character creation and animations. Develop a portfolio of your work to log your progress, reflect on your research and evaluate the skills you’ve developed. You will be taught by industry experts in practical lessons with industry software to give you the foundation and knowledge to progress.

Start Date/s

01/09/2025

Entry Requirements

Three GCSEs at Grade 4 or above including English and Mathematics or a relevant Level 1 qualification.

Modules

Module A1: Skills Development: This unit helps develop learners skills in 2D environment creation, 2D character creation, animation and presenting the final results in Unreal Engine. Module A2: Creative Project: This unit helps learners develop their ideas from interpretation of a set brief from a client to fulfilling the clients requirements using skills and creativity appropriate to the brief. Module B1: Personal Progression: This module allows learners to gain a broad understanding of opportunities within the game art and design sector and the type of skills needed to work in particular roles, allowing you to contextualise and focus your own creative development. This module allows you to investigate roles in the sector, identify areas for personal skills development and advance your skills relating to your personal aims and interests. Module C1: Responding to a Creative Brief: This module allows learners to apply the skills they have learned throughout the programme and progress their creative skills through the development and production of an extended response to a creative brief. Learners will do this by investigating all aspects of the brief, proposing ideas and plans and applying an ongoing process of creative development, review and refinement to realise their creative intentions and present finished outcomes.

Assessment

The course is 100% coursework with no exams, this allows for much more time and delivery on practical work and all aspects of the production process for completing a brief, from initial interpretation to research, ideas building and production of the work. Learner receive ongoing formative feedback throughout their projects as well as summative feedback at the end of each unit. Each module has equally weighted assessment criteria: 1. Investigation 2. Communication 3. Practical Skills 4. Development 5. Approach

Careers & Progression

You could progress onto the Level 3 Extended Diploma in Game Art & Design.

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