Program Overview

Be it beautiful games such as Horizon Zero Dawn or hyper stylised games such as Hades, this is your opportunity to learn to create your own 3D art within a game development environment.

You'll get the most out of our course if you come with an interest in all kinds of games and art as you will explore, design, and create 3D art for multiple different purposes and areas.

This programme is created with more industry focused direction and allow you to work towards specialism within the 3D game art field by not only teaching you 3D modelling fundamentals but offering you optional modules to specialise. Our course will equip you, like many of our successful graduates, for a role in the expanding game industry. We're justly proud of the originality and quality of our students' work. By the end of your course, you should be playing a game you developed yourself - and hopefully following in the footsteps of the many UEL graduates now making their mark in the games industry.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

In your first term of the first year, you will explore the three core areas of areas of games development. This is to allow you to get an idea of each field and make an informed decision, of areas that interest you. Within the second term, the course branches off and will develop your fundamental 3D modelling, you will also learn and develop your understanding within texturing and material creation and its application within 3D game art. You will also work within a simulated studio environment to help develop your soft skills such as working in a diverse team, introducing you to project management methods and working towards a creative vision.

In your second year, you will select one of the offered optional module to specialise in that area; character creation, environment creation and hard-surface creation, which will progress to a more advanced version within your second term. In your core modules, you will also continue to develop your 3D modelling and sculpting abilities and explore how to develop assets for lower-end devices. In the second term, you will have another simulated studio environment experience, with an emphasis on completing and publishing a small-to-medium scale game project as a multidisciplinary team. You will begin to develop your online presence and learn how to market yourself for potential internship and employment opportunities.

In your final year, you'll complete a final project that is centred around an area the game programming specialisation you wish to further explore based on your previous studies throughout your academic career. You will also explore technical 3D game art practices including scripting. In the second term, you will have your simulated studio environment experience, with an emphasis on completing and publishing a polished medium scale game project as a multidisciplinary team. In a separate module, you will develop items for your personal portfolio that will showcase your skills and experiences within your chosen specialism, tailored towards the area of 3D game art you wish to enter when you graduate.

Foundation year

You can also take this course with a foundation year (FY), which means it will take you four years to complete the course full-time.