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The BA in Games and Game Design prepares you for a career in the game industry, developing your skills in game design and implementation across all platforms — computer and video games, mobile games, and analog games. Games and Game Design majors study and learn about video games and traditional games in a variety of contexts from sociology to platform development. The curriculum examines the business of games, game design ecosystems and principles of gamification, while developing game creation skills. Students work in teams to develop and create games and are encouraged to focus on an area of concentration that aligns with their interests such as animation or mobile games
Webster's Game Design program is the top-ranked school in Missouri according to Animation Career Review, an online resource dedicated to providing aspiring animation students with information on the best schools in the field.
Browse through the selection of games designed and developed in our classes by our students. All are available for play online.
In your time here, you will make your own games, develop an individual aesthetic, work with other designers in an exciting environment, and graduate with a broad portfolio of game design work.
Webster University continues to be highly ranked on the U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges report, now listed as 16th in Midwest Regional Universities and included in four best-of categories. This year, the University's score rose to its highest level since the ranking system was established.
Our 120-credit hour BA in Games and Game Design offers students the opportunity to participate in a fun and engaging degree engineered toward gaining students employment as designers within the growing field of games and ‘serious games’ development. Students will cultivate their understanding of the principles of game design with tools and techniques that will allow for the creation of numerous levels, mods and games during their academic study. Courses will give students a broad social understanding of the considerations of games developing in an age of advancing technology, and how to tailor-make games to ensure their personal creative concepts are developed and realized.
*Capstone Course
A minimum of 9 credit hours must be chosen from the following:
Webster graduates work in the video game industry with companies such as Riot Games, Insomniac Games, and Activision. Webster alumni include Zach Ridings, Another Reality Studio (AR and VR apps); Sean Mercer, FedEx (designs employee team-building games); Gabrielle Novak, Pixel Press; and Samantha Falvey, lead artist at Lost Light Games.
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