Associate Degree of Games Development

SAE Games graduates have been involved with many outstanding creative media companies, including Ubisoft, Gameloft, Halfbrick, LAI Games, Krome, Sega Studios Australia, THQ, 100% Indie, Two Bulls, Appster, Current Circus, TrickStar Games, Gentrack, Torus Games, Serious Games Institute, Firemonkeys and the Australian Institute of Mining and Construction.

Our Associate Degree starts at the base level and builds your expertise in programming and design. You’ll develop and apply advanced techniques and strategies to use industry software like Unreal Engine, Unity3D and Maya. In addition to this, you could develop for technologies such as Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Android, and iOS. You’ll also learn to speak how the professionals do with expert mentors guiding you in industry-standard languages C++ and C#.

In preparation for an industry that commands agility and adaptability, you’ll cut your creative teeth on cross-discipline projects in partnership with your course peers.

Areas of study: Game design principles, game scripting and game engine architecture, game asset production and visual effects, prototyping, user interface design, user experience and user testing, project management, business and leadership skills, employability skills in screen industry contexts, games industry best practices.