Project Brief

This module aims to support the development of your professional skills and knowledge in relation to your own specialist area of interest. You will carry out an assessment of the essential and desirable skills needed to continue your career development and will design and carry out a practice- based research project which develops your skill set accordingly.

At the end of this module, you will have a greater appreciation of project design to motivate your own improvement and will have enhanced project management and critical reflection skills. You will also have increased abilities across a range of skills appropriate to your own career aspirations and will have an enhanced professional design portfolio.

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of this module the student should be able to:

1. Research contemporary areas of game design practice, identifying roles, responsibilities, required skills, and relevant bodies of knowledge.
2. Identify an area of personal interest within the field of game design, and devise a personal development plan founded upon a skills audit
3. Undertake a specialist project following self-directed tutorials and reading, leading to the generation of a portfolio of new game design work
4. Demonstrate the ability to assess and communicate one’s own development, and to devise effective strategies for ongoing personal improvement