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Computer Games Development

Computer Games Development

One of the fastest growth areas for computer games development is casual gaming for such technologies as netbooks, mobile phones and social webspaces.

Companies, educators, marketers, lobbyists, and even traditional games developers, use these new technologies as places to embed computer games. Such games often incorporate other applications: music, video, e-chat and photos. As newer technologies, such as 3G phones and home and wireless broadband, become the standard, there is a need to be ever open to the kinds of games that can be created and the technologies that can be used to create them.

The games programmer for web and personal technologies must be able to work in small studio-based teams and be business aware. Unlike the mega-scale of AAA title console games, there is potential in this indie marketplace for the graduate entrepreneur to make their mark, as mobile phone and internet companies seek to satisfy their millions of subscribers with a wider range of games and companies seek to create lower cost products for emerging markets.

As a student on the programme, you should bring an awareness of games and the growth and spread of digital technologies. You should also have an openness to creating entirely new gaming experiences on the ubiquitous technologies that exist in almost every pocket, handbag or home in the developed and developing world.

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