Graduate Diploma of Game Development

The Graduate Diploma of Game Development is a course that has been purpose-built in conjunction with New Zealand’s major game design studios, to produce graduates with a pragmatic skill-set for studio production processes and pipelines, and with a strong working knowledge of industry ‘best practice’.

The course has specialist streams covering two main aspects of game development – Game Art and Game Programming. Whichever stream you choose, you will be prepared for placement into commercial, AAA game design studios around the world.

Game Art focuses on 3D modelling, texturing and animation for games (using industry standard software like Autodesk Maya), interactive storytelling and the creative and production processes involved in game art design.

Game Programming covers programming in C/C++ and HLSL along with the skills and knowledge required to implement game engines, mechanical physics, artificial intelligence (AI) and graphics with visual effects..

As Game art students and game programming students you will come together using your specialised expertise, to produce a game during the final six months of the school's course under simulated industry conditions. Yep, sounds exciting right?

Throughout our Game Development qualification you’ll be taught a world-leading curriculum by experienced industry veterans. Additionally, you’ll have access to cutting-edge game development kits for Sony PlayStation Portable as well as Emergent’s Gamebryo and LightSpeed middleware, allowing you to create games using the same tools used by the games industry. You’ll enter the game development industry with both PC and console development experience, increasing your game’s chance for a development deal after you graduate.