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Game Design & Development

Making games: mechanics, level design, engines, programming and interactive storytelling.

Who it suits

RIASEC
AIR
  • Creator: expressing, designing, imagining
  • Thinker: analysing, researching, figuring out why
  • Builder: hands-on, tools, machines, outdoors

Students here tend to be a bit more curious than average.

Builds on

Computer science ●●Art & design ●●Mathematics ●●

Typically offers

Creative work · Working with technology

Where it leads

Game designer · Gameplay programmer · Level designer · Technical artist

5 programmes tracked

🇨🇭 Switzerland 5

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