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.

The Diploma of Game Development at SAE will help you gain the skills to stand out in the exciting and expanding industry of gaming. In a matter of months, you’ll learn the key fundamentals of game development.

In preparation for an industry that commands agility and adaptability, you’ll cut your creative teeth on projects in partnership with your course peers. You’ll work in a team to pitch, design, plan and deliver a game in response to a brief. Your project will extend your design and scripting skills sets, to allow you to craft a broader range of gameplay systems and features.

Areas of study: 2D art, advanced game design, foundations of 3D graphics, interactive audio, interactive narrative, level development, player psychology, programming, scripting; applied mathematics, development tools, game engine architecture, game play programming, games technology, procedural and object- oriented programming.