Full Sail University

Game Design

Master's Degree – Campus & Online

Blaze a path to your specialized career in the gaming industry.

For game designers, breaking into an industry built on competition requires developing specialized skills, experience, and confidence. At Full Sail, we help graduate students identify their strengths and earn the practical experience they need to determine their path in the industry.

In our Game Design master's degree program, students choose a track that lets them take a deep dive into an area of expertise, whether that's working in indie games, game design, production, or user experience. They'll work across multidisciplinary teams to create a resume-building capstone project.

Game Design & Production

  • Game Design - This course represents the foundation of the development process, encompassing the creation, evaluation, and refinement of the features that shape the gameplay experience.
  • Game Production Tools - This course teaches students the processes of software production and conducting applied research related to project management software, workflow, and documentation.
  • Advanced Production Techniques - This curriculum offers insight into the various organizations, internal hierarchies, and operations unique to game companies.
  • Game Design
  • Game Production Tools
  • Advanced Production Techniques

User Experience & Prototyping

  • Quality Assurance - In this course, students learn the skills to design and implement an effective QA and testing program from the beginning of the development cycle to the end.
  • User Research Data Analysis - This course is an exploration of the specific statistical and analytical techniques used to derive insight on user interactions from empirical data.
  • Game Usability and Testing - Students explore complex game mechanic constructs such as reward systems, timing, skills, rules, immersion, mental models, knowledge structures, and more.
  • Quality Assurance
  • User Research Data Analysis
  • Game Usability and Testing

Professional Leadership

  • Mastery: Personal Development and Leadership - This course allows students to map their own path toward achievement by providing a holistic understanding of success, personal motivation, resiliency, and intellectual commitment.
  • Thesis Portfolio - This portfolio course allows students to demonstrate synthesis of the theoretical and practical concepts of the program to an advanced degree.
  • Mastery: Personal Development and Leadership
  • Thesis Portfolio

Our Florida Campus

- Winter Park, Florida -

Expansive 210+ acre campus · 110+ studios and collaborative production environments · Professional-level recording and game studios · Spacious Hollywood-style back lot · Multiple live venues which host events, concerts, and more.

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