Game Animation, BA (Hons), with industry placement

Specialise as an animator working on gamesBased in our Games Academy, you’ll learn the principles of game animation and develop a diverse set of creative and technical skills in character animation, rigging, motion capture and games engines to create exceptional digital products.From day one, you will work in studio-style collaborative teams that mirror industry practice, while designing and building your own games. You’ll gain experience of working to a real-time animation pipeline and graduate with a rich portfolio of work that’s ready to launch your games career.You will:Develop key animation principles in a game development contextLearn how to animate believable and stylised charactersRig and animate characters to be implemented into real-time game technologies such as Unreal Engine or UnityLearn how to use motion and facial capture equipment effectivelyWork in multi-skilled teams where you keep the Intellectual Property (IP) of any games you produceStudy in one of the largest and best-equipped dedicated game-making spaces of any university in the UK