Games Design & Art - Talk Deck (2018)

Slide deck from 2018. This is a slidedeck from Programme Leader Adam Procter on the ethos and examples of student work for the course BA (Hons) Games Design & Art, Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton.

Transcript

1. http://www.southampton.ac.uk/gamesdesign
2. Creative industries’ record contribution to UK economy £92bn sector growing at twice the rate of the economy Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Britain’s creative industries play an essential role shaping how we are seen around the world but as these new statistics show they are also a vital part of the economy. The sector is now one of our fastest growing industries and continues to outperform the wider UK economy. This is a testament to the talent and drive of its workforce and we are working closely with them to make sure this fantastic success continues. (gov.uk Nov 2017)
5. gamesmap.uk 2255
10. Incredible Facilities! Dedicated Macs & PCs / Digital photography / Physical Computing / Board Games / Largescale & flatbed printing / VR Equipment / Consoles / 3D scanning & printing / Screen, Relief & Letterpress printing / Mobile Device Lab / Shuttle Bus
11. BA (hons) GAMES DESIGN & ART
12. Entry Requirements A LEVEL / BBB / INCLUDING art,design,media, humanities or creative IT IB / 30 POINTS / 16 at HL BTEC / DDM FOUNDATION / PASS PORTFOLIO INTERVIEW - http://dctr.pro/portfolio http://go.soton.ac.uk/9ht - more info on application
13. COURSE ETHOS
14. Winchester School of Art The School of Electronic and Computer Science University of Southampton
15. USTWO / MOVING BRANDS / NHS / UFOMAMOOT / IBM / NATS / SIGNLY / JAGEX / BBC / SENNEP / WOMEN IN GAMES / TIGA / VIRTUAL UMBRELLA / SAP / PUNCHDRUNK / CHUCKLE FISH / +MORE
16. THINKING THROUGH MAKING
27. FUN
29. ENGAGING
31. THINKING
32. http://www.flickr.com/photos/brad_frost/
39. CRITICAL MAKERS
40. CULTURAL PRODUCERS
41. GAMEMAKER+
42. COURSE STRUCTURE
43. Entry Requirements Year 1 : ideas/ deconstruct/ prototyping/ testing Year 2 : Industry Standard approaches Year 3 : Final Major Project http://go.soton.ac.uk/5yf
44. Average Week day 1: workshop (tutorial) day 2: contextual day 4: workshop (technical) day 5: crits/ briefings
45. Games Staffing Adam Procter (ft) James Stallwood (ft) Vanissa Wanick (0.4) Andy Lapham (0.2) Professors / VLs
46. YR 1 ideas/ deconstruct/ prototyping/ testing
55. YR 2 Games Design Document / Vertical Slice
62. YR 3 Final Major Project MEGA ARCADE
68. http://winchester.games #WSAxARCADE Winchester @ WSA 14th-22nd June 2018 London @ Hoxton Arches 26th-28th June 2018
69. QUESTIONS ? Adam Procter Programme Leader BA (Hons) Games Design & Art Email: adam.procter@soton.ac.uk T/I: @gamesdesignart Blog : http://medium.com/@gamesdesignart Films & Projects : http://winchester.games