This is a degree in world-making. You craft stories, characters and plot in order to build imaginary worlds that a player can journey through. Our work is driven by creativity and imagination as well as technical excellence; at Essex you master both game design and computer programming, giving you total control over the worlds you want to create. Our course gives you the skills to design and specify complex, non-trivial games through focusing on the following areas: * The mechanics of a game, including gameplay elements and the relationship with story * The concepts and techniques of computer game programming * Real and virtual worlds * Artificial intelligence behaviours for non-player characters * 2D and 3D graphic effects and game objects (e.g. weapon systems)