Game Design and Development Minor

No one plays a game to be bored.

Games are meant to be fun and entertaining, immersive and stupendous. But today’s game developers want to push the medium even further, to harness the power of gaming for:

• Diagnosis
• Assessment
• Education
• Simulations
• Serious games
• Architecture and infrastructure design

Learn the process of creating mobile, console, virtual reality, board, and video games.

Our goal-driven game development program is focused on completing play-ready products. Be prepared for a hands-on experience that will draw on all your skills — creative, managerial, technical — to conceptualize and prototype games. Deepen your understanding of cognitive theory and the psychology behind games as you combine formal and engaging elements of video game design to build interactive levels, environments, and experiences.

Introductory Course (3 cr.)

• NEWM-N 132 Game Design Psychology: Theory and Prototyping (3 cr.)

3D Graphics or Programming Course (3–4 cr.)

Select one of the following courses:

• NEWM-N 243 Introduction to 3D (3 cr.)
• CGT 11600 Geometric Modeling for Visualization and Communication (3 cr.)
• CSCI 23000 Computing I (4 cr.)
• CIT 21500 Web Programming (3 cr.)
• INFO-I 210 Information Infrastructure I (4 cr.)
• INFO-B 210 Information Infrastructure I (4 cr.)
• NEWM-N 220 Introduction to Media Application Development (3 cr.)
• NEWM-N 232 Intro to Gameplay Scripting (3 cr.)

Students may test out of the 3D graphics or programming requirement by prior learning assessment, in which case they take an additional advanced course.

Two Course Gaming Core

• NEWM-N 230 Introduction to Game Design and Development (3 cr.)
• NEWM-N 330 Intermediate Game Design and Development (3 cr.)

Advanced Course or Elective

Select one of the following courses:

• NEWM-N 331 Game Testing and Evaluation (3 cr.) (recommended)
• NEWM-N 430 Advanced Game Design and Development (3 cr.) (recommended)
• CGT 11600 Geometric Modeling for Visualization and Communication (3 cr.) or NEWM-N 243 Introduction to 3D (3 cr.)
• CSCI 43700 Introduction to Computer Graphics (3 cr.)
• CSCI 43800 Advanced Game Development (3 cr.)
• CSCI-N 355 Introduction to Virtual Reality (3 cr.)
• CSCI-N 451 Web Game Development (3 cr.)
• NEWM-N 332 Intermediate Gameplay Scripting (3 cr.)
• NEWM-N 333 Creature and Character Design for Videogames, Comics, Film, and Animation (3 cr.)
• NEWM-N 261 Storyboarding for Multimedia (3 cr.)
• NEWM-N 335 Character Design and Animation (3 cr.)
• NEWM-N 337 Virtual World Design and Development (3 cr.)
• NEWM-N 339 Augmented Reality Application Design and Development (3 cr.)
• NEWM-N 434 Serious Games and Simulations (3 cr.)
• NEWM-N 436 Game Production (3 cr.)

Students must earn a C- or higher in each course and maintain a 2.0 GPA.

Email Jill Mathews at jilmathe@iu.edu to declare a minor.

For academic advising, contact our undergraduate advisors.