Contact the Program Director, Joseph Manley
Email: manley@champlain.edu
Phone: 802.865.5477
Gameplay systems, narratives, levels, quests, puzzles, worlds: become an expert in the game design areas you're most passionate about.
In Champlain's Game Design program, you'll learn to map out, develop, and create the gameplay that defines a player's unique experience.
Game design encompasses several distinct areas of the game production process that they can focus on during electives and in class projects:
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Systems Design - Establish the foundational logic and mechanical plan for how a game operates and build the mechanics that bring the game world into existence.
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Technical Design - Build, script and prototype game ideas and mechanics by having a solid foundation in coding. Most technical designers will minor in Game Programming.
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Level Design - Create the step-by-step experience and determine parameters of play in each area in the game world. Create levels and maps that guide the player's experience.
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Narrative Design - Define how the overall story is experienced by the player, through traditional narrative, dialogue, characters, and environment.
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Content Design - Build quests, experiences and interactions that leverage the game's desired game play. You are building the game's world!
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Generalist - Use your Game Design electives to get a solid mix of level design, narrative design, system design, programming and art.
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Indie Developer - Do you want to work at a small studio? Or maybe create your own indie studio? Use your game design electives on a mix of programming, art and business classes.
As a Champlain Game Design student, you will develop extensive game design skills in your area of interest and build an impressive portfolio of collaborative work as you prepare to enter the game industry.
