Game Development and Design
Purdue University in West Lafayette
There’s more to game development than just games!
The game development and design major brings virtual worlds to life in industries that include education, health care, science, research and employee training. Create new uses for computer games by combining your imagination with classes in visualization, rendering, animation and programming.
The Purdue Polytechnic Institute is one of 10 academic colleges at Purdue University. The Polytechnic specializes in team-based labs where you’ll test ideas, take things apart and put them back together — only better. You’ll learn side-by-side with professors who have worked in the industry and thrive on combining theory, imagination and real-world application. In this innovative environment, you'll learn by doing - gaining deep technical knowledge and applied skills in your chosen discipline coupled with problem-solving, critical-thinking, communication and leadership skills employers desire.
PlayStation, ‘Last of Us’ and beyond: Q&A with master’s alumnus Xingyu Lei
Xingyu Lei is a 2020 Computer Graphics Technology (CGT) department graduate, who now works in video game development for Sony’s PlayStation division as a senior technical artist.
Game development has both technical and artistic elements, and Lei sits between them, bridging the engineers and the artists. He is responsible for improving efficiency and communication between teams, solving problems and moving production forward on both sides.
Lei came to Purdue to shift his focus toward computer graphics, specifically to build technical skills for game development. An undergraduate degree in computer science set Lei on the path to the gaming industry, but only a couple of courses from the program related to computer graphics. He wanted to dive deeper, and his graduate studies and work as a research assistant at Purdue gave him the opportunity to build specialized skills for the industry.
Plan of Study
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Purdue admits to individual majors. Transfer students must meet Purdue's overall transfer criteria, as well as any major-specific requirements. Before you apply, check the closed programs page to confirm this major is open to transfer students. If it is, refer to the information below for major-specific transfer criteria.
Minimum GPA: 3.0
Contact Information
Director of Recruiting, Polytechnic
765-494-4935
techrecruit@purdue.edu
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Careers in Game Development and Design
- Technical artist
- Game Design Scripter
- Software Engineer
- Cinematic Lead
- Animation/Performance Tracker
- Character Designer
- Interaction Designer