Our department holds the distinction of being one of the first institutions to offer undergraduate education in game design among state universities. The Digital Game Design department, which is an interdisciplinary department, aims to bring together art, aesthetics, talent, and creative thinking to meet the needs of the game industry in accordance with the requirements created by digital technologies and the innovations required by the era.
Students who choose the department will understand the logic of digital game mechanics in a theoretical context and will have detailed knowledge about the process steps to be followed from the design to the development of digital games. In a practical context, they will be able to apply the knowledge they have learned theoretically, both individually and in working groups, in Mac and Windows-based laboratories, design, and editing rooms.
The course contents of our department have been created by analyzing the curricula of institutions that have achieved success in America and Europe. Students of the department will be able to develop themselves in areas such as game design and animation, art history, 2D-3D character and object modeling, game engines, programming languages, artificial intelligence, virtual reality, interface design and interaction, level design, creative thinking, scriptwriting, visual storytelling, lighting, sound, and concept design.
In the education and training process, a qualified collaboration is planned to closely follow the dynamics of the game industry in addition to academic activities to prepare students for their professional career lives.
Our department currently has no students. It is planned to start student admissions in the upcoming academic periods with the completion of the academic staff and technical infrastructure.
Our students, after graduation, have the opportunity to be employed as 2D or 3D game designers and developers, media consultants, game directors, game scriptwriters, game programmers, stage design and visualization specialists, concept designers, game data analysts in game and animation studios in the digital game industry. In addition, they can operate in the advertising and entertainment sectors in production companies and television channels. Our graduates can work independently by being in connection with other professionals in independent game development projects. Moreover, our students who graduate from the department have the opportunity to establish their own production companies in the field of animation and game design and to make a name for themselves in the global game design market.
