Game Design and Development (BA)

Wilfrid Laurier University

Learn to communicate through playful and immersive experiences such as video games, board games and escape rooms with our Game Design and Development (GDD) program. Create gameplay that pushes the medium forward, exploring, expanding and innovating how games engage players and represent diverse viewpoints as you create cozy, meaningful and transformative games.Develop in-demand job skills including creativity, writing and visual design, critical thinking, problem solving and iterative design processes. Combine technical and creative writing with the fundamentals of programming and art to create functional prototypes while preparing to work with a multifaceted development team in the game industry.The Game Design and Development (GDD) program is now offered as a Bachelor of Arts degree, allowing students to customize their degree to their desired career path.

Faculty of Human and Social Sciences