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We have been catching up with our Creative Media Games Design students to find out what they enjoy most about the course.
This week we caught up with Chloe, Laura-Rose and Faith. They are all studying Level 3 Games Design and all say they would encourage others to make the same choice.
Chloe
Playing console games has long been a passion for 17-year-old Chloe. So when it came to choosing the right college course, Games Design proved an easy choice.
She said she knew it was right for her as on the first day they dived straight in learning the techniques of 3d modelling. From there she hasn’t looked back.
While Chloe is a keen gamer, she said it isn’t essential to the course. “We seem to be a mixed group. I play games all the time but there are people who don’t play games much at all. It is all down to the individual and what you enjoy.”
Chloe believes skills such as being creative, light hearted and patient are much more important. She explained: “You can’t rush or panic through something, you definitely have to have patience.”
She explained that there is far more to the course than games. “We do 3d modelling, animation, it really depends on what you enjoy and what you want to do.”
For her, the best bit of gaming is not so much the story but more the timing and strategy involved.
With ambitions to eventually become a creative director and maybe starting out as a QA games tester, Chloe laughingly says she has a bit of a habit for finding the glitches in games. It’s not a problem for the 17-year-old from Norton, after all that’s when that all-important patience comes in.
As for the course, she said: “Everything is laid back but you do have deadlines you have to meet. People help each other in the group. When you are working on something you can lose yourself in your work.”
Laura-Rose
Laura-Rose says she loves the atmosphere in the classroom studying Games Design at Stockton Riverside College. She said: “It is quite a laid back atmosphere, but we have learnt so much and achieved a lot. You get lots of support from the teachers. It’s a nice atmosphere to be in.”
Like Chloe she said you don’t have to be an avid gamer, she said: “It’s more about being creative and developing those skills.”
She added: “I think people are missing out if they think the course is just about games, it is about everything to do with technology really.
“It is a creative course because you get to make things such as games, models and comics.”
Hoping to go on to university and learn more about the industry, the 17-year-old said: “There’s such a big industry out there and technology is going so far. It has so much to offer.”
The course has given her a great insight into the industry and all it involves.
She said: “I enjoy the perspective on games that the course gives you. You realise how models and games are made and the process that goes into it. It gives you much more of an appreciation for the work that has gone into it.”
Faith
Studying Creative Media Games Design has helped Faith to build a wide variety of new skills that she knows will help in her future career.
She said: “I’m not a major gamer but it is something I enjoy doing now and then.”
At 16 she has recognised that developing a wide range of creative and technical skills will all come in useful in whatever industry she moves into in the future.
When you study Games Design at Stockton Riverside College, she said: “There is so much to it, you learn about media and graphics. Things like using Photoshop, animation and modelling. I have learnt a lot.
“You don’t have to just work in the games industry you can do so many other things like work in an animation studio. And if you get a good job you can earn good money!”
Like Laura-Rose she said the most important skill is to be creative with the ability to come up with your own ideas.
She said the course will give you all the knowledge and technical skills you need to then bring those ideas to life.
While the games industry may have previously been seen as a male dominated environment, she said this is something that is changing.
“When it comes to gaming, there are a lot of women who enjoy it and there are more games now with a female character as the lead.”
Happy to recommend the course to others, she said: “I have loved this course and I have learnt so much from it, things that will help me in the future.”
Find out more about our Games Design and Creative Media courses at www.stockton.ac.uk/courses/computer-games-design/
We are still taking applications for courses starting this September. Apply now!
This week we caught up with Chloe, Laura-Rose and Faith. They are all studying Level 3 Games Design and all say they would encourage others to make the same choice.
Chloe
Playing console games has long been a passion for 17-year-old Chloe. So when it came to choosing the right college course, Games Design proved an easy choice.
She said she knew it was right for her as on the first day they dived straight in learning the techniques of 3d modelling. From there she hasn’t looked back.
While Chloe is a keen gamer, she said it isn’t essential to the course. “We seem to be a mixed group. I play games all the time but there are people who don’t play games much at all. It is all down to the individual and what you enjoy.”
Chloe believes skills such as being creative, light hearted and patient are much more important. She explained: “You can’t rush or panic through something, you definitely have to have patience.”
She explained that there is far more to the course than games. “We do 3d modelling, animation, it really depends on what you enjoy and what you want to do.”
For her, the best bit of gaming is not so much the story but more the timing and strategy involved.
With ambitions to eventually become a creative director and maybe starting out as a QA games tester, Chloe laughingly says she has a bit of a habit for finding the glitches in games. It’s not a problem for the 17-year-old from Norton, after all that’s when that all-important patience comes in.
As for the course, she said: “Everything is laid back but you do have deadlines you have to meet. People help each other in the group. When you are working on something you can lose yourself in your work.”
Laura-Rose
Laura-Rose says she loves the atmosphere in the classroom studying Games Design at Stockton Riverside College. She said: “It is quite a laid back atmosphere, but we have learnt so much and achieved a lot. You get lots of support from the teachers. It’s a nice atmosphere to be in.”
Like Chloe she said you don’t have to be an avid gamer, she said: “It’s more about being creative and developing those skills.”
She added: “I think people are missing out if they think the course is just about games, it is about everything to do with technology really.
“It is a creative course because you get to make things such as games, models and comics.”
Hoping to go on to university and learn more about the industry, the 17-year-old said: “There’s such a big industry out there and technology is going so far. It has so much to offer.”The course has given her a great insight into the industry and all it involves.
She said: “I enjoy the perspective on games that the course gives you. You realise how models and games are made and the process that goes into it. It gives you much more of an appreciation for the work that has gone into it.”
Faith
Studying Creative Media Games Design has helped Faith to build a wide variety of new skills that she knows will help in her future career.
She said: “I’m not a major gamer but it is something I enjoy doing now and then.”
At 16 she has recognised that developing a wide range of creative and technical skills will all come in useful in whatever industry she moves into in the future.
When you study Games Design at Stockton Riverside College, she said: “There is so much to it, you learn about media and graphics. Things like using Photoshop, animation and modelling. I have learnt a lot.
“You don’t have to just work in the games industry you can do so many other things like work in an animation studio. And if you get a good job you can earn good money!”
Like Laura-Rose she said the most important skill is to be creative with the ability to come up with your own ideas.
She said the course will give you all the knowledge and technical skills you need to then bring those ideas to life.
While the games industry may have previously been seen as a male dominated environment, she said this is something that is changing.
“When it comes to gaming, there are a lot of women who enjoy it and there are more games now with a female character as the lead.”
Happy to recommend the course to others, she said: “I have loved this course and I have learnt so much from it, things that will help me in the future.”
Find out more about our Games Design and Creative Media courses at www.stockton.ac.uk/courses/computer-games-design/
We are still taking applications for courses starting this September. Apply now!
