May 10, 2025  
2025-2026 Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Catalog

ART 255 - Game Development

3 credit hours - Two hours of lecture and two hours of lab weekly; one term.

Collaborate with a team of students on a semester long project working on the development of a real game or simulation. Learn about the game creation pipeline and project management. Lab fee $25.

Prerequisite(s): ART 155  or ART 157  or ART 159  (formerly ART 174) with a grade of C or better, or permission from the academic chair.

Location(s) Typically Offered: Arnold Main Campus (MC) and Online (OL)

Term(s) Typically Offered: Spring

Course Outcomes:
At the completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. Explain different game careers and professions
  2. Analyze game development processes and pipelines
  3. Generate and select original game concepts
  4. Prepare promotional game materials for advertising and fund raising
  5. Determine the production costs and timeline for a game