Which course should be taken for game designer and which college is best for it??

Karthikeya Revinisetti,

Are you a serious gamer who can spend hours together before the screen, playing GTA, FIFA? What if somebody told you that you can transform your passion to play video-games into an amazing career option? Yes, you heard it right! Today, game designing have emerged as lucrative career options that can help you build a successful future ahead. Moreover, it also gives you a chance to develop games that will keep your audiences hooked on to their PlayStations.

From game designing you can make a career in the gaming industry in a variety of fields. But, creating a career in the gaming industry takes correct coaching and knowledge and this is where different courses in game design and development come into the picture. So, let’s discuss some of the top game designing and courses that are available in India and see how they can help you craft a successful career as a game designer.

Key processes in building a Game

Game Designing – This is the part where the complete design beside the initial framework of the sport is conceptualised.

Who can study Game Designing?

Game designing is a field for highly creative and passionate individuals. This field like any other creative field requires a lot involvement and patience on the part of the students. Innovation and creative thinking are essential skills for those who would like to create a career in game designing.

• Creative, passionate, innovative people with associate interest in gaming.
• Should have an interest in making games, learning professional skills and game development process.

COURSES TO BE TAKEN IN GAME DESIGN ARE-

Thanks to the recent change in the gaming industry, a lot of new institutes have started offering professional courses in game design. Despite being a distinct segment field, the domain offers a number of courses starting from from certificate programmes, graduate level programmes, masters level courses and others.

Some of these fashionable courses are as follows -

• Certification Level courses in Game Designing and Development.
• Certificate Course in Gaming.
• Certificate course in Game Art & Design.
• Diploma Level courses in Game Designing and Development.
• Diploma in Game Design and Integration.
• Professional Diploma in Game Art.
• Diploma in Animation, Gaming and Special Effect.
• Advanced Certification in Game Art & 3D Game Content Creation.
• Advance Diploma in Game Programming.
• Advance Diploma in Game Design and Development Application.
• Graduate Level courses in Game Designing and Development.
• (B.Sc) in Graphics, Animation & Gaming.
• (BA) in Digital Filmmaking & Animation.
• (B. Tech) – Computer Science and Game Development.
• Bachelor of Science in Animation Game Designs and Development.
• Masters Level courses in Game Style and Development.
• Integrated M.Sc. in Multimedia & Animation along with Game Art & Designs.
• M.Sc. in Gaming.
• Master of Science (M.Sc) in Game Designing and Development.
• Master of Science (M.Sc) in Multimedia and Animation.



Pertaining to eligibility for game design courses are concerned, it varies as per the type of course that you opt for as well as the institute that you pick for it. For instance, a certificate level course in game designing can be taken right after completion of Class Ten from any stream. Whereas, for certification or graduate level courses, you have to clear Class 12 Board exam from any stream. For masters, the eligibility is graduate degree (technical field).

Academic Qualification Required

• Certificate Level Courses: Passed Class Ten exams with any stream from a recognised education board.
• Diploma Courses: class Twelveth exam with any stream from a recognised education board.
• Graduate Courses: class Twelveth exam with any stream from a recognised education board.

Hey Karthikeya Revinisetti,

First of all you need to understand if you really want to be a designer not developer. Designer creates the art assets such as character models, environment etc. while Developer does the programming work for the game. I'd recommend you to read the answer I posted above, before you choose designing over development.

To become a Designer you need to be proficient in 3D as well as 2D art. Contrary to general opinion 2D art is much more difficult that 3D one. It's so difficult that 2D characters are generally created in 3D environment and then rendered in 2D.

Creating a 2D art without using any 3D software requires manual sketching on a drawing paper. You need to create prototypes and storyboards on papers with just your pencil. Thus it requires you to be good in sketching.

Apart from that you'd need to be good in 2D softwares such as Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Flash, Toon Boom Pro.

For 3D you need to be proficient in Modelling, texturing, rigging, lighting, animation and many more different aspect of it. Fortunately there are various institutes which can give you a basic idea about all of them and you generally need just one software for all of your 3D needs, such as Autodesk Maya or 3D Max (also from Autodesk), sometimes for better lighting you'd need V-Ray, but that's for real professionals.

Since Autodesk softwares are too costly for Indian Markets (INR 50K to 200K for single software), startups in India are looking for designers who can work on Opensource softwares such as Blender (free of cost). So having it in your inventory would be an added advantage for you (I'll hire you as soon as you mention Blender).

You can take any animation course which covers the above mentioned topics for a start. But remember most of the animation institutes gives you general idea about the topics and do not follow an in-depth practical approach (based on experience of some of my colleagues). So be prepared to work that out yourself. Try getting an internship at any of the gaming startup (even if they don't pay you) as soon as you get the basic idea.

Top institutions which teach designing are-

• Backstage Pass Institute of Gaming and Technology – Hyderabad is One of the best Gaming Institutes in Hyderabad .Get Certified in Game Designing Courses and development at Backstage Pass Hyderabad. Learn High end technologies from best gaming colleges in India.

Backstage Pass is one of the leading gaming colleges in India. With the experienced faculty from the Industry, Backstage Pass has been successful in producing the best talent which the industry is looking for & also in helping students to develop games which had won awards in India& abroad.

• IIFA Multimedia Bangalore Animation and Interior Designing College IIFA was one of the leading training institutes in Bangalore. IIFA has created a platform to cater the needs of many students life.
• IIFA Lancaster Degree College
• Asian Institute of Design
• National Institute of Design
• ICAT Design & Media College

All the best for future and best of luck

Hii aspirant,

For becoming a game designer one should hold a degree in bachelor of game desingining or in computer science.

Best colleges in India for the subject are..

. Backstage pass institute of gaming and technology, Hyderabad

.ICAT design and media College, Chennai

. Academy of animation and gaming, Noida

. Picasso animation college, New Delhi

Good luck