The production of today’s increasingly complex video games requires leaders who can inspire productivity and creativity among the multiple teams working to bring those games to life. Full Sail’s Game Design Master of Science Degree program will teach you how to become one of those creative decision-makers. By guiding a team of artists and programmers through the exact same production process used by today’s top game design studios, students in this game design degree are taught the comprehensive design, leadership, and management needs in this industry.

The Game Design program covers the entire scope of a development cycle as it relates to the responsibilities of a studio manager. After taking core classes in Asset Management, Production Methodologies, and Quality Assurance you’ll collaborate with artists and programmers and work with that team throughout production to delegate tasks, problem-solve, and hit milestones. You’ll also learn project-management, scheduling, and bug-tracking software that will keep your game on schedule while maintaining the quality of the product. Courses in Game Design and Design Mechanics stress the importance of developing a unified approach to gameplay mechanics in the initial design stage, and maintaining that standard with effective management skills and rigorous quality control throughout production.

The Game Design Master’s Degree culminates with the Game Capstone Project. You’ll be stepping in to the role of an External Producer in a real world studio scenario that will draw on every element of your production management education as you coordinate a group of artists and programmers as they design and code the graphics, gameplay, and audio for a fully playable game.