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Computer Game Applications Development BSc Hons
**Learn how to create games and interactive experiences. Find your niche - such as scripting game mechanics, creating audio or programming tools - on this world-leading Computer Game Applications Development
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member6108960
18th May 24
Computer Game Applications Development, BSc Hons FullTime
A lot of this course felt like an online Udemy course which I can appreciate is partly due to Covid. However, lectures and Q&A sessions are normally lecturers just reading off slides which are provided online. The only useful lectures are in-person ones, which were very rare. The majority of my university experience was online, which is why I made the Udemy comparison earlier. I spent a lot of money to live close to uni but wasn't worth the pay-off since 80% of the work I did could have been done from anywhere in the world. There are a few key modules that were exceptionally good in comparison to those Udemy course modules such as group projects/professional projects which was by far the highlight of my experience on this course as well as the most useful module (aside from probably the honours project modules). read more
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10th June 23
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My first year has been great albeit some minor hiccoughs read more
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18th May 23
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member446945
25th March 20
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MPROF in Game Development (not even listed here) is a waste of time. The closest word coming to my mind when I think about it is 'scam'. It's way below Masters level of education. Lecturers don't care about us. The feeling that they're here just to get easy money is clearly visible. We are left on our own with everything. We had to find our own projects and professional game developers to get feedback from them (if you don't know any of them personally then you have to bother unknown people - the best way to get blacklisted!). Lecturers will eventually tell you if you did enough or not - it's all that this uni has to offer. This and PC with Adobe software (other software is mostly available for free anyway) and MS Office (it's our main tool, not game engines). As a bonus, we got a module in which lecturer is focused on politics and social justice, not on game development itself. Are you ready to pay 5, 9 or 15k for this? I heard from other courses that it's not better there. read more
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10th August 18
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Staff make good support. Very good teaching and facilities read more
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member828081
4th September 17
Computer Game Applications Development, BSc Hons FullTime
Didn't learn anything new. I wasted my time and money here, which I deeply regret. Doing the courses set me back many years. The courses have since only got worse. read more
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