Game Design and Development

Turn your interest in games into practical design and development skills with Ball State’s Minor in Game Design & Development. You’ll learn programming fundamentals while exploring how games are designed, developed, and brought to life through interactive experiences.

This minor is not open to Computer Science majors. Students with minors in both computer science and game design & development need to choose electives in the computer science minor which do not overlap with the required courses for the game design & development minor.

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What You Will Learn

Through this minor, you’ll learn to:

• apply programming skills to interactive experiences
• use game design principles to create engaging gameplay
• develop creative problem-solving and analytical skills
• understand the technical process behind game development

Why Choose This Minor?

Game development combines technology, creativity, storytelling, art, and design. This minor gives you the programming and game development skills to contribute to interdisciplinary projects and create interactive experiences.