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Advanced 3D Production for Interactive Environments - TFT00075H

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  • Department: Theatre, Film, Television and Interactive Media
  • Credit value: 20 credits
  • Credit level: H
  • Academic year of delivery: 2022-23

Module summary

This module will enable you to develop advanced skills in asset design and creation for interactive environments. Using industry-standard tools and workflows you will explore how to plan, model, animate, light and render 3D content for real-time applications including games, walkthroughs, simulations and interactive stories. The module takes an interdisciplinary approach to both the aesthetic and technical aspects of asset creation, drawing not only on game development practices but also fine art and production design for film, tv and theatre.

Module will run

Occurrence Teaching period
A Autumn Term 2022-23

Module aims

Module Aims:

  • To build upon and combine theoretical and practical approaches learned in years 1 and 2 to the design of interactive 3D environments
  • To further develop students’ understanding of workflows for the creation of games and other 3D interactive media.
  • To develop practical and creative skills in environment design, 3D modelling, animation and sound design.

Module learning outcomes

Subject content:

  • To be able to apply knowledge of professional practice in game design and virtual environments production
  • To be able to select and use relevant media production tools in the creation of 3D assets and environments.
  • To be able to apply relevant narrative structures and conventions to the design of interactive 3D environments

Academic and graduate skills:

  • Demonstrate an ability to transfer aesthetic ideas across a range of media types
  • Demonstrate an ability to produce a cohesive and complex interactive project
  • Demonstrate a critical awareness of the effect of aesthetic and practical design decisions on audiences
  • Demonstrate technical writing skills in describing the design, implementation and evaluation of prototypes using advanced in interaction techniques and technologies

Indicative assessment

Task % of module mark
Essay/coursework 100

Special assessment rules

None

Indicative reassessment

Task % of module mark
Essay/coursework 100

Module feedback

Students will receive individual oral feedback for the weekly practical lab sessions, during the lab sessions.

Students will receive written feedback on coursework assignments using a proforma identifying key requirements and marks awarded for sections of the assignment. This will be available 25 working days after submission, except in exceptional circumstances which will be communicated to the students.

Indicative reading

Indicative books:

  • Menard, M. (2014). Game Development with Unity. United States: Cengage Learning.
  • Macklin, C., Sharp, J. (2016). Games, Design and Play: A Detailed Approach to Iterative Game Design. United Kingdom: Pearson Education.
  • O'Hailey, T. (2018). Rig it Right! Maya Animation Rigging Concepts, 2nd Edition. United Kingdom: CRC Press.
  • Sinclair, J. (2020). Principles of Game Audio and Sound Design: Sound Design and Audio Implementation for Interactive and Immersive Media. United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis Group.

  • Katie Salen and Eric Zimmerman, 2004. Rules of Play: Game Design Fundamentals, MIT Press.

  • Karen Collins, 2008. Game Sound. MIT Press.


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