At the Games Academy, we don't just teach game development—we make real games, every day. You'll leave with an impressive portfolio, hands-on experience, and the skills to shape the future of gaming.
Ranked No.1 for Games Design in England (91³Ô¹Ï, 2025) and a Top Creative School (The Rookies, 2024), Falmouth University's Games Academy is the place where creativity meets cutting-edge technology.
From day one, you'll work in multi-disciplinary teams, mirroring real-world game development studios. Whether you specialize in animation, game art, audio, design, programming, writing or production, you'll collaborate with peers from across our games degrees and beyond—working alongside actors, musicians, costume designers, filmmakers, and business experts from the wider University to create innovative and original games.
Throughout your studies, you'll work through multiple full development cycles, gaining hands-on experience in designing, producing and launching games. By the time you graduate, you'll have contributed to fully functional games, developing the technical expertise, problem-solving skills, and teamwork essential for success in the industry. Our focus on Agile development ensures you gain practical experience with industry-standard workflows, version control, and iterative design.
Industry-Standard Facilities
Our students work in one of the largest purpose-built game development suites of any UK university—an open-plan space with 300 development desks, designed to function like an indie game studio. This collaborative environment allows students to work across disciplines, simulating professional development teams. You'll have access to a range of industry-standard tools, engines, and software, including Unreal Engine, Unity, Ren'Py, and GameMaker, ensuring you graduate with adaptable, in-demand skills.
Career Focused
We are an Unreal Academic Partner, a GitHub Education affiliate, and a member of the British Computer Society, placing our students at the heart of the industry. Guest speakers, industry mentors, and an industry advisory panel provide real-world insights, ensuring our curriculum remains cutting-edge. Aardvark Swift, a specialist games recruitment consultant, is embedded into our professional practice course, helping students craft standout portfolios and career strategies. Our graduates have gone on to work at Rare, Supermassive, Creative Assembly, Respawn, Rockstar, and Firesprite, while others have founded their own studios.
Incubator for Startups
Falmouth University is a leader in fostering entrepreneurship—over 20% of our graduates start their own businesses. Our games incubator provides structured support for student-led studios, helping teams secure funding and publishing deals. Recent successes include:
- Knights of Borria, whose debut title Leximan was published by Marvelous Europe and received great reviews on Metacritic
- Ludophoria, an indie studio self-publishing Arm of Satan, a difficult co-op 2D platformer
- Studio 316, which has collaborated with Eden Project and recently launched Tip Top Table Tennis on Nintendo Switch
Utilising Emerging Technologies
The Games Academy is at the forefront of emerging creative technologies. From social robotics to game streaming production, our research explores new possibilities in game design and immersive experiences. Our Robotics BSc includes hands-on work with an Epson robot arm and small-scale social robots, ensuring our graduates are prepared for the future of game development and interactive technology.
Real-World Experience
Students can take a professional placement year or study abroad, gaining global industry insights and bringing fresh perspectives back to their final-year projects. In the final years of undergraduate study, students replace the traditional dissertation with a game project—developing, pitching, and launching a fully functional game on itch.io. At the Games Academy — based in Falmouth University — students create real games and digital products every day, working in multi-disciplinary teams that reflect real-world game development studios. Whether specialising in animation, art, audio, design, programming, writing, or production, students collaborate across disciplines—including with actors, musicians, and business experts—to build innovative games.
Throughout the course, students develop, pitch, and launch multiple games, gaining hands-on experience in Agile development, version control, and iterative design. By graduation, they will have contributed to at least three fully functional games, equipping them with the skills, teamwork, and industry insight needed for success.
Students learn in one of the UK's largest game development studio spaces, featuring 300 development desks, industry-standard software and game engines (Unreal Engine, Unity, Ren'Py), and emerging technologies like motion capture and robotics.
We are an Unreal Academic Partner and work with Aardvark Swift to support graduate employability. Alumni have joined leading studios including Rare, Rockstar, and Creative Assembly, while others have launched successful startups such as Knights of Borria and Studio 316.
Ranked No.1 in England for Games Design (91³Ô¹Ï, 2024), the Games Academy offers an entrepreneurial, industry-focused education where students build careers from day one.
