Games development is where technology meets creativity, and imagination becomes reality. It’s the art and science of designing, coding, and building interactive experiences—from simple mobile games to immersive 3D worlds. 

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For young people, learning game development is more than just making games—it’s a gateway to understanding how digital systems work, thinking critically, solving problems, and telling stories in new and exciting ways. 

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Whether you're interested in art, storytelling, coding, or even music, game development offers a unique opportunity to build something meaningful, fun, and entirely your own. 

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NCFE Level 3 Certificate in Games Design and Development

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Learners are required to successfully complete 6 mandatory units:

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Unit 01 Games Industry

Unit 02 Research and pre-production in the games industry

Unit 03 Level design in games

Unit 04 Animation in games

Unit 05 Game scripting

Unit 06 3D modelling in games

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RSL Level 3 Creating Digital Games 

 

This unit aims to promote the learner’s understanding of the key concepts tools and processes underpinning the huge and expanding ranges and formats of digital games available to the consumer.

 

The purpose of this unit is to facilitate practical opportunity to develop knowledge and understanding of digital games development processes in the context of an understanding of potential audiences and destinations.  

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RSL Level 2 Digital Games Production 

 

This unit aims to promote the learner’s practical understanding of the key elements involved in digital games production and the wide range of potential games platforms and formats available to the consumer.

 

The purpose of the unit is to facilitate practical opportunity to develop knowledge and understanding of games production techniques in context through the development of a working game demo.

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NCFE Level 1 Certificate in Interactive media

 

Qualification aims

This qualification aims to:

enable learners to develop basic skills in the use of interactive media and the underpinning

knowledge of interactive media processes

provide a basis for progression to other areas of study and, enable learners to make more informed career choices.

 

Qualification objectives

The objectives of this qualification are to enable learners to:

develop a basic understanding of health and safety relevant to interactive media

use equipment and software competently and safely.

 

Achieving this qualification

To be awarded the NCFE Level 1 Certificate in Interactive Media, learners are required to successfully complete 4 mandatory units. Learners may wish to complete any of the additional units to gain extra credits; however, these units will not contribute to the overall qualification.

 

Mandatory units

• Unit 01 Explore interactive media products and processes 

• Unit 02 Use computer systems in an interactive media design environment

• Unit 03 Explore ideas and create interactive media content 

• Unit 04 Assemble interactive media products to produce final work 

 

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Functional Skills ICT - Level 1 and Level 2

 

Functional Skills Information and Communication Technology (ICT) qualifications are designed to give learners the skills to operate confidently, effectively and independently in education, work and everyday life. They have been created in response to employers’ perceptions that many learners are not achieving a sufficiently firm grounding in the basics.