Find out what makes a good game fun to play. You’ll learn how to plan your own game by thinking about the style, rules, story, and player goals. You’ll also look at game genres, game flow, and how to make your ideas clear for others.
NPA Computer Games Development
All Levels
Media Assets
Learn how to create the images, sounds, and animations that bring games to life. You’ll get hands-on with software to build your own game characters, backgrounds, music, and effects — all ready to use in your game.
Development
Put your design and media together to make a working game. You’ll learn to use game-making tools to build, test, and improve your own game. You’ll also learn how to fix problems, check controls, and make your game fun.
How is NPA Computer Games Development assessed?
Each unit in the NPA Computer Games Development course is checked in a different way, depending on what you’re learning and making.
Design is checked with a mix of tasks.
At Level 4, there’s a short multiple-choice quiz.
At all levels, you’ll review other games and plan your own — thinking about the genre, rules, and what makes a game fun.
Media Assets is all about creating images and sounds for your game.
You’ll design characters, backgrounds, and audio using different tools.
There’s no test — instead, you’ll be marked on the quality of your artwork or audio, and how well it fits your game.
Development is where you build your game.
You’ll use software to create a working game, then test and improve it.
At all levels, you’ll be marked on how well your game works and how clearly you explain what went well and what could be better.
Assessment Breakdown
Design
- Level 4 – Multiple Choice Exam
- All Levels – Game Reviews
- All Levels – Design and Pitch a Game
Media Assets
- All Levels – Artwork and Audio for a Game
- All Levels – Copyright Exercise
Development
- All Levels – Create a Game
- All Levels – Testing of Game