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Digital Game Design

What is the specialty of the Digital Game Design specialization:
A specialization that depends on digital technology and thus keeps pace with the developments of the times. It gives the student space for creativity as well as developing his artistic talents. The graduate works in his favorite field and gets many and varied opportunities. The graduate can create his own business so he does not suffer from the daily routine of the job

What is the field of digital game design?
The video game industry (also known as interactive entertainment) is the economic sector involved in the development, marketing and sale of video games.

It includes dozens of specialties and employs thousands of people around the world.

In recent years, the video game industry has expanded from its private market to the public market.

By 2018, video games generated sales of $134.9 billion annually worldwide. In the United States of America alone, the video game industry earned nearly $9.7 billion in 2007, $11.7 billion in 2008, and $25.1 billion in 2010.

This is according to the annual report of the Entertainment Software Organization.

The gaming industry is credited with the many advances and innovations in modern personal computers, including: sound cards, graphics cards, GPUs, faster CPUs, and specialized coprocessors like Physix, are just examples of the improvements that have been noticed. For example, sound cards were originally developed with the aim of adding digital quality to game sounds, and later they were improved for use in the music industry. Originally, graphics cards were developed to provide more screen colors; Later it was used to support GUIs and games. This created the need for higher resolution and 3D acceleration

History of digital game design:
The video game industry began in 1952 when Thomas T. Goldsmith and his co-worker Estle Ray Mann, two programmers at a computer processor manufacturer for the US government, made The first video game using a huge processor was called "Nimrod" (in English: Nimrod) that performs complex arithmetic operations, so they succeeded in making a very primitive tennis game for them to enjoy during their spare time at work.
As for the home video game industry, it began in 1972, and Magnavox was the first company to introduce a video game console that year under the name “Odyssey,” and it is now in the National American History Museum in Washington state.
Importance of studying digital game design:
Billions around the world use digital games on a daily basis, as most people are passionate about them of all kinds. The great technological development has helped to increase the digital devices that play games in people's hands, so that they are present in almost every hand, and thus the market demand for these games has increased.Games have become Digital is an important means of e-marketing through in-game commercials, and as a result this specialization has gained great importance on the other hand

 

This major is one of the most important university majors for those who wish to work away from traditional business. It is also one of the majors of the future without a doubt, as it is evolving and not replaced or canceled.
Digital Game Design major Courses :

 

  •     Design and development of creative thinking
  •     Basic programming for games
  •     Art and Aesthetics
  •     3D graphics
  •     Sound and music for games
  •     Interface and interaction design

Fields of work for the digital game design specialization:

  •     game design companies
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The best universities to study digital game design in Turkey:

  •      Bilgi University  
  •      The University of Istinye
  •      Beykoz University
  •      Istanbul Aydin University.