A Bachelor's degree, equivalent to a Swedish Kandidatexamen, from an internationally recognised university. Also required is 30 credits in game design or game development.
Proficiency in English equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English 6. This requirement can be met either by achieving the required score on an internationally recognised test, or by previous upper secondary or university studies in some countries.
Do you want to shape the future of digital games as the key experiential medium of this century? This one-year Master's programme prepares you to challenge our time's most complex socio-cultural and planetary questions through game design. You will get opportunities to explore old problems in new ways, and reveal innovative pathways forward for the sake of a thriving future for all. Experimental game design is a playful and systemic way to ask bold questions, try things out, and see what happens. The programme is fully dedicated to the process of making experimental games. For one academic year, you will work in a small team in a studio-based environment. During the programme, you will develop the expressive and experiential potential of games. You get to bring to light new perspectives on societal and environmental issues and contribute with alternative visions/solutions for a more sustainable future for all. To be able to contribute to creative problem-solving processes in various contexts and domains, you will develop your capacity of self-leadership and specific skills for game development. During the programme, you will: develop projects, with a focus on exploring, discovering and articulating their own game design approaches; develop design frameworks for different purposes