{"id":2,"date":"2024-04-22T09:08:11","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T08:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/hi\/gamesdev\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2024-10-08T14:48:21","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T13:48:21","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/hi\/gamesdev\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the Games Development NPA.<\/p>\n<p>The NPA&#8217;s in Computer Games Development at SCQF levels 4, 5 and 6 introduce learners to the gernes, trends and emerging technologies of the computer games industry. This qualification covers the core areas of design, media assets and development. Coding is also an important part of this qualification. This award develops learners computational thinking skills which is now recognised as a vital competence.<\/p>\n<p>The award is split up into three units at each level:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Computer Games: Design<\/li>\n<li>Computer Games: Media Assets<\/li>\n<li>Computer Games: Development<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/hi\/public\/gamesdev\/uploads\/sites\/4488\/2024\/04\/22092659\/Games-Dev-Course-Overview-1024x580.jpg\" alt=\"Games Development Course Overview\" width=\"1024\" height=\"580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/hi\/public\/gamesdev\/uploads\/sites\/4488\/2024\/04\/22092659\/Games-Dev-Course-Overview-1024x580.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/hi\/public\/gamesdev\/uploads\/sites\/4488\/2024\/04\/22092659\/Games-Dev-Course-Overview-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/hi\/public\/gamesdev\/uploads\/sites\/4488\/2024\/04\/22092659\/Games-Dev-Course-Overview-768x435.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/hi\/public\/gamesdev\/uploads\/sites\/4488\/2024\/04\/22092659\/Games-Dev-Course-Overview-800x453.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/hi\/public\/gamesdev\/uploads\/sites\/4488\/2024\/04\/22092659\/Games-Dev-Course-Overview.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/hi\/gamesdev\/games-design\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/hi\/public\/gamesdev\/uploads\/sites\/4488\/2024\/04\/22124830\/box-one.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32\" width=\"255\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/hi\/public\/gamesdev\/uploads\/sites\/4488\/2024\/04\/22124830\/box-one.png 200w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/hi\/public\/gamesdev\/uploads\/sites\/4488\/2024\/04\/22124830\/box-one-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 255px) 100vw, 255px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/hi\/gamesdev\/games-design\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"25\"> Design<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/hi\/gamesdev\/media-assets\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/hi\/public\/gamesdev\/uploads\/sites\/4488\/2024\/04\/22124844\/Copy-of-Copy-of-box-one.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33\" width=\"255\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/hi\/public\/gamesdev\/uploads\/sites\/4488\/2024\/04\/22124844\/Copy-of-Copy-of-box-one.png 200w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/hi\/public\/gamesdev\/uploads\/sites\/4488\/2024\/04\/22124844\/Copy-of-Copy-of-box-one-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 255px) 100vw, 255px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/hi\/gamesdev\/?page_id=37\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"37\">Media Assets<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/hi\/gamesdev\/games-development-4\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/hi\/public\/gamesdev\/uploads\/sites\/4488\/2024\/04\/22124950\/Copy-of-box-one.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/hi\/public\/gamesdev\/uploads\/sites\/4488\/2024\/04\/22124950\/Copy-of-box-one.png 200w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/hi\/public\/gamesdev\/uploads\/sites\/4488\/2024\/04\/22124950\/Copy-of-box-one-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/hi\/gamesdev\/games-development-4\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"29\">Development<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the Games Development NPA. The NPA&#8217;s in Computer Games Development at SCQF levels 4, 5 and 6 introduce learners to the gernes, trends and emerging technologies of the computer games industry. This qualification covers the core areas of design, media assets and development. Coding is also an important part of this qualification. This award develops learners computational thinking skills which is now recognised as a vital competence. 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