Specification points

Edexcel BTEC National Diploma in Digital Games Design and Development 601/7473/0

50 points in 12 topics, with Edexcel's codes and titles.

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3 Digital Media Skills

3A Source and create assets
3B Preparing editing and/or manipulating assets
3C Create/build a media product

7 Media Enterprise

7A A brief for a new media product or service
7B Enterprise skills in planning a new media product
7C Producing a new digital media product or service
7D Review media enterprise skills

8 Responding to a Commission

8A Rationale for ideas in response to a commission
8B Developing a response to a commission
8C Operational considerations of the proposal
8D Presentation of creative ideas

9 App Production

9A Understand apps and application environments
9B Explore app development frameworks
9C Produce an app for a specific audience and purpose

13 Digital Games Production

13A Understand game genres and design considerations
13B Design a digital game using sourced assets
13C Produce and check a digital game in a specific genre

32 Concept Art for Computer Games

32A Understand media, techniques and processes for concept art for games
32B Develop ideas for concept art for a digital game
32C Concept art for a digital game

33 2D Animation

33A Purposes and techniques of 2D animation in the media industry
33B 2D animation tools and techniques for a media product
33C Creating a 2D animation with industry techniques

34 Game Engine Scripting

34A Understand core concepts in game engine scripting
34B Prepare the scripting for a digital game
34C Script a digital game in a game engine

40 3D Modelling

40A Understand the structure and use of models for 3D games
40B Explore ideas for the production of 3D models
40C Develop 3D models for use in a 3D game engine

41 3D Environments

41A Understand 3D game environments
41B Design a 3D game environment
41C Produce a 3D game environment in a 3D game engine

42 Games Testing

42A Understand quality assurance in the games industry
42B Explore playtesting of games
42C Develop test cases for testing games

43 3D Digital Animation

43A Purposes and techniques of 3D animation in the media industry
43B 3D animation tools and techniques for a media product
43C Create a digital 3D animation for a specific media purpose