Turn your ideas into playable worlds through ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½’s game development program. From concept to code, you’ll design and develop interactive experiences while building the technical and creative skills needed for careers in game development, simulation, and beyond.
Carthage takes a unique approach to a major in game development, combining computer science with art and digital media. The new program equips graduates to design and develop high-level video games, as well as training simulations, 3-D models, and animation.
Students will consult with Carthage’s new competitive esports team members when creating and refining original games.
Students in the program also have the opportunity to work closely with a faculty member for a Summer Undergraduate Research Experience or delve into up-and-coming topics and technologies during a month-long period of study for J-Term.
<div class="lw_widget lw_widget_type_blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote"><div class="blockquote__image"><picture class="lw_image"><source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/56/width/183/height/183/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1800,1800/41856_s.heard.rev.1747244418.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/56/width/183/height/183/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1800,1800/41856_s.heard.rev.1747244418.webp 3x" data-origin="responsive"/><source type="image/png" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/56/width/183/height/183/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1800,1800/41856_s.heard.rev.1747244418.png 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/56/width/183/height/183/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1800,1800/41856_s.heard.rev.1747244418.png 3x" data-origin="responsive"/><img src="/live/image/gid/56/width/183/height/183/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1800,1800/41856_s.heard.rev.1747244418.png" alt="S. Heard '27" width="183" height="183" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/56/width/183/height/183/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1800,1800/41856_s.heard.rev.1747244418.png 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/56/width/183/height/183/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1800,1800/41856_s.heard.rev.1747244418.png 3x" data-max-w="1800" data-max-h="1800" loading="lazy" data-optimized="true"/></picture></div><div class="blockquote__content"><div class="blockquote__quote"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="icon icon-round-left-quote" width="48" height="33"><use xlink:href="#icon-round-left-quote"/></svg><p> “The professors are passionate about their respective fields and their students’ success. I couldn’t find that devotion anywhere else!”</p></div><footer class="blockquote__footer"><span class="blockquote__author"><a href="/live/profiles/3078-s-heard">S. Heard</a> ’27</span></footer></div></blockquote></div>
<div class="lw_widget lw_widget_type_blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote"><div class="blockquote__image"><picture class="lw_image"><source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/56/width/183/height/183/crop/1/src_region/405,655,1269,1519/42598_26136_171052831004161.rev.1758931774.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/56/width/183/height/183/crop/1/src_region/405,655,1269,1519/42598_26136_171052831004161.rev.1758931774.webp 3x" data-origin="responsive"/><source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/56/width/183/height/183/crop/1/src_region/405,655,1269,1519/42598_26136_171052831004161.rev.1758931774.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/56/width/183/height/183/crop/1/src_region/405,655,1269,1519/42598_26136_171052831004161.rev.1758931774.jpg 3x" data-origin="responsive"/><img src="/live/image/gid/56/width/183/height/183/crop/1/src_region/405,655,1269,1519/42598_26136_171052831004161.rev.1758931774.jpg" alt="Bennett James Doebler '27" width="183" height="183" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/56/width/183/height/183/crop/1/src_region/405,655,1269,1519/42598_26136_171052831004161.rev.1758931774.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/56/width/183/height/183/crop/1/src_region/405,655,1269,1519/42598_26136_171052831004161.rev.1758931774.jpg 3x" data-max-w="864" data-max-h="864" loading="lazy" data-optimized="true"/></picture></div><div class="blockquote__content"><div class="blockquote__quote"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="icon icon-round-left-quote" width="48" height="33"><use xlink:href="#icon-round-left-quote"/></svg><p> “Faculty at Carthage have encouraged me to improve at whatever I’m doing.”</p></div><footer class="blockquote__footer"><span class="blockquote__author"><a href="/live/profiles/3300-bennett-doebler">Bennett James Doebler</a> ’27</span></footer></div></blockquote></div>
<div class="lw_widget lw_widget_type_blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote"><div class="blockquote__image"><picture class="lw_image"><source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/37/width/183/height/183/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2400,3200/37814_8358_163701665847155.rev.1684809737.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/37/width/183/height/183/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2400,3200/37814_8358_163701665847155.rev.1684809737.webp 3x" data-origin="responsive"/><source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/37/width/183/height/183/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2400,3200/37814_8358_163701665847155.rev.1684809737.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/37/width/183/height/183/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2400,3200/37814_8358_163701665847155.rev.1684809737.jpg 3x" data-origin="responsive"/><img src="/live/image/gid/37/width/183/height/183/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2400,3200/37814_8358_163701665847155.rev.1684809737.jpg" alt="Joseph Fudali" width="183" height="183" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/37/width/183/height/183/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2400,3200/37814_8358_163701665847155.rev.1684809737.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/37/width/183/height/183/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2400,3200/37814_8358_163701665847155.rev.1684809737.jpg 3x" data-max-w="2400" data-max-h="3200" loading="lazy" data-optimized="true"/></picture></div><div class="blockquote__content"><div class="blockquote__quote"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="icon icon-round-left-quote" width="48" height="33"><use xlink:href="#icon-round-left-quote"/></svg><p> “The Carthage faculty have taught me that no matter if I’m at the top of the class or struggling with the first assignment, I can find success. Whenever I feel like giving up, I can go to them with my problems and get the help I need.”</p></div><footer class="blockquote__footer"><span class="blockquote__author"><a href="/live/profiles/2439-">Joseph Fudali</a> ’26</span></footer></div></blockquote></div>
Careers in game development
The employment forecast varies by occupation, but the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects 15% overall growth in jobs for software developers, analysts, and testers through 2034.
where carthage graduates go
Microsoft
Raven Software
OS Studios
Incredible Technologies
Discord
Undergraduate game development degree scholarships
Carthage awards one full-tuition per year, renewable, and one $33,000 per year, renewable, Engineering/Computer Science/Game Development Scholarship to an incoming student. The scholarship is awarded yearly to a student who most exemplifies the values of the Carthage engineering, computer science, or game development programs. This scholarship is renewable for four years.
Students enrolled in the Carthage game development program are expected to have access to a laptop computer capable of running computer aided design and other computational software. Through the Engineering and Computing Computer Program, Carthage provides students a laptop computer appropriate to meet the computational needs of the engineering, computer science, and game development programs for the duration of a students’ studies.
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