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Add Game Development to Any Major
Bring the creative and technical edge of game design to whatever you’re already studying.
This is an undergraduate minor that blends programming, visual storytelling, and interactive media, open to students in any major. You build hands-on skills making playable, meaningful games while you keep pursuing your major.
It’s a flexible, interdisciplinary minor with small classes and personalized support from experienced faculty, so you grow on both the creative and technical sides of game creation. It pairs well with majors like computer science, art and communication. It will also prepare you for work in game design and development, app and web development, UX/UI design, interactive storytelling, and digital media production.

What You’ll Explore in the Minor
The game development minor moves you from first idea to finished, playable game. On the programming side, you’ll build real games using industry languages like C# and Python. Additionally you’ll take courses such as Programming for Game Development and Introduction to Game Design. On the design side, you’ll shape worlds, characters, and stories with professional tools like Blender through courses like Visual Storytelling and Digital Media Tools. Then you’ll bring it all together in Interactive Media and a capstone Senior Project, where you design and build your own games for real audiences. By the end, you’ll have actual playable work to show, not just coursework.
View the complete program requirements in our catalog.

Hands-On From the Start
You gain real-world experience by collaborating on digital projects, developing your own games, and joining coding sprints, student showcases, and interdisciplinary creative teams. Along the way you build fluency in industry-standard tools like Unity and Blender and in programming languages. Collaborative, team-based learning is central here, just as it is in professional game development studios.
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Most Goshen students receive financial aid or scholarships, so the sticker price is rarely what you actually pay. To see your own price after aid, run the net price calculator and talk with a real person in the financial aid office.
Common Questions About Game Development Minor
It adds creative and technical value to a wide range of majors, including computer science, art, communication, and English. The minor is interdisciplinary by design, so it complements both technical and creative degrees and helps you stand out in digital industries, whatever your main field of study.
You’ll combine game design, programming, visual storytelling, and interactive media. Courses include Introduction to Game Design, Programming for Game Development, Interactive Media, Visual Storytelling, Digital Media Tools, and a Senior Project. You build fluency in industry-standard tools like Unity and Blender and in programming languages such as C# and Python.
The minor prepares you for roles in game design and development, app and web development, UX/UI design, educational game development, interactive storytelling, and digital media production. Because it pairs with so many majors, it gives you a portfolio and a technical edge that stand out across digital industries.
Yes. Small classes and personalized faculty support mean you can start whether you lean creative or technical. The community welcomes students of every background, religious or not, and from anywhere in the world, with team-based learning that helps you find your people.
The complete requirements and electives are in the game development course catalog. Your faculty adviser will help you map the minor onto your major and pick electives that match your interests. If you’d like to talk it through first, you can request information or schedule a visit to meet the faculty.
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