Computing for Games with Professional Practice

Falmouth University

Falmouth University is an incredible place to study, especially for robotics enthusiasts like myself. The supportive community, passionate faculty, and great peers create an inspiring environment for learning and collaboration. The university offers a variety of societies, which makes it easy to connect with others and explore new interests. With a focus on hands-on learning and state-of-the-art facilities, it’s perfect for diving deep into robotics while enjoying the stunning coastal town.

The amazing location, the dedication of the lecturers and the feel of the uni is exactly what I hoped it would be. I’m very glad to be studying here and I would recommend it.

So far I have really enjoyed my course, even though with the shared first year with the rest of the Games Academy, (Not really my interest); we learned more about coding with C#, C++ and working with other profession types. In the first year we created a game where I designed a controller specifically for the game, featuring LED's a potentiometer (as a dial), and some other buttons. We also learnt to use other team based applications that allow us to plan through with the team and creating a devlog. I would say the second year has been a lot better for me so far, as our first major module was to design a robot base on four tasks, Stair climbing, a pipe robot for clearing debris, scaling a beach and finding an item and another picking up an item and moving it to a certain location. All of which is great fun seeing everyone in my year come up with their own designs and creating their own methods to complete the tasks. I think we have all learned a lot more from these modules as we have been able to experiment with lots of different components, letting us make mistakes and coming up with many different solutions. So far my time at the university has been amazing, a place where you feel like you are able to experiment and are supported to do so from the staff. There's an opportunity to work with professional robotics' and have them help with your own side projects as well as your university work. With all the equipment you could need accessible at (wood lane) another campus and even more equipment on the same campus we have. I feel like i can experiment and use many tools available to us.

It's an wonderful institution where from day 1 you get to collaborate with other course students to do your assessments and projects like you would it real world. This not only does it make it extremally fun and interesting but also simulates real life scenarios. Until now, I have not had any particular bad experiences.