
Games and Animation
Open your mind to creating for the digital space and play a role bringing new stories, characters and worlds to life with a course in games and animation.
Explore our Games and Animation courses
Why study Games and Animation with us?
Play at PAX! Students showcase their games for everyone to play
Access The Arcade, Australia's first games co-working space
Choose Games and Animation at Swinburne
We offer a range of gaming courses that:
- combine design principles with practical learning
- offer hands-on production experience and test your creativity
- showcase digital media's latest technologies
- explore society’s impact on the games and animations we produce
- will start your future in the burgeoning digital media, media, and gaming industries.
Browse our courses to find detailed information, application dates, ATAR scores, fees, entry requirements and more.
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Become a video game designer
Want to know how to become a game designer? Read on to discover the pathway to becoming a game designer or developer and how you can enter the game industry.
Student work in stop motion animation



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Stop motion student work
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Stop motion student work
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Stop motion student work

Discover The Arcade
Australia’s first games co-working space, The Arcade houses some of the country’s most exciting developers. Learn how The Arcade is giving Swinburne students access to industry and hear about some of its biggest success stories.
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