When considering location options for where to study game design, there are of course the well-known game design hubs of Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, and Seattle, but what about the rest of the US? Aren’t there other cities that represent viable alternatives to the aforementioned competitive gaming hubs? There are, and this article highlights the prospects for studying game design in some of those cities within the state of Florida.
Florida is one of the best locations for studying game design because it is not only home to world renowned game design programs like that at Full Sail University (in Winter Park), but the number of studios in the state relative to the number of designers is such that international students will have increased odds of being able to work and intern within an actual development studio. Landing such an internship is the best way to garner the experience that future employers will be looking for when international students enter the job market upon graduation. The fact that there is an increasing number of design studios (and therefore, design jobs), and not enough potential designers to fill them means international students can make more significant contributions with these upstart studios than they would working with a firm that is as established as Blizzard, for instance. The enhanced ability to contribute to a design team and gain entry to the industry in the burgeoning game design cities of Florida is truly an asset to consider when deciding where to study game design.
Finally, Florida is home to the cities of Gainesville and Orlando. Gainesville is home to three game design studios and the University of Florida. Orlando is home to the University of Central Florida—whose graduate program is ranked as the 5th best game design program in North America according to the Princeton Review. Additionally, Full Sail University is a well-regarded institution whose program was given an honorable mention in the aforementioned ranking, and neighbors Orlando, FL.
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