Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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In open world games, it always feels strange to be running fetch quests when you could be defeating the Big Bad. Join Catherine Flick (Professor of Ethics and Games Technology) in exploring that tension between faffing about and getting on with saving the world in open world RPGs.

Join us for Developer Mode as academics from the Staffordshire Games Institute put on practical masterclasses and insightful talks to introduce you to the world behind game development!

See our courses and more of what we offer here: staffs.ac.uk/go/games