Take writing courses. If you are interested in video game design, you have to write well. Many community colleges and universities require writing courses in the first year. For example, once you enter a video game design program at the University of Southern California, your continued education will include writing courses such as writing and critical reasoning, and advanced writing. Programs at other community colleges and universities have similar requirements.
Take math and physics courses in the first and second year of study. Higher-level math and physics classes also are required. These are important courses, because once you start computer programming, you'll have to solve algorithms and develop complex codes. The math includes calculus. Since math and physics require that you make no errors in solving problems, they will give you experience in writing computer code without errors. If there are errors in computer code, a video game will not work right.
Take a variety of computer programming courses throughout your video game design education. Computer programming is the core of video game design. Without learning it, you won't be able to use code to create the movements of objects and characters in the game. Required computer programming courses may include object-oriented programming, design and analysis of algorithms, 3D computer animation, and computer operating systems and networks.
Take game development courses. This is the fun part, in which you create your own project. You'll work with game design and the computer hardware required to run the games. You'll also be involved heavily in game production, which is similar to video production.