What do they do?

Video game designers design core features of video games.
Specify innovative game and role-play mechanics, story lines, and character
biographies. Createand maintain design documentation. Guide and collaborate
with production staff to produce games as designed

Occupation Specific Tasks:

• Balance and adjust gameplay experiences to ensure the critical and commercial success of the product.
• Conduct regular design reviews throughout the game development process.
• Create core game features including storylines, role-play mechanics, and character biographies for a new video game or game franchise.
• Devise missions, challenges, or puzzles to be encountered in game play.
• Develop and maintain design level documentation, including mechanics, guidelines, and mission outlines.
• Collaborate with artists to achieve appropriate visual style.

Education

This occupation may reqire a background in: Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. It also would reqire Computer Science or Computer Graphics.

Video Game Design also may reqire a four-year bacelor's degree, but some do not.

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