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Game Designer A game designer has many responsibilities with a game they are making. The Process: The “textbook” approach is to start with a concept and create a game design document which is intended to show the entire game design mapped out to give direction to the development team. Designers usually adapt to multiple roles. When discussing a new project they may be expected to create a pitch of ideas for the game. If the pitch is approved the designer may be expected to give a more detailed design document. As the production progresses more input is expected. Near the end of production the designer must make sure every part of the game is of a high standard. The following are what a game designer is responsible for: World design • a backstory • a setting • a theme for the game; often done by a lead designer System design • game rules • brainstorming and formulating the core ideas for the system • understanding the gameplay and story goals, and how the system can help embellish on them • scripting the basic interface and system logic • working with and communicate the design goals clearly with other disciplines and collaborate and incorporate other disciplines into the creation process • working in our proprietary design tools to place necessary objects, triggers, and scripted logic to fire off events in the gameplay flow • bug checking Content design • characters • items • puzzles • missions
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Game Designer
A game designer has many responsibilities with a game they are making. The Process: The “textbook” approach is to start with a concept and create a game design document which is intended to show the entire game design mapped out to give direction to the development team. Designers usually adapt to multiple roles. When discussing a new project they may be expected to create a pitch of ideas for the game. If the pitch is approved the designer may be expected to give a more detailed design document. As the production progresses more input is expected. Near the end of production the designer must make sure every part of the game is of a high standard. The following are what a game designer is responsible for: World design
• a backstory • a setting • a theme for the game; often done by a lead designer
System design • game rules • brainstorming and formulating the core ideas for the system • understanding the gameplay and story goals, and how the system
can help embellish on them • scripting the basic interface and system logic • working with and communicate the design goals clearly with other
disciplines and collaborate and incorporate other disciplines into the creation process
• working in our proprietary design tools to place necessary objects, triggers, and scripted logic to fire off events in the gameplay flow
• bug checking Content design
• characters • items • puzzles • missions
• progression & unlocks • the online user experience (if applicable)
Game writing • dialogue • text • story
Level design • world levels and its features • level layout • setup and tuning of levels from high concept to object placement
and scripting • working directly with artists, programmers, animators and other
game designers to contribute to the vision of the game
User interface designer • user interactions and
feedback interface like menus or heads-up displays.
Audio design • creating or incorporating all
of the sounds that are in the game, like sound effects or voice References: http://www.naughtydog.com/site/careers/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_design
