game design as a career

CAREER IN GAME DESIGNING

An English ProjectA Career Vision

Through Literature

• Game design is the art of applying design and aesthetics to create a game to facilitate interaction between players for entertainment or for medical, educational, or experimental purposes.

• Game design creates goals, rules, and challenges to define a sport, tabletop game, casino game, video game, role-playing game, war game or simulation that produces desirable interactions among its participants and, possibly, spectators.

Game Design

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED• Job qualifications for a video game designer

generally require a bachelor's degree in computer science or computer engineering and some experience in computer programming.

• Computer certifications, such as Java, C++ and Flash are also helpful

• The minimum eligibility required for most of these courses is 10+2 or its equivalent. For becoming a Game programmer, one should have B.E/ B.Tech degree in computer engineering.

SKILLS REQUIRED

• Designers must be creative

• must have strong problem-solving skills to create computer programs and correct computer programming errors.

• have the ability to tell a story and be able to work as part of a team

• understanding of programming languages

• software programs

• 3D modeling programs

• ability to spend many work hours seated and looking at a computer monitor

Game Design & Development College

• ICAT Design & Media College 153, Santhome High Road, Mylapore, Chennai

• ICAT Design & Media College 424, Bommanahalli, Hosur Main Road, Bangalore

• ICAT Design & Media College 11-9-45/2, Vishal

Towers, Saroor Nagar, Hyderabad

Other Top Colleges in India

• Academy of Animation and Gaming – Lucknow

• Aakriti Institute of Arts Animation and Gaming, Noida, Uttar Pradesh

• Academy of Animation and Gaming – Gurgaon, Haryana

• Arena Animation - Garia , Kolkata, West Bengal

• Zee Institute of Creative art, Andheri West, Mumbai

The course will help you to:

• Identify the right design elements to address a brief.

• Understand the theory behind human and computer interaction.

• Design data with analytical and technical considerations, and manage a database.

• Understand software development cycle and data analysis techniques.

• Use OOPS concepts in programming.

• Understand the computer architecture, OS, Digital Logic and networking systems.

•Develop interactive Web pages through action scripts.

•Develop applications with high media content for smart phones.

•Use emulators and real phones to test mobile applications.

•Perform 2D game level designing.

•Perform 3D modeling, texturing, lighting, rigging and rendering, with respect to games.

•Understand the network of computers and mobile systems.

•Use game engines in developing games.

•Design and develop social applications.

•Use Artificial Intelligence in developing games.

Career Opportunities

On completing this course, you can be:

3D Low Polygon Modeler Texture Artist

3D Game Artist 3D Environment ArtistEffects Animator Audio / Video ProgrammerCharacter Animator Level Designer

Tool Developer Particle / Special Effects

On completing this course, you can work at:

Game Design Studios

Game Development Studios

Simulation Industries

IT Corporate for Creative Process and Functions

User Experience Design Industries

Virtual Reality/ Augmented Reality Industries

Web Development Houses

SALARY

• According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average salary for applications software developers is $90,060 per year. The lowest 10 percent earn less than $55,190 per year, and the top 10 percent earn more than $138,880 per year, says the Bureau.

• $69,410 (Average annual salary for all Multimedia

Artists and Animators)

How to Design a Video Game

Part 1 : Designing Game play

Determine your goalsDetermine your audience Design for different devicesConsider your genreDetermine player agency optionsOutline your challengesCreate the incentives for your playerBalance difficulty with playability

Part 2 : Covering the ComponentsDesign the tutorial.

Design the world.

Design the mechanics

Design your levels

Design the content.

Design the interface.

Design the controls.

Part 3 : Designing Visuals

• Make your visuals match your game

• Choose a cohesive, appealing color palette

• Use visual significance

• Don't feel limited to fancy graphics

Part 4 : Designing the Audio

•Create your direct sound effects

• Create your ambient sound effects.

• Try to use original work.

• Don't neglect your soundtrack

Part 5 : Designing Your Story

Start with a solid concept

Tailor your pacing

Learn about classic story telling techniques

Avoid tropes.

Part 6 : Designing Your Characters

Fully develop your

characters.

Leave room for character development

.

Get in your character's

head

Consider some

diversity

Part 7 : Going Pro• Learn the skills you'll need• Start by making a small game• Stay indie.• Make use of Kickstarter and other crowd-

funding sites• Get your game on Steam• Build a fan base• Make friends in the community

VISITED WEBSITES

• http://www.animationcareerreview.com/

• http://www.icat.ac.in/

• http://www.wikihow.com/

• http://study.com/

Activity

• There will be 5 video clippings . • you have to say the name of the game.• You can not answer together.• Only one should answer at a time. • The person who is answering the most will be the

winner. • After each video the answer will be shown.

TIME TO GO TO ACTIVITY SIDE

Task-1

The answer is :-

Need For Speed Most Wanted (2015)

Task-2

The answer is :-

FIFA 2016

Task-3

The answer is :-

Mortal Kombat X

Task-4

The answer is :-

Assassin’s Creed Syndicate

Task-5

The answer is :-

Super Mario (1985)