Video game Designer

Edumilestones; Pune District; Hybrid; INR 450,000 - 550,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading educational organization is seeking a Video Game Designer. Responsibilities include designing core features, collaborating with production staff, and maintaining documentation. Ideal candidates should possess creativity and technical skills such as C++ and UX design. The role offers high demand with a starting salary of more than 5 Lacs in India.

Qualifications

• Creative, technology-friendly, and organized.
• Strong in collaboration and documentation.
• Ability to adapt feedback for game design.

Responsibilities

• Design core features of video games.
• Collaborate with production staff.
• Create and maintain design documentation.

Skills

Spatial Ability

Game Design

Object Oriented Programming (OOP)

User Experience (UX) Design

C++

Education

B.Des in Game Designing

B.Tech in Computer Science

B.Sc/BCA in Game Design

Job description

Do you love playing video games? Do you like storytelling? Do you amaze others with your work on the computer? If yes, you should consider a career in video game designing.

Video game designing is a process to design and develop video games that are played on computers, mobile phones or gaming consoles. It is a combination of visual art and computer science. Visual art is used to create characters and game layout and computer science is used for the coding and technical aspects of the game.

Game developers should be:

• Highly creative.
• Have broad imagination power.
• Technology-friendly.
• Structured and organised with their work.

Example: Gabe Newell who developed Counter-Strike, Shigeru Miyamoto who developed Super Mario 64, and Hideo Kojima who developed Metal Gear are some of the most talented video game developers in the world.

What are the roles and responsibilities for Video game Designer?

• A video game developer designs core features of video games.
• Create core game features including storylines, role-play mechanics, and character biographies for a new video game or game franchise.
• Create and maintain design documentation.
• Guide and collaborate with production staff to produce games as designed.
• Balance and adjust gameplay experiences to ensure the critical and commercial success of the product.
• Provide feedback to designers and other colleagues regarding game design features.
• A video game developer devises missions, challenges, or puzzles to be encountered in gameplay.
• They guide design discussions between development teams.
• Develop and maintain design level documentation, including mechanics, guidelines, and mission outlines.
• Create and manage documentation, production schedules, prototyping goals, and communication plans in collaboration with production staff.
• They present new game design concepts to management and technical colleagues, including artists, animators, and programmers.
• Conduct regular design reviews throughout the game development process.
• Solicit, obtain, and integrate feedback from design and technical staff into original game design.
• They document all aspects of formal game design, using mock-up screenshots, sample menu layouts, gameplay flowcharts, and other graphical devices.
• Provide feedback to production staff regarding technical game qualities or adherence to the original design.
• Prepare two-dimensional concept layouts or three-dimensional mock-ups.

What are the key skills required for Video game Designing?

• Spatial Ability
• Game Design
• Object Oriented Programming (OOP)
• User Experience (UX) Design
• C++

What are the career opportunities in Video game Designing?

• Designer/Writer
• Game Designer
• Game Designer/Creative Director
• Lead Designer
• Lead Game Designer
• Senior Game Designer
• World Designer
• Design Director

What is the salary and demand for Video game Designer?

• Demand is high for video game designing.
• Salary levels are high for video game designing. For fresher, average salary is more than 5 Lacs.
• Course fees are medium; to pursue this course students need to spend 3 to 4 Lakhs.
• Level of preparation for video game designing is medium. Students spend 1 year to prepare for the entrance test of video game designing.

What education is required to become a Video game Designer?

• Student can do 12th in any stream, then complete B.Des in Game Designing. Further, you can proceed with M.Des in Game Designing.
• Student can do 12th Science, then complete B.Tech in Computer Science. Further you can proceed with a Post Graduate Diploma in Game Design.
• Student can do 12th Science, then complete B.Sc/BCA in Game Design.

What are the best colleges for Video game Designing in India?

For Graduation

• MIT Institute of Design - [MITID], Pune
• Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology
• VIT Bhopal University, Bhopal
• University of Petroleum and Energy Studies - [UPES], Dehradun
• ICAT Design and Media College, Chennai
• ICAT Design and Media College, Bangalore
• MATS University, Raipur
• World University of Design - [WUD], Sonepat

For Post Graduation

• National Institute of Design - [NID], Ahmedabad
• National Institute of Design - [NID], Bangalore
• ICAT Design and Media College, Chennai
• BrainZ Institute of Design Studies, Ahmedabad
• Global Institute of Gaming and Animation - [GIGA], Chennai
• Bharathiar University, School of Distance Education - [BU-SDE], Coimbatore