GAME DESIGNER AND DEVELOPMENT
- INTRODUCTION
- CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
- INSTITUTIONS
- ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
- ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITY
Do you play high definition computer games?
Are you very creative too?
Do you often make suggestions to improve the games you play (but only to friends!)?
Would you like to make those suggestions professionally to gaming companies?
Would you be interested in learning computer languages too for making new games?
You may like to be a Game Designer or a Developer. Explorer to find out what game designers and developers do, how do they do it and how to become one.
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Game Designers conceptualize, design, build and develop video games for traditional commercial PCs, Laptops, Tablets, mobile phones and gaming consoles with or without financial aid of a game publisher. Game publishers are companies like Electronic Arts, Ubisoft, Gameloft, Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft Studios etc. who fund the entire game development process involving internal and / or external game development teams.
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- Game Developer
- Game Designers
- Game Artists
- Game Programmer
- Network Programmer
- Game/ Script Writers
- Audio/ Sound Engineers
- Game Testers
- Game Management
- Game planners
- Game Animator
- SFX/VFX Artist
- UI/UX Designer
- Level Designer
- Mechanism Designer
- Designer – Visual Reality
- 2D Artist
- Layout Artist
- Illustrator
- Multimedia Artist
- Digital Prototyping Specialist
- CAD Specialist
- Visual Effects Specialist
- Environment Artist 3D
- Product or Industrial Designer
Srishti institute of art, design & technology, Bangalore
- Course: Bachelor of Creative Arts in (Digital Media Arts)
- Specialisation: Game Design and Development
- Eligibility: 10 +2 any stream
- Selection Process: SEAT+ Review Portfolio work + Interview
Maya Academy Of Advance Cinematics (Maac)
- Course- Game designing, Graphic designing and multimedia
- Eligibility- 10+2 + Basic knowledge of Computers
- Selection Process - Aptitude test & Personal interview
IIFA Multimedia, Bangalore
Course:
- Sc. in Game Designing & Development
- Voc. in Game Designing
- Eligibility: 12th/PUC(From any recoginized board)
- Selection Process: Walk-In and Online Registration
The Indian Institute of Digital Art & Animation | Kolkata
- Course: B.A. CREATIVE MULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGY - SPECIALIZATION IN GAME DESIGNING
- Eligibility: 10 + 2 | PUC [Any Stream]
- Selection Process: Direct Apply to the college Admission Office
Backstage Pass Institute of Gaming and Technology, Hyderabad
- Course: Bachelor’s in Computer Science & Game Development
- Duration: 4 Year
- Eligibility: 10+2 (MATHS AND PHYSICS) OR EQUIVALENT EDUCATION
Backstage Pass Institute of Gaming and Technology, Hyderabad
Course:
- Game Art & Game Design
- Augmented Reality & Virtual Reality.
Eligibility: Â All students who have passed 10+2 or equivalent are eligible to apply
MIT Institute of Design, Pune
- Course: Game Design (B.Des)
- Eligibility: 10+2 from any stream. (HSC, CBSE, ICSE, IB)
- Selection Process: DAT (Design Aptitude Test)
- Must have passed class 12th or Senior Secondary Examination with at least 50% marks including English.
- Online/offline Certification course in Game development will be of advantage for your profile.
- Animator 2D/3D
- Game planners are involved in game designing, deciding upon the characters, theme of the games.
- Transforming the design to the codes which will turn the design to the game which can be played on various gadgets such as computers, mobile phones etc.
- Producing the audio features of the game such as character voices, background music etc.
- Attending to the technical issues and evaluating them to overcome the problems while playing games.
- This career also involves making 2D and 3D graphics, testing the quality of the game before its launch and resolving the issues in it.