Who are Game Designers?
Game designers are the ones who do the creative visualization of the entire gaming process from start to finish. Right from graphic design and software design to art and animations. They conceptualize the big idea and build a framework and flow for storytelling.
What do Game Designers do?
Game designers build the very foundation of the games. They assimilate plan all the elements of the game like content, rules, setting, story, characters, stages, almost like a director of movies.
Once the plan is laid, the designers work in tandem with game developers, programmers, animation, and music producers as well sound engineers.
The designer focuses and conducts relevant Market research towards understanding the target market, psychology, and various challenges that lay ahead of rolling the conceptualized games
Game designers ideate concepts for online games, computer games console games, board games, live-action games, and even card games.
How to become a Game Designer?
The first step for becoming a successful game designer is by getting the right education. Right after completing high school, one can apply for an undergraduate course in game design and game art, this course helps to meet basic familiarity and hands-on experience on design fundamentals of arts, sketching, colour theory, graphic
Some of the essential skill set, one must possess to become a game designer are listed below:
- Creativity & Artistic vision:A great imagination and a creative mindset. This will help set a great environment for the players. The more challenging, the more immersive for the player.
- Team player:The designer must work in tandem with programmers, developers, animator’s music producers collaboratively to create that magic in their mind.
- Storytelling ability:Through storytelling, the designer creates an environment that intrigues the play be it humour, suspense, and other ways to get the player’s attention.
- Time Management:Unless the game is available in its entirety, there is no point. So, the designer needs to ensure that the deadline is prioritized.
- Critical Thinking:Every game is approached with lots of planning and strategy, the tasks and challenges in the game are every player’s primary expectation.
- Knowledge of various software & programming:A player judges the quality of the game based on the quality of animation and graphics; the designer needs to be aware of ways to improve the quality of work. It also becomes crucial for the designer to understand the fundamental basics and terminologies of coding, various algorithm, and data structures to render the best output.
About the course at Vishwakarma University
For students who are looking to make their mark in the creative virtual world, Vishwakarma University, Pune presents a flagship long-term course in Game Art & Design. The programme imparts the proficiency to take any game from a concept to a market-ready product that can deliver top-notch results.
Students develop game art techniques such as modelling, texturing, and game engine integration using the latest software and technology as well as get an in-depth insight into the gaming world from the industry-experienced faculty.
To know more about the Game Art and Design course at Vishwakarma University visit us at Vishwakarma University (vupune.ac.in)
