Career as a Games Designer/Developer

Sunday, July 10, 2011

About Career as a Games Designer/Developer

Game Designing involves designing the content and rules of the game. The term refers to both game design represented in actual game and documentation describing the design. The principles of game designing are applied to various forms of games such as board games, video games or card games.

Some types of game design require an integration of many other disciplines. For example, video game design needs the co-ordination of game mechanics, programming, visual arts, production process etc. Usually, the purpose of games is entertainment, training or education. Some of popular games are shooting, racing, hiding, commanding, escaping, stunts, trading, finding, role playing, solving puzzles and education.

Career Prospects of Career as a Games Designer/Developer

Game designing jobs are booming in India and it is considered as hot career option. There are numerous established companies that offer excellent job opportunities in game designing.



Some of the popular games designing companies in India are- Synapse, Smackall, Ishir Infotech, Csharks etc. They design the games for mobile phones, online games and video games. The mobile games include the board games such as Checkers, Chess etc, betting games (sport betting games, casino games etc), puzzle games and word games.

Skills and Education Required for Career as a Games Designer/Developer

There are many games designing courses available like- Diploma in Game Design & Gaming and Video Game Design and Development. These courses are offered by well-known institutes in India including Colorchips Animation Training Centre in Hyderabad, National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad, Digital Academy Film School in Mumbai and Asian Academy of Film & Television in Noida,etc.