What does a Game Designer REALLY do?

Game design is an exciting, rewarding, and multi-faceted field with promising job prospects. However, becoming a game designer can be a challenging journey. Passion, patience, and persistence are essential!

See what it takes to become a successful game designer and get first-hand insights from Troy Dunniway, an award-winning AAA game designer and executive at major studios like Microsoft, EA, and Ubisoft. Troy helped create the Game Design course at CG Spectrum, an Unreal Academic Partner.

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[DreaBenz]

2 main aspects: System design (running, jump, fight punch moving the player forward) Level Design: how to build the world and make it an interactive place ☺️🎮✨ Amazing info Troy!

[tandyabimap-hvfw]

My Favorite Programming Languages are Scheme, C#, Java, Haxe, ActionScript, Lua, Clojure, Verse, Dart and F#

[ZayAstros]

As a beginner in the pc gaming world this was very helpful!! Thank you

[Hawkhunter]

I'm an intermediate level UX/UI Designer, but always had a passion for curious are there any hybrid ux/ui + Game design roles out there? Or has there been anyone that transitioned from UX/UI to game design?

just FYI I'm content with UX/UI and find it very interesting too, but there's always that lurking curiosity in the back of my mind about game design

[masacar]

Thank you for that video and sharing your knowladge

[johnbadillo]

So I’m a nurse and looking to get into game design because honestly I love gaming and the aspect of being able to help create one that people can enjoy brings excitement unlike I’ve ever had in my current field. Is it a difficult transition and is online schooling a good option for those of us who have full time jobs but flexibility when it comes to going to school? Thank you for the informative video!

[sebastiansoto]

very helpful, thank you! I'm a product manager in fintech and see a lot of transferable skills and activities with the game designer role!

[MaybeMillz]

Hello! I am currently working on my own game and in the future want to be a content designer, I noticed this video was mostly on System and level design and was wondering if you had any tips or info on them. Thankyou! ( content design such as lore, npc, characters, backstory, and such.)

[gennf]

what if I want to be the person who builds the “lego” pieces for the level designers? any tips on how to become part of art team for game designers, for someone with an art background?

[giveupndie]

I’m a digital artist, the idea of design or painting is eh but game design end dev is absolutely amazing. But what kind of bachelor’s should I do? I’m asking so that I can research the scholarships I can get into

[KenlieroGames]

It seems the most of the time I try to figure out how to import and export, so that it actually works in the engine...

[Quokkamon]

Hey! Thank you so much for this introduction. I've got a couple questions if that's ok, How would I go about getting in to this role? Is there much work around?

Thank you if you do answer :) 😊

[Serendipity_GamingX]

I'm leaving the army in a few months and interested in attending uconn bfa in game design.. is a career in game design considered stable or is it more of a volatile field? Am I able to stay local in connecticut or will I constantly be on the move across the USA? And if I'm particularly interested in role playing games and the story telling design side is it even worth it to get a game design bachelors or should I go for something like creative writing/story telling

[jesseninjafiregod]

hey what course did you take in video game design

[lemetamax]

I think I'm a game designer. I've not worked for an actual game company before, it's just me going solo for 5 years now and learning along the way. I've even got 5 games made.
How do I get an entry level game design job internationally? Any ideas?

[rorwzy]

hey troy i'm working on a cool game idea with a friend but the only thing i realy can do a little bit is scripting can you help us with our game that will help us very much until then i will wait and have a nice day!

[georgetowers]

Does cg spectrum certificates count as college credit?

[dayonnaarts]

Hi I want to be a video game designer and I really love to do ux and ui do both go together??

[YAHYA-Ibrahim]

what is the major needed to be a game designer and do i need to be good at drawing and know how to programme

[MarioTheVyonderK]

I want to become a video game designer after graduating from college!