Gamedesingner

wilhelmblom

Hey guys! I wanna be a gamedesingner and i don´t know if you can eduacte to a gamedesingner. What should i educate to then?

 

Cleffy

Being a game designer is tough.  Probably the best route is foregoing any training in game design period and trying to make mobile games.  Then using the games you design on a mobile platform to go straight into the industry.  Then I would transition into making mods on good game engines like Skyrims, Unreal, Crysis, and Gamebryo.

As far as education, I would look at Computer Science.  The most important skill to have is self-reliance.  If you can make a game on your own in your free time with a respectable amount of time, then you can do well in the game industry.  Many who come from a background with an education in Game Design or Game Art are not capable of pegging away at their skills on their own day in and day out.  Having a degree in such is actually a negative when seeking employment in the game industry.

GTwander

It's a total DiY market out there anyway, and anyone who IS hiring will attest that a finished personal project is worth more than a joke of a degree. Avoid trade schools in general, they are the original home of predatory lending.

Helena85

 Then using the games you design on a mobile platform to go straight into the industry.  Then I would transition into making mods on good game engines like Skyrims, Unreal, Crysis, and Gamebryo.

Castillle

Pro tips for being a game designer:

1. Play games
2. Play different kinds of games
3. Figure out what you like from those games
4. Put them together and let people test it

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