How do they match: Video Game Designers

  • Design core features of video games. Specify innovative game and role-play mechanics, story lines, and character biographies. Create and maintain design documentation. Guide and collaborate with production staff to produce games as designed.

  • Balance and adjust gameplay experiences to ensure the critical and commercial success of the product.
  • Create and manage documentation, production schedules, prototyping goals, and communication plans in collaboration with production staff.
  • Create gameplay prototypes for presentation to creative and technical staff and management.
  • Keep abreast of game design technology and techniques, industry trends, or audience interests, reactions, and needs by reviewing current literature, talking with colleagues, participating in educational programs, attending meetings or workshops, or participating in professional organizations or conferences.
  • Present new game design concepts to management and technical colleagues, including artists, animators, and programmers.
  • Provide feedback to production staff regarding technical game qualities or adherence to original design.
  • Review or evaluate competitive products, film, music, television, and other art forms to generate new game design ideas.
  • Solicit, obtain, and integrate feedback from design and technical staff into original game design.

  • Prepare graphics or other visual representations of information.