Game Designer
Knowledge
- How gameplay is structured
- Key characteristics of game mechanics
- Features of space design in games
- Principles of human-game space interaction
- How narrative design works in a game context
- How to create an interactive story
- What is the role of marketing in promoting a game product
- How to interest a potential investor to invest money
Skills
- Game product concept development
- Designing game levels and mechanics
- Tasking and evaluating the work of game writers
- Writing technical documentation for game products
- Developing a promotion strategy and game product output
- Developing the balance of conflict systems and game economics
- Analyzing and comparing different game balance models
- Development of terms of reference for programmers
- Development of prototypes on the Unreal Engine
- Analysis and development of level balance
The tools you will be working with
Unreal Engine
Game engine developed and maintained by Epic Games
Google SheetsÂ
The online equivalent of Microsoft Excel, spreadsheets
BlueprintsÂ
Unreal Engine 4 visual scripting system
Draw.io
A tool that allows you to create block diagrams, network diagrams, mind maps, entity relationships, program blocks
Git
A set of console utilities that track and record changes to files
Unity
Game engine developed by Unity Technologies