Games Industry Careers

[TotalTalker]

Hey guys,

 

 

 

I was wondering if you could point out all the video game based careers that you can think of please, because im looking to go into that field of work.

 

 

 

Could you also give a description of each career aswell please.

 

 

 

Ive looked on the internet, and theres not much there really, so ill be grateful if you could help me out please.

 

 

 

Thanks.

[limpbizkit]

Hey guys,

 

 

 

I was wondering if you could point out all the video game based careers that you can think of please, because im looking to go into that field of work.

 

 

 

Could you also give a description of each career aswell please.

 

 

 

Ive looked on the internet, and theres not much there really, so ill be grateful if you could help me out please.

 

 

 

Thanks.

 

 

 

what part of the industry?

 

 

 

Making the game or testing the games etc ?

[malo2]

thats a big industry you are talking about there, with many different jobs that are very different from each other. Also I recommend reading Jagex's development diaries.

[Lionheart_0]

Pretty big industry there. I dont think you need a job description because they are pretty self explanatory:

 

 

 

 

 

-Graphic Design

 

-Menu Design

 

-Character Design

 

-Environment Design

 

-Story board writing

 

-Animation

 

-Programmer

 

 

 

-system designer/programmer (this one is ambiguous. Basically, it means how the stuff in games work.)

 

 

 

-Director

 

-Producer

 

-Publicity

 

-Voice acting (This was nonexistent up until about 8 years ago. There are usually professionals doing this that work in cartoons as well.)

 

-Music conductor/creator

 

-Business relations (I.E. If you are doing a game on a movie, have to have relations with the people doing the movie to obtain rights.)

 

-Special effects Designer

 

-Test dummy? (I dont know what its really called, but you know the guys that wear the suits and have the little light bulbs or w/e on them to see what the actions look like on the computer.)

 

 

 

Probably more.

[stevepole]

I would try going to game developer website and try contacting someone that works there to find about there job and what they did to get there.

[unknownmasterofnothing]

There was a book I saw in gamestop about video game careers. Theres basically endless things you can do related.

[cyco]

There is plenty of careers, the hard part is getting into the industry. Everyone wants to do it.

[____]

There is plenty of careers, the hard part is getting into the industry. Everyone wants to do it.

It is easy so long as you are specialised in one aspect of game creation, rather than being a jack of all trades.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pick something and focus on that and only that.

[Zonorhc]

If you can't get the credentials to be part of a development team, there's not a lot stopping you from trying to get into the publishing business instead, provided you're good at marketing and all that PR jazz.