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• Designing elements such as

characters, levels, puzzles, etc.

Computer skills -

Technology is an huge part of the computer game design

industry. Whether you’re writing codes or creating

graphics, you’ll need some technical knowledge and an

ability for learning new software.

Artistic Abilities -Graphics and animation are a crucial component of being a computer game designer. Video game characters and virtual environments are more complex than ever, which means that that artistic people are in demand in the video game industry.

Team Work -Working in a busy environment comes with the territory in a computer game design. There are a lot of moving parts in a game design project. You’ll be cooperating with many people to meet goals and deadlines, and you’ll need to communicate your ideas clearly and effectively, both verbally and in writing.

• You would need to go

to college to get a

computer science/

programming degree.

Legendary games like Grand Theft Auto and Halo don't

come together without computer game designers

putting in long hours and lots of hard work. To

succeed in computer game design, you'll need to be

dedicated. It may not be a good career fit for casual

gamers. But if you're passionate about video games,

you'll be happy to know that "being a responsible

adult" and being a gamer aren't mutually exclusive.

• Less than 3 years experience you will make an

average of about 46K a year.

• Then about 3-6 years, you start to get about 55,600

a year.

• Over 6 years you can start to bring home about 70K

a year.

• 2000: 5.6 billion • 2001: 6.1 billion • 2002: 7.0 billion • 2003: 7.1 billion • 2004: 7.4 billion • 2005: 7.0 billion• 2006: 7.4 billion

This career somewhat interests me. I think

it would be fun to create a game that you

wanted. And also will doing it you get paid

a good amount.