Description
Digital games designers develop the layout, logic, concept and gameplay of a digital game. They focus on playfield design, specification writing, and entry of numeric properties that balance and tune the gameplay.
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Theoretical Knowledge
systems development life-cycletask algorithmisationdigital game creation systemsdigital game genresweb programmingcomputer graphicsErlanghardware platformsProject AnarchySmalltalk (computer programming)COBOLVisual BasicUnreal Engineincremental developmentHaskellRapid application developmentCoffeeScriptprinciples of animationHeroEnginesoftware interaction designRSpiral developmentaugmented realityObjective-CPerlICT security legislationScalaPython (computer programming)APLSwift (computer programming)VBScriptScratch (computer programming)Pascal (computer programming)Ruby (computer programming)TypeScriptC#3D texturingML (computer programming)Shiva (digital game creation systems)Prolog (computer programming)Source (digital game creation systems)Gamemaker StudioAssembly (computer programming)GameSaladOpenEdge Advanced Business LanguageAgile developmentICT performance analysis methodsPrototyping developmentCryEngineGroovyid Techsoftware design methodologiesDevOpsWaterfall development3D lightingSAP R3JavaScriptinteractive mediaABAPPHPUnity (digital game creation systems)application usabilityFrostbite (digital game creation systems)Java (computer programming)Common LispRAGE (digital game creation systems)MATLABASP.NETSAS languageHavok VisionLispAJAXMicrosoft Visual C++iterative developmentcomputer programmingC++
Practical Skills
compose digital game storycreate software designmanage online contentspecify digital game scenesformulate game rulesdesign processdesign graphicsuse markup languagescreate digital game charactersanalyse business requirementsdefine technical requirementscreate concept of digital gamecreate 3D environmentsanimate 3D organic formsestimate duration of workoperate 3D computer graphics softwaremanage localisationperform resource planningapply 3D imaging techniquescreate 3D characters