Alexander Mirov

How to become a game developer

All about the profession of game designer

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© Alexander Mirov, 2018

In the general mass of digital content, the «Games» segment brings the maximum revenue and has long been ahead of others: video, music and e-books. And if in 2015, predicted the approximation of the revenue figures from video games to revenues from the sports industry, then in 2018 all analysts unanimously concluded: beyond this segment — the future.

ISBN 978-5-4490-1917-2

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Contents

1. How to become a game developer
2. Introduction
3. The skills and knowledge required for the profession
4. Stages of work of game designer
5. Personal qualities and abilities of the game designer
6. Training in the specialty of “game designer”
7. Pros of the profession of game designer
8. Profession minuses

In the general mass of digital content, the “Games” segment brings the maximum revenue and has long been ahead of others: video, music and e-books. And if in 2015, predicted the approximation of the revenue figures from video games to revenues from the sports industry, then in 2018 all analysts unanimously concluded: beyond this segment — the future.

Introduction

In the modern world, more and more adults want to prolong their childhood, well, or to restore the acuity of the child’s sensations, for which the whole world is a game.

In theaters, cartoons for the adult audience are gaining in popularity, while the niche of virtual games since the appearance of the first set-top boxes to TVs to the current network battles in computers has never been empty.

In the general mass of digital content, the “Games” segment brings the maximum revenue and has long been ahead of others: video, music and