Salary Range
$25,000 to $100,000+Overview
Computer and video game designers, also known as game developers, create the ideas and interactivity for games. These games are played on various platforms, or media, such as video consoles and computers, digital devices (smartphones, tablets, iPads, etc.), and online. Designers generate ideas for new game concepts, including sound effects, characters, story lines, and graphics.
Designers either work for companies that make the games or create the games on their own and sell their ideas and programs to companies that produce them.
Minimum Education Level
Bachelor's DegreeCertification/License
NoneOutlook
Much Faster than the AveragePersonality Traits
Artistic
Creative
Technical
Career Ladder
Software Company Manager/Executive or Game Design Professor
Lead Game Designer
Game Designer
Game Artist, or Play Tester, or Programmer, or Writer
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