The gaming
industry is at an all-time high and so is the demand for game designers. According to, https://www.sokanu.com/careers/video-game-designer/salary/
, a high-end designer can make as much as $62.36 an hour or $129,700 a
year. That is a pretty hefty salary for
those individuals who have what it takes.
I actually thought about becoming a designer myself and apparently a designer
candidate would have to be very proficient in math. If you are good in math and enjoy gaming, why not make some money at what you enjoy doing.
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What does a video game designer
do? Most gamers do not realize the huge amount of work and programming
that goes into designing a game. According
to https://www.sokanu.com/careers/video-game-designer/
, “A video game begins with a concept. A proposal is drafted by a team of game
designers, who address important details such as target audience, deadlines,
and budgets.” Not all game designers
design the entire game. They might focus
on certain areas of the design such as Plots and Story Lines, Characters, Maps,
Scenarios, Difficulties, or user Interface Creation.
A
video game can be revised millions of times as the designers constantly test
and re-write the code while designing the game for the final issue. Game
design is mainly influenced by consumer demand and what the gamer wants and is
will to pay for. Also, the costs of
designing the game is a very important factor.
Game design industry can bring in as much revenue as the market will
bear which can be over 250 million dollars after all the technical design is
finished and the game is marketed for the public to buy. The average cost of a single video game to
play on a machine can be anywhere from about $20 to $50. The average cost of producing a major motion
picture is only around 50 million dollars so one can see the tremendous amount
of work and the cost that goes into writing the script and marketing a video
game.
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Sometimes marketing a video starts in it's infancy with the original concept and famous celebrities are incorporated into the game to give it more appeal to the public. Then likewise the actor or celebrity will most likely want to be compensated for their contribution to the production of the video game which can be quite a lot of time and effort on their parts.
The gaming industry is booming so we should all get out and get involved in this huge industry that is thriving and mostly likely will be for quite some time.
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