2. Employment
• The video game industry is the sector involving with the development of marketing and sales of
video games. It includes lots of job disciplines and employs thousands of people worldwide.
• The gaming industry employs those that are skilled in other businesses, but some have
experience personalised to the game industry. Some of the disciplines specific to the gaming
industry. These include things like game programmer, game designer, level designer etc. Most of
these professionals are employed by video game designers or video game producers. However,
many companies such as EA and ‘Rockstar’ also produce computer games and sell them.
3. Job Roles
• Game Designer: - Game Designers devise what a game consists of and how it plays, defining all the core elements
• Director: - The Director creates the game the moral of the story.
• Animator: - Games Animators are responsible for the portrayal of movement and behaviour within a game.
• Assistant Producer: - Assistant Producers work with a game's production staff to ensure the timely delivery of the product.
• Audio Engineer: - Games Audio Engineers create the soundtrack for a game, including music, sound effects, character voices and spoken instructions.
• Creative Director: - Creative Directors are responsible for the overall look and feel of a computer game.
• DevOps Engineer: - Responsible for creating an online infrastructure for a game, and ensuring the stability and security of the web services.
• External Producer: - External Producers ensure the successful delivery of a game, while working externally from the game development team.
• Game Programmer: - Game Programmers design and write the computer code that runs and controls a game.
• Games Artist: - Games Artists create the visual elements of a game, such as characters, scenery, objects, vehicles, surface textures and clothing.
• Lead Artist: - Lead Artists are responsible for the overall look of a game.
• Lead Programmer: - Level Editors define and create interactive architecture for a segment of a game, including the landscape, buildings and objects.
• Level Editor: - Lead Programmers lead the programming team responsible for creating all the game's computer code.
4. ‘Rockstar’ Games Company
• The ‘Rockstar’ game company make certain games for adult only.
These types of games are mostly 18 rated using PEGI. These games
include games such as Grand Theft Auto which involves sexual scenes
and violence which are not suitable for children and young adults.
Rockstar also create Games such as ‘Red Dead Redemption’ theses
type of games have a story line to it. The Rockstar Gaming Company
create many scripts for these type of games.
5. ‘EA’ Games Company
• The EA Games Company create games which are suitable for
everyone. EA Games start from PEGI 3+ and it involves games such as
FIFA and Need for Speed. This gaming company allow everyone to
play games from their childhood. This company understands that not
everyone is able to play inappropriate games and that everyone has
to start somewhere. This is the reason why the EA company are so
popular.
