This document provides an overview of jobs in the games industry, including: - It lists several common jobs in games like engineer programmer, designer, animator, voice director, producer, and artist. - It discusses the importance of skills like teamwork, creativity, taking criticism, and observation for jobs in games design. - It notes that designers must be able to visualize ideas on paper and translate them to the screen, while also working to tight deadlines.

1. Understanding Jobs12 Rocktober 2009

2. AimsTo illustrate how jobs in media industries (games)Objectives All students will be able to examine 1 job in the games industry

3. Most students will be able to describe 1 key role/responsibility in games industry jobs

4. Some students will be able to describe 2 key roles/responsibility in games industry jobEngine ProgrammerIntroductionDesignerThere are a variety of jobs available in the games industriesAnimatorVoice DirectorProducerAI ProgrammerArtistSFXAudio

5. Any Thoughts?Discuss perhaps a job in that list that might take you fancy and give a couple of reasons for that?

6. ”A great idea is meaningless. A great idea that leverages your existing technology, gets the team excited, is feasible to do on time and budget, is commercially competitive, and, last but not least, floats the boat of a major publisher... Now you have something."-- Ken Levine

7. Ever played a game and thought that you could do something miles better?

8. The Life of a Game Designer Cliff Bleszinski

9. Hideo Kojima

10. Shigeru Miyamoto

11. Peter Molyneux

12. DaniBunten Berry

13. Will Wright

14. Sid MeierBreaking and Entering Write everything down!

15. Repeat, fail, repeat, fail, repeat (to fade)

16. Get some design experience elsewhere

17. Experience life!"I was making my own games, programming them, doing all the artwork, the production, level design, and everything because I didn't have anybody else to do it for me."-- Cliff Bleszinski

18. Doing Your Duty Working as a team

19. Being creative

20. Taking criticism

21. Playing

22. Observing

23. Detail

24. Writing

25. Planning

26. Letting goDo you do any of this right now?

27. Accepting Defeat Budgetary constraints

28. Working out

29. TestingBack to the drawing board

30. If it breaks..... You can fix itUnderstanding how things work is paramount to game design.

31. ActivityWhat skills are important when undertaking a job in Games Design?What personal skills do you have to contribute to Games Design?Discuss!

32. Paper to Screen A good designer can visualise and develop ideas on paper, and take them to the screen

33. A designer is passionate and dedicated

34. A designer must work to tight deadlines

35. A designer is a good pitcher and often exudes lots of confidenceSkills To Pay The BillsJunior DesignerHow much do designers get paid?Story WriterMission DesignerLead Designer

36. Activity Guess the SalaryIn small groups, guess the salary of a selection of designers and jot down their basic duties

37. Homework Research jobs in games in more detail

38. Blog one job description between now and next week – I’ll be checking!Overview What do designers do?

39. What skills do you need to be a designer?

40. How much can you earn in games design?