Level 3 Games Industry Blog

How to prepare for an interview Do research/know about the job your applying for to prepare for questions. Make a question list to ask at the end. Compare your skills to job requirements Dress smartly Bring notepad and pen Sit Up Straight Bring A List Of References Pay attention Manage Reactions Maintain Eye Contact Respond Appropriately Be Confident What you shouldn't do in an interview Don't Hesitate Make sure you answer all questions they ask you Forget something like your portfolio

Who are IGDA? IGDA are the International Game Developers Association who support game designers all around the world in achieving a successful career. https://www.igda.org/page/corevalues https://www.igda.org/page/codeofethics Principles Promote equal access and opportunity for game developers around the world, without regard to race, gender, creed, age, sexuality, family status, disability, national origin, or other accidental quality; and in analysis, demeanor, and expression shall be alert to the sensitivities of groups and individuals. Present ourselves and our skills accurately; Respect intellectual property rights; Seek fair rights to ownership of content that we create; Honor signed legal agreements in spirit and in letter; Strive to create content appropriate for our stated audience Strive to share knowledge even while protecting intellectual property, for the growth of our peers as professional craftspeople and our industry; Strive to promote public knowl

Charlie Millerchip 60 Christchurch Road 02476273728 charliemillerchip46@gmail.com The kind of area I’d like to work in is something to do with games design as I’m on a games design course and I’m interested in games and would want to get into that lijne of work Personal Skills Honest and Direct Calm and practical Very Responsible Strong-willed and Dutiful Education History Level 3 Media-Games Design Level 2 Media-Games Design Hobbies I like playing games in my spare time.

Online Recruitment Review jobs.gamesindustry.biz ''i think it's relevant that they've said its the market-leading website for jobs in the game industry because it shows how big the site is and will encourage people to use it'' Usefulness I think this site is quite useful to look for games industry jobs because it has a broad range of jobs like game designer, producer and level designer. They also have the company the job is for then list the available jobs. The kind of qualifications you need for the jobs are you need 2 years experience of working in a game designer position. A genuine passion for computer games and a demonstrable track record of quality in your previous work. A job i would be interested in on this site is a game designer as i think i would like that job. I it came to it i would use this site in the future if i was looking for games design jobs as it's organised really well and you can apply for pretty much any games job. I thi

Design The different jobs in this department are Character Designers, Level Designers. The design department is responsible for designing the characters and levels in the game they basically draw out their designs for the games characters or levels. They will work with the Game Producers as they will need to know there designs and interpret them in the game and add them. Production The jobs in this department are Game Producers, Character Producers and Level Producers. The Department is is responsible for producing the elements in the game and actually making the game. They will probably work with most people from the Designers, they will work with quality assurance because they will need feedback on the game like glitches, mistakes etc. so they will need to correct them. Programming The jobs in this department are the people who create the codes that will run a video game through a program. On a day-to-day basis they will probably just write out a lot of codes for a particula

Turn 10 Turn 10 is a games developer. A Game Developer is a company that makes a game and puts everything into the game like the models, levels and 2d sprites/images. Turn 10 is owned by the publisher Microsoft Studios they are used to develop their Forza series. A first party developer is a company who makes a video game console and develops for it like Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony. A second party developer is a company that basically develops games for the first party developers, they are higher up than third party developers. They may have some publishing agreements, but maintain independence. Some examples of second party developers Insomniac Games for Sony, Bungie for Microsoft and Rareware for Nintendo. A third party developer is a company that can still publish games but very rarely, also most third party companies will have less say on the final development and the first and second party developers will get more say. Turn 10 is more of a second party developer as t

Game Designer A game designers main role is to help develop/make the game and add the stuff into the game like the characters and levels. The kind of stuff you'll do in this role is you'll create the game play for the game you'll script levels and you'll need to balance the game play. The kind of skills you'll need to be a game designer are you'll need to have a really good knowledge of what makes a good game and how to make a game.  Game designers work with everyone from the art teams to programmers so they can implement their ideas The earnings for a game designer are yearly they earn an average of  £50,000, Game designers work around 35 hours a week but may need to work more as they get closer to deadlines. QA Someone working in quality assurance needs to play games and they will need to find errors/bugs within the game and report them back to the team to see if they're fix and then you'll check afterwards if they've been fix. The kind