| What if you could be the person to help create | | | | have programmers writing line of code after line |
| the next Call of Duty 4, Grand Theft Auto or | | | | of code that makes the game actually work. And |
| World of Warcraft. Millions of people around the | | | | organizing the whole video game are managers |
| world would buy and play your game and love | | | | who make sure the focus and idea of the game |
| every minute of it. Creating video games is a | | | | stays on track and you have a high quality end |
| growing multimillion dollar business craving qualified | | | | product for users. As you can see there are tons |
| and experienced designers and programmers. | | | | of specific areas of video game design you can |
| Even then many people dismiss the idea of | | | | get into. |
| creating video games for a living as an | | | | Now that you know what area of video game |
| impossibility, but don't be fooled, it is possible. | | | | design you want to get into you need to |
| Video game designers are paid well to do their | | | | determine how to get a job and make some real |
| work, most salaries begin at $40,000 and work | | | | money designing video games. Video game |
| their way up to $70,000 or $90,000 per year, | | | | production companies obviously don't want |
| just for working on video games you love. Before | | | | inexperienced workers; which presents a problem |
| you live out your dream though, you need to | | | | to your average person. To get enough |
| prepare yourself for the challenges ahead and | | | | experience and actually get hired you are going to |
| train yourself to be successful at video game | | | | need to sign up for an official education program |
| design. | | | | to get a degree in video game design. In the |
| Video game design and development is both a | | | | school you will hone your skills, hands on, in the |
| science and an art. On the one hand you have the | | | | areas of programming, graphic design, and |
| graphic design elements of the game, creating | | | | management techniques. Fortunately taking the |
| visual characters, levels, and everything else. You | | | | initial step to sign up is easy. Just check the link |
| also have sound engineers creating the audio | | | | below for more information on video game |
| aspects of the game, from characters voices to | | | | design, and links to start the process of applying |
| the sounds of gunfire. On the scientific side you | | | | to an official video game college. |