Game Developers are people who are good with maths, computer as well as creative arts skills. A Game Developer spend his/her time in programming and developing games, which includes programming consoles computer and mobile video games.
Game Developers are persistent, focused and are programmers that fly solo.
What a Game Developer Does?
According to the name, game developers make games, but also they design, program and test games too.
A game developer can follow different paths.
One is indie game developer. This includes working alone or in a small team to build a game and sell it yourself. In this, your duties as game developer will increase and also will be responsible for many more elements of the game.
The other one is if working with a game development studio. Range of Game development companies varies from small to large.
And also, one can go for freelance, which means designing games that do not have the in – house skills to do it themselves.
Difference Between Game Developer and Game Designer
A Game Designer is a creative person who thinks of a overall design of a video game.
This means that designers are the people which creates the initial framework for what will be the final product.
Whereas, a video game developer is a person who converts the ideas and objectives of the designing team into the actual game. Their main job is to put vision into reality. The developers have to convert the layouts, storylines and sketches into a playable product. They do this by writing hundreds of thousands of lines worth of computer code which represents the designer’s design.
Qualities an Experienced Game Developer Must Have
- Analytical Mind-set
An experienced game developer must have a good system – level thinking skills and also have that passion for problem solving.
An experienced game developer have the ability to make the balance in thinking of both the big picture and the small details.
- Curiosity
A developer who has an experience is never afraid to ask ‘why’, when his /her code does not work and they keep on digging till they find the answer.
An experienced developer will always be willing to experiment and is never afraid of failure.
- Empathy
Experienced game developers always think from the people’s point of view and they are able to relate with both client and team.
- Flexibility
Experienced Game developers have the ability to switch contexts or the scope unexpectedly no matter which programming language they have specialization in.
- Eagerness to Learn
As the tech industry is incredibly dynamic and fluid. It grows constantly and changes. The game developers always have the eagerness to learn more to develop interesting games for the customers.
- Team Player
Experienced Game developers know how to work with the team, as a developer you need to work with different teams of your company.
Experienced game developers always work with the team smoothly.