Adding ‘Fun’ to life with Responsibility
What does a Game Developer do?
Games developers are individuals who have expertise in IT, have creativity and love to have fun! They use their skill and talent to develop video games that enthrall society.
Be it the games that simulate situations such as war, racing or architecture, the games developer combines a variety of information to design games for various audiences. Video games combine skills such as strategy, design, analytical thinking to please the gamer. Various genres ranging from educational games to action games are created.
With the developments in technology, games are created for all kinds of platforms, from PCs and PlayStations to iPhones and arcade machines.Games developers tend to specialize in one or two areas of the incredibly complex games development process, such as design, pro-
gramming, testing or 3D modelling. Job description
Game developers may be involved in various aspects of a game’s creation from concept and story writing to the coding and programming. Other potential areas of work for a game developer include audio, design, production and visual arts.
Do you have the skills to be a Games developer?
“They (the audience) want to tell stories that will touch people’s hearts. It should be the experience that is touching. What I strive for is to make the person playing the game the director” stated games developer, Shigeru Miyamoto.
It was explained that the gamer has the responsibility to create a virtual environment that the gamer can immerse him/ herself in. However, the developer also has the responsibility to create games that are beneficial to society and would have a positive influence on the gamer. With the rise in popularity of detrimental games such as the ‘ Blue whale challenge’, which led to many youth committing suicide, the games developers have an added challenge to have a positive impact.
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Swinburne University of Technology, Australia has exclus ively partnered with the Nawaloka College of Higher Studies ( NCHS) to provide students a guaranteed pathway to prestigious Swinburne degrees. Thus, a flexible, time and cost effective study option is now available locally. Furthermore, students will have access to numerous degrees in the stream of Business at Swinburne, Australia and Malaysia.
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