Senior Games Designer - Racing Game
Job Reference: 13467
Short Skills:
Start Date/Length: Immediate/ Permanent
Salary: Depends on Experience
Location: North
Country: UK
Description: Senior Game Designer
The Designer is responsible for the production and development of concepts and game ideas, from origin through to final execution and all other supplementary documentation/concept development. During development the Designer is responsible for ensuring the game and assets are design compliant
Game Designers also needs to ‘flesh out the detail’ so that the game can be realised by others, such as artists, modellers and programmers. You will be expected to convey ideas clearly and concisely
Responsibilities:
•Devise and document creative game rules
•Specify the characteristics of the game world in sufficient detail for realisation by others
•Identify the attributes and behaviours of objects and characters in the game world in sufficient detail for realisation by others
•Liaise with other colleagues involved in the creative or quality assurance process to ensure the game design can be realised effectively
•Develop intuitive interfaces
•Work with programmers and artists to effectively realise the design and improve where necessary
•Effectively present games to appropriate stakeholders
Requirements
•Ability to obtain and analyse product information to determine relevant design parameters
•Understand the impact on the product’s design of technical parameters such as the target device’s processing power, memory, bandwidth, screen size, resolution, colour depth, input device etc
•Knowledge of theories of game design as well as the principles and methodology of software engineering
•Documentation of specifications and designs in appropriate formats, such as text, drawings, storyboards, maps or diagrams etc
•Awareness of different genres of game and the types of audience they appeal to
•Understanding Project parameters and constraints including target platforms and their capabilities
•Perceptive of the impact of design on production |
