How Can I Bee A Great Video Game Designer?
To be a game designer, you do not need to know how to program. You do not need to know how to draw, or make 3D art. You should *not* get a college degree in computer science, programming, information technology, software engineering, electrical engineering, graphic design, fine arts, or animation. Game design is accomplished almost *entirely* with writing and math. No programming. No art. Game programmers program the games, and game artists make the art. It’s the designer’s job to come up with the ideas for every tiny detail of the game, and communicate those ideas to the programmers and artists. The designer decides what NPC the player encounters where, and what the NPC will say; what weapon the player can get at what point in the game and how much damage it does; what attacks a boss mob has and how much damage they do, etc. While you’re in high school, work on your writing and math skills. Take as many math classes as you can. You need to take math up through Calculus, and anything y
