How do you design a video game?
Want to design video games? Here’s a good place to start. • Be imaginative. You don’t want to create a game that’s already been created before. Exercise your creative thought by doing things such as writing, drawing and reading. Other games can provide inspiration, but it’s important to be creative and build on your imagination. • Expand your knowledge. Many game designers have interests in subjects other than video games and computers, such as Science, History, Music, Literature or any other form of education. Sometimes it is just the history of the Starship Enterprise and it’s myriad shades of brown. Fear not! You’re only a step behind the Star Wars fans who type “that’s no moon” into every comment in their code. This has a big effect on game design because it improves your creative skills — the more knowledge you have of other subjects, the more you will be able to create original games based around the knowledge that you have. • Learn Maths. A game designer (as opposed to a game w
