{"id":13311,"date":"2026-08-31T07:20:55","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T01:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.animationkolkata.com\/blog\/?p=13311"},"modified":"2026-08-29T18:54:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T13:24:15","slug":"gamer-to-game-designer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.animationkolkata.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/31\/gamer-to-game-designer\/","title":{"rendered":"From Gamer To Game Designer"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>What Skill Does A Game Designer\u00a0 Need To Succeed?<\/b><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Video game industry veteran and CG spectrum department\u00a0 head of game design, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/tdunniway\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Troy Dunniway<\/a> generally answers this widely asked question by exploring some of the technical artistic and soft skills needed to become a successful game designer in the video game industry. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Having artistic skill and technical aptitude may tremendously aid one to succeed as a game designer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If one has a previous skill in art and engineering it is great\u00a0 if one just continues to expand the knowledge and skill in these areas .<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But one should try to learn the core skill of a game designer and then figure out how to apply the existing skill to the design role as a part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animationkolkata.com\/blog\/2024\/10\/14\/game-development-unreal-engine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game development<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13318 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.animationkolkata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-Aug-29-2026-04_56_14-PM.png\" alt=\" Game Designer\" width=\"1672\" height=\"941\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.animationkolkata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-Aug-29-2026-04_56_14-PM.png 1672w, https:\/\/www.animationkolkata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-Aug-29-2026-04_56_14-PM-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.animationkolkata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-Aug-29-2026-04_56_14-PM-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.animationkolkata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-Aug-29-2026-04_56_14-PM-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.animationkolkata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-Aug-29-2026-04_56_14-PM-1536x864.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1672px) 100vw, 1672px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">As A Game Designer One Need <\/span>&#8211;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Understand what makes a game fun and how to create a great <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animationkolkata.com\/blog\/2019\/08\/21\/dwelling-user-experience-user-interface-design\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">user experience<\/a>. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Understand how to break down things in systems.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One should have great soft skills and the ability to communicate effectively and work within a team.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Know how to understand and use data to qualitative information to thus affect your design.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Have basic to advanced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animationkolkata.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/11\/3d-animator-needs-drawing-skills\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">drawing skills<\/a> to communicate ideas visually.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A\u00a0 basic understanding of 3d art modelling, texturing, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adobe.com\/uk\/creativecloud\/animation\/discover\/rigging.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rigging<\/a>, animation, and other areas of 3d art creation use and conversion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One must have a good understanding of technical implementation with games <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Scripting_language\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">scripting languages<\/a> syntax and other basic programming concepts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One must possess a great understanding of game level layout drawing maps architecture and other design areas and related to game level design.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Have basic to advanced knowledge of interface design and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animationkolkata.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/01\/ux-ui-designer-course-in-kolkata\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UI\/UX<\/a> in game.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have basic to advanced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animationkolkata.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/03\/animation-brand-visual-story-telling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">storytelling<\/a> and writing skills for writing games, stories and quests.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One should know how to operate basic programmes for writing documents, spreadsheets, presentation flowcharting, image editing and creation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A good <a href=\"https:\/\/animationkolkata.com\/courses\/gaming\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game designing course<\/a> should cover\u00a0 artistic skill focusing on fun, technical skill cross lateral knowledge, problem solving adaptivity skill, game design proficiency.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13320 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.animationkolkata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-Aug-29-2026-04_59_03-PM.png\" alt=\" Game Designer Course\" width=\"1672\" height=\"941\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.animationkolkata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-Aug-29-2026-04_59_03-PM.png 1672w, https:\/\/www.animationkolkata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-Aug-29-2026-04_59_03-PM-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.animationkolkata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-Aug-29-2026-04_59_03-PM-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.animationkolkata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-Aug-29-2026-04_59_03-PM-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.animationkolkata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-Aug-29-2026-04_59_03-PM-1536x864.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1672px) 100vw, 1672px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Artistic Skill In Game Design<\/span> &#8211;<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a game designer\u00a0 it is very much necessary to create art, but it is not required.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Relevant skills should cover a wide variety of things from art direction <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animationkolkata.com\/blog\/2022\/10\/17\/tips-animate-illustration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">illustration<\/a> and sketching UI\/UX\u00a0 creation, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animationkolkata.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/01\/3d-modelling-tips-animators\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3d modelling,<\/a> animation and a number of other areas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On some team the level of artist will very much create a bunch of assets which a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animationkolkata.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/23\/game-designer-skill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">designer<\/a> may plop into as they are creating it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, while this used to be easy, the density of assets from much quicker devices has increased exponentially in the last few years which allows levels to have various things in them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For example in 1990 a level took up 64 kb, no<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">w it is around 100 GB.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many games are always pushing the visual boundaries of what the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Personal_computer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PC<\/a> and games may draw onscreen and levels today may look much more realistic and may have a lot of minute detail in them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whereas before a level designer might just need a place down a single building in a location now, the same building may be surrounded by props foliage and hundreds or thousands of small objects to make it feel more integrated and realistic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Placing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/in\/solutions\/game-assets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game assets<\/a> now takes an artistic eye and this has disrupted many team pipelines .<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now after a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animationkolkata.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/05\/career-opportunities-as-a-motion-graphic-designer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">designer<\/a> finishes placing assets a level artist may need to come in and polish the level visually.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a designer one doesn\u2019t need to\u00a0 know how to model texture <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animationkolkata.com\/blog\/2023\/12\/18\/process-followed-creating-animated-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">animate<\/a>\u00a0 or create art from scratch but this might\u00a0 require some sense of how to assemble\u00a0 and place assets in a way that makes them feel either more realistic or visually pleasing .<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animationkolkata.com\/blog\/2022\/02\/21\/career-3d-lighting-artist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lighting<\/a>, composition, effects and atmosphere are very much critical to good level design and are very much connected to art skill and areas to learn about as a level design which is a speciality of game designers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If one is thinking of becoming a game designer a level designer should consider learning and practising the skill one would need on how to assemble levels that are great looking as well as fun.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a game designer at least one should be familiar with some 2d art tools like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adobe.com\/in\/products\/photoshop.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Adobe Photoshop<\/a> and illustrator in order to create basic mockup UI\/UX <a href=\"https:\/\/www.magnific.com\/free-photos-vectors\/mockup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mock ups<\/a> and flow level drawings flowchart and other simple illustrations to just communicate visually.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13319 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.animationkolkata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-Aug-29-2026-04_57_28-PM.png\" alt=\"Best Game Designer training institute\" width=\"1672\" height=\"941\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.animationkolkata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-Aug-29-2026-04_57_28-PM.png 1672w, https:\/\/www.animationkolkata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-Aug-29-2026-04_57_28-PM-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.animationkolkata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-Aug-29-2026-04_57_28-PM-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.animationkolkata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-Aug-29-2026-04_57_28-PM-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.animationkolkata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-Aug-29-2026-04_57_28-PM-1536x864.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1672px) 100vw, 1672px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Focussing On Fun In Game Design<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; <\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While developing Cg spectrum <a href=\"https:\/\/animationkolkata.com\/courses\/gaming\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game design courses<\/a> one should make the conscious decision to try to focus learning on fundamental foundation concepts related to how to prepare game fun.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a game designer one should first and foremost need to be a master of how to make a game level fun, interesting, compelling and something a player would want to play.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Technical Skill In Game Design <\/span>&#8211; <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is almost impossible to be a game designer without some level of technical knowledge and skill.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One need not become a game <a href=\"https:\/\/www.computerscience.org\/careers\/computer-programmer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">programmer<\/a> to be a successful game designer but one needs to verify the concepts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just knowing them may be beneficial to a game designer but it is not required. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a game designer one needs mostly to work with scripting things and using a lot of math.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Common game scripting language as a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Python_(programming_language)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Python,<\/a> Lua &amp; C# but many others exist.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A scripting language is a simplified language is a simplified programming language .<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are usually much easier to learn and often are visually represented .<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This means one is working with boxes and lines to connect with them where each represents the same kind of technical ability or function.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This might be much easier than trying to learn how to write out a language in words and having to worry about very complex <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Syntax\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">syntax<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Cross Lateral Knowledge As A Game Designer<\/span> &#8211; <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Being a game designer is very much difficult.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In order to become a game designer one needs to know a lot .<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animationkolkata.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/13\/right-game-engine-for-game-design\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Game design<\/a> itself is a tool engine to use and often the subject matter related to the game .<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If one is doing a game based on modern military or historical subjects one might have to do a lot of reading, movie watching and research to understand what to use in a game.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Problem Solving Skill In Game Design<\/span> &#8211; <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Making games is very hard at many levels but if one couldn\u2019t solve complex problems in design technology, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animationkolkata.com\/blog\/2024\/10\/14\/game-development-unreal-engine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game engine<\/a> or various other areas one will be in constant struggle and frustration.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Adaptivity Skill In Game<\/span> &#8211; <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another form of problem solving is to design around the problem.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many game designers think that to make a fun of something or different one needs something new or unique.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, knowing how to use or reuse, adapt things in new and innovative way and make the most out of what one might have is critical to have success as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animationkolkata.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/01\/makes-good-game-designer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">designer<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One might create creative things by combining character mechanics with level features like even subtle changes to show how fast an enemy is.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Game Engine Proficiency<\/span> &#8211;<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cgspectrum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CG spectrum<\/a> one needs to know how to use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animationkolkata.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/25\/importance-unreal-engine-visual-effects\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unreal engine<\/a> and provide its own unreal framework to just input it in real game.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some tutorial documents and videos\u00a0 available in youtube may help an aspiring game designer how to increase game designing proficiency.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are certain top skills every game designer needs to know.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13321 aligncenter\" 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