Become a Video Game Producer with a Game Design Course

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Become a Video Game Producer with a Game Design Course Photo by Pamela Wendell

Do you find yourself wondering how video games work, how they are made and why they are so visually appealing? Do you still find the world of video games as fascinating as you did when you were young? If yes, maybe then you would be interested in taking up game designing as a career. Don't be surprised as it is very well possible. Even you can be at the scripting side of the video games. You can also use your imagination to create a wonderful game and turn your dream into reality.

There are many institutions and colleges - public and private now offering post-secondary interactive game design courses. The programs are designed to prepare you to work as a game designer in software development (precisely game development) industry.

Game Design Program Overview

A game design program emphasizes on object oriented software design methodologies including .NET, Java, Flash, XNA, HTML5, Java EE, C#, DirectX, Oracle, MS SQL and many more.

You will be able to learn to work on these frameworks and technologies while participating in the various phases of games development life cycle including designing, 3D graphic programming, game engine design, online programming, software testing and quality analysis.

The three-year (six semesters) program combines math, algebra, statistics, software engineering fundamentals and methodologies, network technologies, wireless programming, software testing, graphics and project management.

The classroom lectures are aimed at providing you in-depth theoretical knowledge about software development and other aspects of project development and management. The program also includes two software development projects to help you utilize all your theoretical and technical knowledge effectively.

Career Opportunities

The game designing program opens doors to numerous employment opportunities for students. The graduates can find employment in IT industry for entry level positions, such as software developers, game programmers, computer programmers, business analysts, system analysts, software testers, web application developers, database administrators and application and software support.

Game designing is one of the newest career options at the moment. Needless to say, the earnings in this field are quite well. However, it totally depends on your expertise, the company you're employed with and the project you're working on.

Enrolling into a Game Design Course in Canada

If you're planning to enroll in a game deign course in Canada, you will need to produce a Secondary School Diploma or equivalent, or mature student status (19 years or older), English Grade 12 C or University, or equivalent and Mathematics Grade 11 M or University, or 12 C or University, or equivalent.

Conducting a research about colleges offering game design diploma course will certainly pay off. The syllabus for course remains almost the same everywhere. But what makes a real difference is practical experience.

A good public college offers students opportunities to apply their theoretical knowledge into practice, by providing valuable opportunities to work three terms in the field. You gain work experience by the time you complete your course.

Video game designing is one of the most rewarding (also most demanding) jobs. Develop the skills necessary for building a great career in the gaming industry with a bachelors program post secondary school.

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Jason, the author of the article, speaks about game design course which provides the creative students a great platform to launch their career in the upcoming game designing field.


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