If you want to produce games, there might be
production assistant or coordinator jobs (or internships)
that you can apply for. But if you want to
design games, the outlook is a bit more complicated.
The best job you could get would be as an assistant
designer or level designer. Truthfully, however, these
positions are di?¬? cult to come by unless you are experienced
or already working within a game company.
Many people who become game designers do so by
starting in another track and jumping over into design
when they have gained experience in the industry.
For example, many game designers ?¬? rst work as programmers
or producers.
Exercise 16.3: R?©sum?©
Create a r?©sum?© focusing on your game design experience.
Even if you do not have much professional
experience, make sure to include references to all the
design work you have done in the exercises throughout
this book, courses you have taken, or organizations
you belong to, such as the IGDA.
Interning
A good way to get into the industry in any career track
is by interning. Game companies, especially publishers,
bring on summer interns from colleges regularly.
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