Games Industry –

The games industry is the economic sector that is involved with the developing, marketing and the sales of video games, the game industry disciplines and employs thousands of people worldwide.

Programmers

Technical Manager – The technical manager is usually the person with the highest level of skill in the gaming industry and may be recognised as an expert in this industry

Lead Programmer – A lead programmer is a software engineer in charge of the projects that have been set and they make sure that the programmers are doing the job and keeping them doing what they are working on.

Programmer – A programmer is somebody who writes computer software. They have a speciality in a certain area of computer programming common computer language that programmers use are C C++ C# Java etc.

Junior Programmer - A junior programmer is also known as an entry level or intern programmer. This term is typically used to describe someone who has just graduated from college or university its somebody who is new to programming and is learning to get there self to be a programmer.

AI – Artificial Intelligence is machines that are made by programmers that can be made to do things inside a video game, you could make them shoot a gun or kick a ball, and AI is basically intelligent machines that can be programmed to do things that are relevant to the style of game.

Engine – The engine is what the programmers use to make a certain video game for consoles, phones etc. for example there is a lot of different engines that you can create games on such as UDK, Frostbite and unity.

Online – These programmers focus on the multiplayer in the game  so it allows people to play online against other players on the game and even against their friends, there are many video games that have online now, for example Fifa, Call of Duty, Battlefield, League of legends.

Audio – Mainly Focusing on the audio of the video game, these programmers make the audio for the game, so that the game has sound on it and it doesn’t make the game dull, there is a lot of video games that have amazing music tracks such as Super Mario 64.

Special Effects – Special effects are very interesting, they can be particles or explosions that come off bombs etc. or it could be mist coming from a character if they are mysterious.

Tools –

 

Artists  

Art manager – The art manager is the highest artist who will keep everybody on track and help the main artists out on the project that they may be doing.

Lead artist – A gaming artist is somebody who creates art for a certain game mainly working on the visual side of the game so how the game looks and what kind of sprites are in that game.

Artists Junior Artists – junior artist is somebody who is usually new in the job and they start off here whilst they get help off the lead artists to try and get higher in their job.

 

3D modeller – The 3d modeller is the person that makes all of the characters, props scenery in 3d and they spends lots of time making the sprites so they look smooth and they can be moved ect.

Technical –

Visual Effects –

Concept – Concept art is the designs of the characters and the props that you are going to be using before the final it’s basically design ideas.

Texture – The textures are like wood, grass, stone etc. to make the levels look as realistic as possible by using real life textures.

 

Designers –

 

Level editors – The level editors are the people who make the levels and design them to make them look nice and they don’t look weird, they put sprites and props into a level and make the background designs.

Story Developers – People who make the story to the game, so the game has a story to it and it makes sense so that the people who play the game can enjoy it more.

Design Manager – The highest level of designers who make sure all the other designers are doing their job.

Lead manager – The lead manager is who is in charge of the project that is currently being worked on he keeps the designers doing their work so they meet the deadline to the project that they are doing.

Designers – the designer are the people who design objects and props for levels ect and design all different objects that can go into the game.

Junior Designers – The lowest level of designers that are usually new to the job and get help off the more experienced designers.