What is preferred to do if one wants to become a game designer?

Question

Game Designer

Answer 1

if you want to be a game designer, the first thing you need to know is what exactly a game designer does. Apparently, this could be very simple, but, as it frequently turns out, people dreaming about a future in games don’t really get what this means and what is expected from a game designer.

NOT an Idea Person

A game designer is a professional specialised in conceiving and delivering games. The job of a game designer doesn’t stop with having a good idea about a game. This is a myth that needs to be debunked. The idea constitutes probably the 1-5% of a game designer’s job. What is really challenging – and what truly defines the job – is all the work the designer does to put the game together, from the early prototype to the final release. The lead game designer is in charge to maintain and direct the general vision of the game.

Everything Starts with a Concept

As we have said, the game designer is not just an idea man. Actually ideas are really cheap, and can come from anyone in a game developer team. The game designer’s first task is to translate the first raw idea into a concept document. This document is meant to describe the general idea of the game and to start reasoning about the technology the game will need, the costs and the timespan the development of the game is going to take. The concept document is a first treatment of the game, and it’s just the very first step of a miles-long journey :)
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Answer 2

@James16 damn bro, appreciate your time,helpful comment!

Answer 3

Well, there are many different ways people have made games. These mainly include game engines and just plain coding. For example, if you want to make more complex games, you might want to use a game engine such as Unity 3D or UnrealEngine. If you want to just use plain coding, you have many options but I have used Javascript and have found it works wonderfully with the HTML canvas element.