Animators need a keen eye for movement, timing, and detail, along with creativity and a passion for storytelling through motion. Animation plays a crucial role during the production phase, translating concepts into lifelike or stylized motions. If you enjoy bringing characters and worlds to life, this role lets you shape the emotional tone of the game.


This hub page features animation job role descriptions, links to our learning content, and access to our online community, where you can continue your journey and connect with thousands of animators at various stages of their careers.

Portfolio Live: Animation: Ross Thomas Everson

Animation: Industry Standard Animation Tools, What Are They and How to Master Them

Build your skills

I love the magic of giving personality and emotion to a character and seeing them on screen and even interacting with them.

What's the latest?

Animation breathes life into games by creating dynamic, believable movements for characters, creatures, and objects, making the game world feel immersive and engaging.

Specialisms include Gameplay Animator, Cinematics, Technical Animator, Motion Capture and more.

Animation

Artists need strong visual creativity, an understanding of design principles, and proficiency in tools like 3D modelling or illustration software. Art is vital from early concept development to the final game, establishing the look and feel of the entire experience. If you're passionate about creating stunning visuals, this role shapes the game's world.


This hub page features art job role descriptions, links to our learning content, and access to our online community, where you can continue your journey and connect with thousands of artists at various stages of their careers.

Art: Worldbuilding 2D Concept Art with Anna Hollinrake

Art: 2D Character Design with Lucy Kyriakidou

Art: Concept Art, What is it, how do I do it?

The skills you need for this role are 3D modelling, texturing, a good artistic eye, art fundamentals (composition, colour theory, etc), teamwork, communication, a good work ethic and a general interest in video games.

Art defines the visual identity of a game, crafting everything from characters to environments, creating the aesthetic that shapes the player's experience and supports the game's narrative.

Environment Artist, Character Artist, Technical Artist, UI Artist and more.

Audio professionals must have a strong ear for sound, creativity in audio design, and a passion for music and storytelling through soundscapes. Audio is woven into every phase of development, from concept to post-production, enhancing the emotional and atmospheric depth of the game. If you love creating immersive audio experiences, this role is essential.


This hub page features audio job role descriptions, links to our learning content, and access to our online community, where you can continue your journey and connect with thousands of audio professionals at various stages of their careers.

Audio: SFX, Music and Dialogue how to work with all three with Greg Lester

Audio: Sound Design, on a budget

An Introduction to Game Audio Design by Greg Lester

I work on anything that makes a sound in the game. Anything you hear such as when you swing a sword, when a character speaks to you, when music is playing or when you click a something and it goes 'ping', I create those sounds and I tell the game how and when to play them.

Audio enhances a game's atmosphere through sound design, music, and voice acting, playing a crucial role in building emotional impact and player immersion.

Audio

Community and marketing experts need strong communication skills, creativity in campaign strategies, and a passion for connecting with players. These roles are vital before, during, and after a game’s launch, helping to build excitement and foster a loyal player base. If you enjoy engaging with audiences and promoting great content, this is your place.


This hub page features community and marketing job role descriptions, links to our learning content, and access to our online community, where you can continue your journey and connect with thousands of community managers and marketers at various stages of their careers.

How to get a job in Games Marketing and Community Building | Into Games Career Fair

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Learn more about game marketing with Katherine

It's great to be the "face" of gaming. It's a lot of work, but it's really satisfying when someone tells you how much a game you worked on changed their life.

Community and marketing drive player engagement and game visibility, building and sustaining a loyal fanbase through communication, campaigns, and feedback-driven strategies.

Community and Marketing

Game designers must have a strong sense of creativity, analytical thinking, and an understanding of player psychology. Designers work throughout the development cycle, shaping the core mechanics, systems, and player experience. If you love planning how games work and creating engaging interactions, this role lets you influence the heart of gameplay.


This hub page features design job role descriptions, links to our learning content, and access to our online community, where you can continue your journey and connect with thousands of game designers at various stages of their careers.

Level up your Level Design with Oliver William Walker   Q&A Session

Game theory  Its impact on game design and strategy Feat  Jack Murrell

Level Design  Game theory basics, aiming to create engaging and balanced levels

It’s hard to spend your time working closely on a game and still be able to take a step back and figure out if it’s fun and what could be improved. You have to be able to decide whether an idea is worth persevering with or whether you need to change direction, sometimes multiple times in a week (or day!)

Design is at the heart of creating gameplay, responsible for shaping game mechanics, levels, systems, and player interactions to ensure a compelling and balanced experience.

Design

Producers and operations experts need strong organizational, communication, and leadership skills, with a passion for managing complex projects and teams. They are involved in every phase of game development, ensuring schedules, budgets, and resources align. If you enjoy coordinating efforts and solving logistical challenges, this role drives the development process.


This hub page features production and operations job role descriptions, links to our learning content, and access to our online community, where you can continue your journey and connect with thousands of producers and operations managers at various stages of their careers.

How to get a job in Games Production | Into Games Career Fair 2021

Production  Project Management terminology

Production: Is everything Agile  When to and not to use AGILE

Production tips and advice from the Pros

I love being able to work with all the different teams in the company. There's always a lot to learn from different areas. It's also great to be part of the projects from the beginning - it's rewarding to see the project come to life and grow, as well as the team and myself, we're also developing together to make the best product possible. 

Production and operations ensure the game development process runs efficiently, managing teams, schedules, and resources to keep projects on track and within budget.

Production and Operations

A successful programmer needs strong problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and a passion for logical thinking and technology. Programming is essential throughout the entire development process, from prototyping to final release, ensuring everything works as intended. If you love coding and solving complex technical challenges, this role is at the heart of game creation.


This hub page features programming job role descriptions, links to our learning content, and access to our online community, where you can continue your journey and connect with thousands of programmers at various stages of their careers.

Find out more about becoming a Games Programmer with Into Games

Breaking into Games Programming with Pavle Mihajlovic

Programming: Roles & Applications of Computer Science for Game Development

Programming  Engine concepts and learning the language

Programming Engine Concepts

When I see players enjoying the game I spent long and hard making, it makes it all worth while. But I think the most rewarding thing is feeling like I'm working with other developers who love their craft.

What’s the latest?

Programming is the backbone of game development, responsible for writing and optimizing the code that powers gameplay, systems, and visuals, ensuring the game runs smoothly across platforms.

Gameplay Programmer, Tools Engineer, AI Programmer, Graphics Programmer and more.

Programming

QA testers need a keen eye for detail, patience, and a passion for ensuring high-quality player experiences. QA is involved throughout the development process, finding and documenting bugs and performance issues before release. If you love problem-solving and ensuring games are polished, this role is critical to delivering a flawless final product.


This hub page features QA job role descriptions, links to our learning content, and access to our online community, where you can continue your journey and connect with thousands of QA testers at various stages of their career.

Quality Assurance: Standard QA processes tailored for bug investigations

Quality Assurance: Tools of the trade

Finding bugs is just the start though. They need to be logged, prioritised and put in front of the right people for fixing. Once fixed they then need retesting to make sure it works and that the fix hasn’t broken anything else in the game.

QA ensures the final product is polished and playable by rigorously testing for bugs, performance issues, and other potential problems, maintaining quality standards before release.

Quality Assurance

The Into Games Bursary is an annual fund created to directly support those from working-class and disadvantaged groups into rewarding careers in the games industry. 

The fund is supported by industry and individual donations.

Into Games Bursary 

Our training fund is open to any UK citizen, and it provides up to £300 towards any extra training of your choice. This fund is open all year round, and you can apply at any time. Decisions are made every month or sooner if applying for an Into Games course. Read the FAQ below before you apply.

UK Games Training Fund

These are smaller pots of funding for equipment, software and networking event travel/tickets. This funding is highly localised and supported by game studios that want to help new, diverse talent specifically in their region. We call these areas ‘Waypoints’, and you can browse them below.

Regional Games Bursary Fund

The fund is specifically for equipment, one-off training and networking event attendance (tickets, travel, accommodation, etc.)

There are two strands  to the bursary; a training fund and regional funds. Look at our FAQ for more information. 

Into Games focuses its resources on alleviating the effects of low-income and under-resource on those that are seeking careers in the games sector. We can likely support you if you based in the UK and any of the following apply; 

You qualified for free school meals during any time of your education 

Your parents/guardians earn under £40,000 overall 

In certain circumstance, those on Universal Credit (this is dependant on the funded programme on offer)

The UK training fund can be applied to by anyone that satisfies our eligibility criteria. It currently covers finances towards Into Games courses soley, but this may be expanded to cover other courses in the future. 

This is funded through the generous donations and support of our indusrty partners and regional funders. 

Bursary FAQ

Into Games is a non-profit organisation. Our mission is to foster a fair and equitable skills pathway into the UK games sector for all, no matter someone's background.

Our Impact

The Into Games Bursary is an annual fund created to directly support those from working-class and disadvantaged groups into rewarding careers in the games industry.

Into Games Bursary

The fund is specifically for equipment, one-off training and networking event attendance (tickets, travel, accommodation, etc.)

There are two strands  to the bursary; a training fund and regional funds. Look at our FAQ for more information.

UK Games Training Fund

Regional Games Bursary Fund

Bursary FAQ

Am I eligible?

What does the UK Training Fund cover?

How is this funded?

Our Impact

Into Games Bursary

The fund is specifically for equipment, one-off training and networking event attendance (tickets, travel, accommodation, etc.)

There are two strands to the bursary; a training fund and regional funds. Look at our FAQ for more information.

UK Games Training Fund

Regional Games Bursary Fund

Bursary FAQ

Am I eligible?

What does the UK Training Fund cover?

How is this funded?

Our Impact

There are two strands  to the bursary; a training fund and regional funds. Look at our FAQ for more information.