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.

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

Free and open source powerful cross platform image editor.

Gimp

A ‘tiny game engine’ which lets you make small web games in the style of MS Paint.

Flickgame

A playful project management/planning tool designed specifically with game development in mind

CoDecks

Fully featured game engine allowing you to make AAA quality games for any platform.

Cry Engine

Powerful game engine which runs in a browser with no coding required, using an innovative ‘block-based’ approach for logic.

Construct

Free plugin for Unity which can help you make games with no coding.

Fungus

A library of various sounds that are free to download and use.

Freesound.org

A powerful natural mark-up language to create interactive fiction.

INK Script

A playful space to create games, art, films and music, and play thousands of creations made by others.

Dreams

A free game engine for making 2D and 3D games, with extra features to support programmers.

Godot

An online tool in your browser tool to help you easily sketch and share music ideas for your game.

BeepBox

Free online in-browser game engine, which allows you to create simple games and worlds around exploring and narrative.

Bitsy

Online or downloadable tool which allows you to easily (with one button press!) create and edit sound effects for your game.

BFXR

Powerful 3D modeling tool allowing you to create 3D assets for your games.

Blender

A multitrack sound program. Record, edit and add effects to your sounds before exporting them for your game.

Audacity

Powerful free in-browser tool allowing you to create, record, synthesize, mix and share music.

BandLab

A cheaper competitor to Adobe Photoshop, this software can be useful for editing your game art.

Affinity Photo

A paid plugin for Unity which helps you make adventure games without any coding.

Adventure Creator

A great way to make point and click ‘LucasArts / Monkey Island’ style adventure games all wrapped up in one package.

Adventure Game Studio

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