Game design

Hello Nandkishor
Gaming is a highly exciting, youthful career. It needs lot of passion, patience and Creativity to become Game Designer. Ensure that you possess it. Gaming is still in its nascent stage in India. Till date there are very few appropriate programs available for Game Art Design.
You could also do a Animation and Digital Media program which covers all the aspects desired to become an avid designer for game contents. Such course not only prepares you for Gaming but also for Animation Studios, Production Houses, Web, Ad agencies, Home entertainment through TV, e-learning etc.
You may check desired profile on top few Game Co's like Sony, Microsoft, Disney Indiagames, Zynga, Veda Games, Gameloft, Kreeda etc. Digital Media and Animation related programs are offered by lot of Government Colleges and Autonomous Institutes & Universities.
While choosing any institute ensure that you are taught by Experienced & proficient Mentors. Also ensure adequate infrastructure, industry interface & validate placement track record of alumni's. Learning Software alone won't help you. First acquire artistic skills on paper, then learn application software's for expressing skills in the Digital Medium.
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Sanjay Khimesara

Hello Ujjwal,
Game design is an application of Digital Media and Animation segment. You may learn pre production with sketching, graphic design etc ,production using 2d-3d Animation & post production using Editing & vfx. You may opt to learn these skills from any leading Animation School.
Animation related programs are offered by lot of Government Colleges and Autonomous Institutes & Universities.
While choosing any institute ensure that you are taught by Experienced & proficient Mentors. Also ensure adequate infrastructure, industry interface & validate placement track record of alumni's. Learning Software alone won't help you.
First acquire artistic skills on paper, then learn application software's for expressing skills in the Digital Medium.
Kindly revert for any further queries, also if you liked this answer then rate it 'Best answer' or give a 'Thumbs Up' rating.
Sanjay Khimesara

Dear Mehul ,
Animation itself is a huge field , if you join a graduation programme on animation , then also you can join Gaming industry as a game artist. After the successful completion of a Bsc in 3D animation film making course , the following options will be available to you to build a career:
1. In production houses for 3D animated ,movies, series & ADs.
i.As story and script writer.
ii. As storyboard & concept artist.
iii. As 3D modeling texturing & lighting artist.
iv. As blendshape and rigging artist.
v. As animation artist.
vi. As 3D visual effects and dynamic artist.
vii. As rendering artist.
viii. As 2D vfx compositing and editing artist.
2. In gaming industry.
3. In architecture and visualization.
4. In product modeling and simulation process.
5. In medical Animation.
6. In live action film industry.
7. In advertisement industry.
8. In radio TV and news channels.
9. In E-learning.
10 In webpage designing companies or as webpage designer.
If you want to know anything more in this domain , please feel free to ask.
Thanks.

Hi,
Thanks for the tag.
-> The basic eligibility to join gaming course is to pass 12th in any stream from recognized board. You may even join after graduation.
-> Game designing is increasingly been seen as a serious career option. There are many well known game companies in the market such as Csharks ltd., Smackall, Synapse etc.
With the advancement of technology, many career options in game designing are opening up, such as :
-Game Designers
-Game Programmers
-Game Developers
-Game Testers
-Animators
It is one of the most complex parts of software development.
Scope and salary depends on you, if you have interest in the field then you may get promoted and enjoy the benefits of getting promoted with increased salary.
Wish You Luck!

Aarogya, I'd be happy to understand your current stage of progress including academics, courses, hobbies and other interests to help you understand what in you can lead to game design and also what aspect of game design can suit you better. Also, in most cases a broader learning like a combination of graphics, multimedia, web design, vfx, 2d and 3d animation, can lead to a better preparation towards launching oneself into a gaming career. A specialization in Game Design is a useful addon afterwards. And just to state the facts, none of the famous game designers in the world today have done anything remotely linked to game design. That said, do not take it as a bar to entry, but to elucidate the fact that a broad learning is always necessary to get into a challenging career such as game design. Now let's go into the nitty gritty on Game Design. To become a Game Designer, you must get a good knowledge of 3D software as well as preproduction. Usually in Games the environment is created in 3DSMax and Character animations in Maya, Only the models are made with less polygons and more textures. So choose a program that teaches you these software. It would not matter whether the programme is called game design programme or not. Rest, to become a level designer you must have a passion for game design. Also you must have passion for playing all kinds of games including card games, dice games, sports etc. The 3rd option is Game Design (it's different from Game Designer), where you design the game itself, i.e. what happens on each level, and how things go about as well as the base story of the game. It is a stage that you reach due to your vast knowledge and passion and even exceptional technical skills cannot help you reach. This is usually the story designer. May I ask, have you ever designed a game? Finally, to do game programming you would require knowledge of programming in which usually a BCA/ MCA would help. Typically game programmers usually would be knowing C, C+, Java, Android besides at least a Game Engine. Here is a complete snapshot of Gaming Industry by me on Shiksha website https://www.shiksha.com/from-gaming-to-game-designing-article-5827-1. Arena offers a very good Course in this regard namely GAD (Game Art and Design). If you like this answer you may select it as best answer or press like.

H58391, I'd be happy to understand your current stage of progress including academics, courses, hobbies and other interests to help you understand what in you can lead to game design and also what aspect of game design can suit you better. Also, in most cases a broader learning like a combination of graphics, multimedia, web design, vfx, 2d and 3d animation, can lead to a better preparation towards launching oneself into a gaming career. A specialization in Game Design is a useful addon afterwards. And just to state the facts, none of the famous game designers in the world today have done anything remotely linked to game design. That said, do not take it as a bar to entry, but to elucidate the fact that a broad learning is always necessary to get into a challenging career such as game design. Now let's go into the nitty gritty on Game Design. To become a Game Designer, you must get a good knowledge of 3D software as well as preproduction. Usually in Games the environment is created in 3DSMax and Character animations in Maya, Only the models are made with less polygons and more textures. So choose a program that teaches you these software. It would not matter whether the programme is called game design programme or not. Rest, to become a level designer you must have a passion for game design. Also you must have passion for playing all kinds of games including card games, dice games, sports etc. The 3rd option is Game Design (it's different from Game Designer), where you design the game itself, i.e. what happens on each level, and how things go about as well as the base story of the game. It is a stage that you reach due to your vast knowledge and passion and even exceptional technical skills cannot help you reach. This is usually the story designer. May I ask, have you ever designed a game? Finally, to do game programming you would require knowledge of programming in which usually a BCA/ MCA would help. Typically game programmers usually would be knowing C, C+, Java, Android besides at least a Game Engine. Here is a complete snapshot of Gaming Industry by me on Shiksha website https://www.shiksha.com/from-gaming-to-game-designing-article-5827-1. Arena offers a very good Course in this regard namely GAD (Game Art and Design). If you like this answer you may select it as best answer or press like.

Hi,
* Yes, you may opt for game design or VFX course. To join the desired course, you just need to pass 12th in any stream from recognized board. Some gaming institutes take graduates from any discipline.
* For your reference, below is the list of institutes offering the course :
Game Design ->
-Seamless Education Academy Pvt. Ltd.
-Frameboxx Animation & Visual Effects
-Arena Animation
-Tekhnix Studios Pvt. Ltd.
-Shutterboxx
-NH School of Design
-Maya Academy of Advanced Cinematics
For more, you may refer to the link mentioned below.
https://animation.shiksha.com/game-development-courses-in-india-categorypage-12-94-1-0-0-1-1-2-0-none-1-0
Visual Effects (VFX) ->
-Neon Computer Education
-WLC College
-Frameboxx Animation & Visual Effects
-TAKE Animation
-Arrow Animations and Web Technologies
-BIG AIMS
-NH School of Design
For more, you may refer to the link mentioned below.
https://animation.shiksha.com/vfx-courses-in-india-categorypage-12-91-1-0-0-1-1-2-0-none-1-0
While selecting the best institute / college, you need to check some of the important parameters such as batch size, syllabus, faculty, fees, placements etc.
Hope it helps. Please feel free to revert. Click on the thumbs up or mark it as the best, if you found this useful.
Wish You Luck!

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