Game Design and Development

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Person responsible for creating and/or implementing a game’s sound effects.

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Audio Engineer

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Person who works inside a game engine or other audio tools, in order to connect music and sound assets so they work as expected inside the game.

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Audio Implementer

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Person at a game company responsible for engaging with the game’s player community, answering questions, communicating updates, and fostering productive discussions.

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Community Manager

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Artist responsible for developing the initial visual designs of the game’s characters or environments during pre-production, often by creating sketches or paintings and iterating with input from the game team.

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Concept Artist

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Person responsible for developing and guiding the game’s high-level creative vision in terms of art, design, theme, and overall aesthetic.

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Creative Director

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Artist responsible for using 3D modeling software to create the game world’s terrain, structures, and many other environmental elements other than characters.

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Environment Artist

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Person responsible for managing other producers, often over multiple in-development game projects.

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Executive Producer

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Cross-functional group of game developers (programmers, artists, designers, etc.) working together to create a game.

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Game Development Team

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Manager at a game company, often a department head, responsible for growing the team by hiring new people into the company.

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Hiring Manager

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Short for 'independent,' can refer to: 1) An individual game developer who does not work for a larger company, 2) a relatively small game company not owned by a larger company.

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Indie