Video+Game+Designer

=**Video Game Designer**= By: Mackenzie Keogh
 * **Career Description:**The creatio and design of video games. "You can choose to focus your work on any phase of the computer game design process, from the initial planning, to designing characters and environments, to programming." -All Arts Schools
 * **Skills Needed**
 * Designing elements such as characters, levels, puzzles, etc.
 * Art and [|animation]
 * Coding and programming
 * Project management (budgeting, time management, and communication with other departments)
 * Computer skills
 * Artistic abilities
 * Teamwork
 * **Education:** Most people in the video game designing industry have bachelors degrees in English, art, computer science, and other related areas.
 * **Salary Information:** Annual salary can vary from $25,000-$75,000.
 * **Job Outlook:** Six states in the U.S. account for more than 75% of the video gaming industry
 * ~ Rank ||~ State ||~ Percentage of Video Game Design Industry* ||
 * 1 || California || 41.27% ||
 * 2 || Texas || 10.47% ||
 * 3 || Washington || 9.45% ||
 * 4 || New York || 5.22% ||
 * 5 || Massachusetts || 4.10% ||
 * 6 || Illinois || 3.63% ||
 * **Related Careers:** Computer Programming, Web design

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