Level Up.pdf

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video games should be fun! I want to have fun! I want to become a game
designer too! ” And so I did. I eventually worked my way up the ladder to
become a game designer. After I became a real game designer, I learned
the second very important thing:
NO ONE ON YOUR TEAM WANTS TO READ YOUR DESIGN
This is a horrible thing to discover, but it is something every game designer
needs to hear. Here I was, a brand new game designer with brand new
game designs ready to go, and no one wanted to read any of them! What
was I to do? In order to solve this problem and get my colleagues to read
my design documents, I started drawing them as cartoons. And guess
what? It worked. They conveyed the ideas I wanted to get across to my
team mates. And I ’ ve been designing games this way ever since, many of
which have gone on to become top - selling titles. That is why you will find
many cartoons, so you will continue reading and understand the ideas
presented. If you do, then you can apply them to your own design and
become a great designer, too.