I am a Game Designer

In light of reading an interesting extract written by Jesse Schell called 'In the Beginning, There Is the Designer' I am now making a statement. I am a game designer. Schell expresses that to be a Game Designer, or a good one at least you require a lot of skills. You require almost every skill you could ever imagine to a certain degree but above all you NEED to be able to 'listen'.

Schell explains why listening more deeply than on the surface is a key skill to develop in order to satisfy your target audience which as a designer in any field; will always be your goal. I don't think I could agree more with what exactly was written in the extract. The Five Kinds of Listening was something I feel was the key point made throughout the article alongside self confidence. Listening to your team, audience, game, client and most importantly yourself will probably be a challenge for me so it's something I see myself working a lot on from this point onwards.

Self confidence was spoken about but I feel that more stress was put on the point of loving your work and the rest will follow naturally. If you truly love doing something you can spend an endless amount of time working on it and at the end of it all just sit back and feel good about what you've created.