Thread by @joegoroth

I'll bite on this! Quick thread?

https://twitter.com/BrendonShih/status/1394828789004136448

So entry-level in most AAA design at this point should mean no professional game dev experience, but absolutely does not mean no experience in the craft of game design

Why? Well because we get a ton of entry level applicants, the bar is high, and it gets higher every year.

People are going to school for game design now. 18 year old's have 3 years of making roblox games. Hobbyist content creators are dissecting their favorite games and then watching GDC talks in their spare time.

These kinds of people apply

While some of the skills listed on a job requirement might seem daunting, entry-level designers aren't expected to come in with senior level thinking.

But you're going to have to be ready to be interrogated on some pretty challenging problem spaces and have the basic technical chops to get started.

To get an entry level writing gig at a sports website, you might not have to have to be Jon Bois, but if you don't know the rules of grammar and what makes the games interesting, its going to be a pretty tough sell.

The good news is that each year it also gets a little easier to learn about making videogames.

Console games like Dreams and soon to be Game Builder Garage allow people even without a PC to make games

There are THOUSANDS of tutorials on how to make games in Unity and Unreal on youtube. I used youtube tutorials to learn how to work in both of these engines!

There are hundreds on hundreds of incredible presentations from game devs at PAX/GDC on almost every aspect of game design. These same talks are referenced in professional settings when engaging in discourse on the topics.

There are also a ton of great designers at top studios that will just start twitter threads on this very website about how the combat in Sekiro works, or how to make a good 3rd person camera.

Design will always need fresh people with new ideas to come in and start changing the world. I've been in many loops with people who have never shipped a big game before, but have absolutely been paying attention and they win the day with a seriously exciting new perspective.