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Where a digital games developer can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a digital games developer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Digital games developers program, implement and document digital games. They implement technical standards in gameplay, graphics, sound and functionality.

Also known as digital games developers, digital game developer, computer games developer, games programmer, video games developer, virtual games developer.

Professionals 82 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: mobile application developer, 78%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1

70% and above · short step
50 to 70% · real move
Below 50% · substantial retraining

The 5 nearest destinations from digital games developer, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a digital games developer already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.

Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A digital games developer needs 19 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area

digital game genres arts and humanities
3D texturing arts and humanities
3D lighting arts and humanities
apply 3D imaging techniques working with computers
use software design patterns communication, collaboration and creativity
integrated development environment software information and communication technologies (icts)
tools for software configuration management information and communication technologies (icts)
use software libraries working with computers
computer graphics information and communication technologies (icts)
render 3D images communication, collaboration and creativity

Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a digital games developer does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Digital games developer is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a digital games developer’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.