digital games developer

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

Scope note

Includes people performing managerial activities.

Alternative Labels

computer games developer

digital game developer

digital games developer

digital games developers

games programmer

video games developer

virtual games developer

Regulatory Aspect

To see if and how this occupation is regulated in EU Member States, EEA countries or Switzerland please consult the Regulated Professions Database of the Commission. Regulated Professions Database:

http://ec.europa.eu/growth/single-market/services/free-movement-professionals/qualifications-recognition_en

Skills & Competences

Essential Skills and Competences

analyse software specifications apply 3D imaging techniques debug software develop software prototype execute analytical mathematical calculations interpret technical texts render 3D images use software design patterns use software libraries utilise computer-aided software engineering tools

Essential Knowledge

3D lighting 3D texturing ICT debugging tools computer programming digital game genres integrated development environment software tools for software configuration management

Optional Skills and Competences

adapt to changes in technological development plans create flowchart diagram design user interface develop creative ideas develop virtual game engine integrate system components provide technical documentation use automatic programming use concurrent programming use functional programming use logic programming use object-oriented programming

Optional Knowledge

ABAP AJAX APL ASP.NET Ansible Apache Maven Assembly (computer programming) C# C++ COBOL Common Lisp Eclipse (integrated development environment software) Groovy Haskell Internet of Things Java (computer programming) JavaScript Jenkins (tools for software configuration management) KDevelop Lisp MATLAB ML (computer programming) Microsoft Visual C++ Objective-C OpenEdge Advanced Business Language PHP Pascal (computer programming) Perl Prolog (computer programming) Puppet (tools for software configuration management) Python (computer programming) R Ruby (computer programming) SAP R3 SAS language STAF Salt (tools for software configuration management) Scala Scratch (computer programming) Swift (computer programming) TypeScript VBScript Visual Studio .NET World Wide Web Consortium standards Xcode augmented reality object-oriented modelling software anomalies trigonometry

Concept URI

Concept Uri

http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/9ebaf3f0-0be0-47b7-b2b1-b3b04130fa81

Status

released

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