In the Beginning There Is The Designer

I recently read a chapter from the author Jesse Schell i decided to take notes on this chapter and upload them here with key points and phrases i extracted from the reading.

How do i become a game designer?

• Design games start now! Dont wait! Dont even finish this conversation! Just start designing games! Go Now! 
• Tell yourself you are a Game designer,people often become what the pretend to be 

• When something must be done never think about possibility and impossibility

• You will fail yes you will fail again and again and again but these failures are your only path to success. 
• If you aren't dropping (Failing) you aren't learning

• Confident and fearless

• The most important skill for a game designer is listening
• Not just merely hearing what is being said a deeper listening ,listening between the lines

• You must approach everything as a child does assuming nothing,observing everything,listening to everything

• Listen to your team

• Listen to your audience 

• Listen to your game so you can understand how it runs. listen to your game like a mechanic listens to car to know what is wrong with it.

• Skill is a minor gift. The major gift is love of work. Through love and passion of work,having the major gift eventually through time your skill will be as great or greater than someone with a minor gift. 

My Thoughts   

I really enjoyed the chapter i read from (Jesse Schelle The Art Of Game Design)  I love the way jesse really breaks down game design to its core.

As a wannabe Game designer the key points underlined in this chapter have been what i can only describe as a breath of fresh air. I especially like the way Jesse Schelle talks to you (the reader) on a very personal level, you feel compelled to read on as the author captures you with the humorous and clever ways of thinking.

This has lead me to order the book in full (Jess Schell The Art Of Game Design)