Game designing is increasingly been seen as a serious career option. There are many well known game companies in the market. Many games are popular not only with kids, but also with adults. With the advancement of technology, many career options in game designing are opening up. We can see that it is one of the most complex parts of software development. Game designing basically deals with designing the content and rules of the game. Game designing refers to both the game design in actual game and its documentation. Game designing can be applied to many forms of games such as video games, board games or card games.

We also see that game design requires expertise from other fields as well. Like for example programming, production process, game mechanics and visual arts. Most games are used for the purpose of training, education or entertainment. Some of the popular types of games are like stunts, racing, and finding, role playing, solving puzzles, education and shooting.

Eligibility criteria for game designing courses

For most diploma courses in game designing, a 10+2, will be enough. There is no requirement of minimum marks. The only requirement is that the school or board should be recognized by the government. But some gaming institutes also take graduates from any discipline. This will vary from institution to institution. But there is no set criterion for admission into game  designing courses.

Game designing courses in India

• 3D game  development programming
• Advance diploma in animation/gaming
• Advanced diploma in game art
• 2 D expert program
• Certificate in gaming
• Diploma in game programming
• Certificate in gaming

Some of the institutes which provide Game designing course

• Gecko animation studios, Chandigarh
• Fractions  and frames, Hyderabad
• C G Mantra animation, New Delhi
• Global institute of gaming and animation, Chennai
• Zee institute of media arts, Mumbai
• Anieffects, Ahmedabad

Scope of game designing

There are many popular game designing companies in India. Some are: Csharks ltd., Smackall, Synapse etc. These companies design games for mobile phones, video games and online games. The popular mobile games include chess, checkers, betting games, word games and puzzle games.

There are countless online games which include single player and multiplayer options. Some online games are very popular. They are anagrams, crosswords, card games etc. Apart from this, there are games which are based on casinos. Also strategy games are popular, along with arcade games. Arcade games are like racing, shooting .Then there are sports games and puzzle games. So, we see that the game designing course is slowly evolving and the demand for the same is also going up.