Occupation Atlasdigital games developer
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/9ebaf3f0-0be0-47b7-b2b1-b3b04130fa81
digital games developer
Digital games developers program, implement and document digital games. They implement technical standards in gameplay, graphics, sound and functionality.
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Job Zone
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- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
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Occupational interest profile
ICRInvestigative · Conventional · Realistic — the three strongest interests, in order
- I Investigative6.05
- C Conventional5.62
- R Realistic3.61
- A Artistic2.37
- E Enterprising1.87
- S Social1.81
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Software Developers (15-1252.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, a broader O*NET occupation that includes this one, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (19)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- 3D lighting
- 3D texturing
- ICT debugging tools
- analyse software specifications
- apply 3D imaging techniques
- computer graphics
- computer programming
- debug software
- develop digital content
- develop software prototype
- digital game genres
- execute analytical mathematical calculations
- integrated development environment software
- interpret technical texts
- render 3D images
- tools for software configuration management
- use software design patterns
- use software libraries
- utilise computer-aided software engineering tools
Optional (63)
- 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)
- Joomla
- 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 Basic
- World Wide Web Consortium standards
- Xcode
- adapt to changes in technological development plans
- assist multimedia operator
- augmented reality
- create flowchart diagram
- design user interface
- develop creative ideas
- develop virtual game engine
- integrate system components
- interactive media
- object-oriented modelling
- software anomalies
- trigonometry
- use automatic programming
- use concurrent programming
- use functional programming
- use logic programming
- use object-oriented programming
O*NET equivalents
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