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> The game design part is done using a monolithic interface to the technology (the engine), but that's because that job is not 'programming'. Care to elaborate

• ratww 5y ago
  Game Design and programming are two completely different sets of abilities. Programmers can design a game, and game designers can do some programming, of course. But in modern days, the core way that both professionals interact with engine editors is completely different. Game Design in general is closer to art or being director than to programming.
• orangeoxidation 5y ago
  My wording might have been wrong there. There's artists building the game experience and CS people building the game technology. The latter do use and reuse smaller software components to build the level editors, scripting interfaces, particle physics, path-finding, illumination, etc. The engine. This job is very much like other fields of software development, not actually behind. The first might write code (e.g. scripting), but they are generally doing so in a restricted 'monolithic' environment provided to make their job easier. They do not have to build the technology, they can just direct it, if that makes sense. Their job isn't typical software development, more content development, thus it seems a bit alien, behind from a software developer's perspective.
  • phlalexsh 5y ago
    Ahh, I realized I misread it as Game Programming and Programming. Thought you were doing some hard gate keeping. I agree with what you are saying.