Brick #8: What's my role in all this?

Most certainly, a good question, and the answer is a counter-question:

"Which of the jobs already mentioned in the games industry intrigues / excites you the MOST? "

And should you answer the question at once, then you are set! You have found your role and can skip the rest of this post.

If you haven't answered right away, or just said "I am a game developer" as we said earlier, you have no idea what your role will be. We already talked about a game developer, who is just someone involved in the whole game-making project/process and we don't care about his role / specialty.

That's what we want YOU to know for yourself.

So i have a quiz ready for you. Answer the following questions, in a multiple choice pattern, and pick the answers that best fit your personality.

1 - When someone asks you what does your dream job include you think:

A - Programming for games!
B - Drawing Art for games!
C - Create Virtual Worlds in your head!
D - Play games!

2 - When you hear the word programming you think:

A - Solving problems in a creative way!
B - Lines of code that just render stuff on screen.
C - Game Functionality that's based on rules.
D - You still think of video games.

3 - Which of the following terms triggers you emotionally?

A - Artificial Intelligence
B - Official Soundtrack
C - Parallel Universe
D - Beta Testing

4 - While playing a game, you get fascinated by:

A - The functionality
B - The Graphics
C - The Story
D - The Game itself!

5 - You enjoy:

A - Math, Logic, Engineering
B - Arts, Music
C - Creativity, Emotions
D - Fun, Fun, FUN!

6 - Which of the following tasks would be easy for you to do in 2 days:

A - Write a mobile application
B - Create and Animate a 3D model
C - Create a world in your head along with stories and characters
D - Find all possible bugs for a game as well as going for all the achievements.

7 - What's the most important aspect of a game?

A - Mechanics
B - Aesthetics
C - Story
D - Repetitive Value

8 - Which of the following best describes you?

A - Someone who likes solving problems, and wants to discover the world.
B - Someone who appreciates beauty and enjoys music and movies.
C - Someone who likes roleplaying, fantasy, and has a lot of creativity.
D - Someone who would do everything possible in a game just for the thrill of it.

9 - Which of the following is your favorite item?

A - Keyboard
B - Pen & Paper / Musical Instrument
C - A lot of Post-it notes as well as Comic books!
D - Your Gaming System.

10 - When do you function better?

A - Whenever there isn't any noise at the room.
B - Anytime.
C - Whenever I am sleeping.
D - Leisure time!!!


And your results are:

Mostly A: Programmer!
Mostly B: Artist! (Either 2d/3d graphics or sound specialist)
Mostly C: Game Designer!
Mostly D: QA Tester!