Video Game Designers

AUTOMATION RISK

CALCULATED

41%

risk level

POLLING

37%

Based on 658 votes

LABOR DEMAND *

GROWTH

16.3%

by year 2032

WAGES

$98,540

or $47.37 per hour

Volume

111,060

as of 2023

Employment data isn't available specifically for this occupation from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, so we are using the data from Web and Digital Interface Designers.

SUMMARY

JOB SCORE

7.3/10

41% (Moderate Risk)

Moderate Risk (41-60%): Occupations with a moderate risk of automation usually involve routine tasks but still require some human judgment and interaction.

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Sentiment

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Sentiment over time (yearly)

Wages

Very high paid relative to other professions

In 2023, the median annual wage for 'Web and Digital Interface Designers' was $98,540, or $47 per hour

'Web and Digital Interface Designers' were paid 105.0% higher than the national median wage, which stood at $48,060

Wages over time

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herd 3 days ago

in the next 5 years, i don't think its gonna happen.
Currently AI sometimes messes up simple programs,
and also the AI making 3D models, making levels, animating, coding matchmaking, adding an anti cheat, and adding system protection against ddos attacks of a server seems impossible looking at the stuff Ai can do today

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anonymous (Moderate) 17 days ago

it could be likely that ai gets some sort of artifical sentience if you know what i mean, in the future originality might be able to be recreated by ai and from that 3d modeling, coding, UI, etc. is already able to be made by ai (some not so well but ai is getting smarter by the day so its no suprise that it would be done)

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Haze (Low) 18 days ago

Usually, when AI writes code and/or makes models, most of the time, they don't feel "real."

They feel lifeless and inert.

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Oliver H. (Low) 21 days ago

As of right now the methods on which AI is trained to write code have some underlying issues that I can't see programmers getting around for another 5 years or so.

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Ahmed (Low) 22 days ago

We all love good games. Yet, I'm EXTREMELY skeptical of AI's abilities to create fulfilling and interesting, in-depth games.

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Pinkaholic (Low) 22 days ago

While I do think that any digital profession has some risk involving AI, as an aspiring indie game dev I know the creativity and originality required to succeed in the market are both in high amounts, something a Robot will likely never be able to automate

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Dakotah (Highly likely) 23 days ago

well i think that if chatgpt can calculate code and even photos then it is perfectly capable

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mason (Low) 5 months ago

most people are fighting against the use of AI in media as it often results in the media feeling lifeless.
creativity is also an aspect that AI cant control as it needs past data to create something but it cant create something out of the blue

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Noah Siler (Highly likely) 6 months ago

While AI isn't currently outstanding at programming as of 2024, it is certainly not bad at it. I believe that in 20 years, the majority of jobs, including game design, will be automated. Of course, this doesn't mean that all game designers will be jobless. However, the industry is poised for a significant transformation.

I envision game design becoming user-centric, accessible to everyone. Here's how I think it will work: Imagine you're a person who enjoys video games but has never programmed in your life. That's perfectly fine, as the AI can handle everything for you. All you need to do is convey the concept of the game to the AI, and it will bring it to life.

Want to get specific? The AI will enable you to configure the game mechanics, assets, art style, and everything else according to your imagination. In this future, games will be created by anyone and everyone.

With the addition of custom GPTs, this surely seems like the future we are headed towards. This won't be limited to only video games but will apply to everything.

What an exciting future :)

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Riley (Moderate) 8 months ago

It probably has to be good to be a ''game'' but its pretty easy for simple ones

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du'mas jaakas jerek offe III duch'e city New orallands (No chance) 10 months ago

i mean AI can be pretty complex, but making the code for a video game without any editing on the software via human input would be near impossible with the millions of lines of code needed to program a game

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Terror.9803 (Highly likely) 11 months ago

AI will control humanity as they become more and more intelligent and better than us. We need to take the control back before too late. AI should be a Assistant than a Creater

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ILiketoTalk 11 months ago

There will be services that will design and develop on the spot simple games like angry birds with little gamplay twists or aestetich variance like the birds are angry rocks with big eyebrows. But how will a machine create novel and complex games without grounding itself in something that already exist (always speaking in the near future)?

And even if we are talking of 30/40 years from now, if machines can create extraordinary games, why should we, humans, stop making them? art expression, and communication makes us happy. (and if they can make extraordinary games it means it can do anything and replace anything so why should we care?)

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Dreamcorekoteo (No chance) 12 months ago

Because ai have no soul and can't make alive and heart warming game

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Gavin McDonald (Low) 1 year ago

it's a small chance because game development is a very complex and artistic process that requires art, design and engineering. Game developers have to work closely together and find the "fun" in the game, I don't see how you would teach a robot how to find "fun" gameplay.

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kai (Moderate) 1 year ago

I am learning aspects of this career and plan to venture into it in the next few years. However, this year, I've been questioning if that's the right thing to do.

This is because of how AI has been able to create even 3D models and full stories. I fear that it won't even be 10 years before some company can employ AI to make games instead of me.

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Max (Low) 1 year ago

Our AI is not advanced enough to throw an entire game together, but we are at the point where things like programming and art can be assisted by AI.

This is a job that will never truly reach full automation, but some parts of it can and will eventually become AI-assisted.

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Jeheb (No chance) 1 year ago

When designing a game, a game developer has to produce new bits of code and create artwork/animations, something AI is incapable of as of now.

Most game developers even incorporate a story into their game, and AI is currently incapable of writing a comprehensible script.

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Markus (No chance) 2 years ago

Games are made for people by people because we understand what we want. A computer will not understand fully what the game needs to be like.

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First Comment (Low) 2 years ago

Lets goo first comment. No because where do they get the idea from, and how would they know how to code it?

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