would you want to be a game designer/programmer?

I find programming to be infuriating and very boring. So no lol.

I don't think I have what it takes. I'm not very good with computers at all.

But I do plan to persue a career in game reviewing and whatnot.

I'm studying programming. I wouldnt mind if it were as a game programmer, or just making typical business applications for a corporation. I wouldnt specifically limit myself to just games.

Also, i have a pretty big feeling most people planning to be a game designer, are probably confusing the task that a producer has. A game designer, rarely, actually designs anything of the game beyond the formulas and some concepts. Its really the producer that brings the stuff together.

For example, Miyamoto is listed as "Producer" under all his games, and not "Game Designer." A game designer really doesnt have a whole lot of say in the games development business. I have no idea why they get so much credit.

Oh and Xaosll, what is your avatar? looks familarMassEffector

Starcraft 2 talking Protoss from the 22 minute gameplay demonstration.

Well i have 2 passions, and a half.
The first is easily explained. It's gaming.
The second would be showing people there is more possible than they believe/figuring out reality.
(The half would be martial arts/seeing what people believe or live for.)

Apart from this, i don't care much about life.
In fact You could say these two passions are forms of escapism.

Problem is, i can't find any interesting job or study. Not interesting enough to make it seem worth the effort.
Gaming designer/programmer? Heh, i would surely murder for a job that has something to do with showing people their limited perception sucks through games/creating the nicest experience i can or the biggest escape from or through reality.
But honestly that is kind of delusional since i don't have any knowledge on any terrain. The higher computer studies here minimally require a lot of math skills that would surely take me years to adopt.
Even then, it's extremely hard to get a job in gaming, or so i've heard, and it has become very impersonal and specialised.
Instead of being the person who made someone smile, i would end up as the person who specialises in the motion of leafs in the wind. Yay.

I find programming to be infuriating and very boring. So no lol.

VinnoT

That about sums it up.

is therea way to get into the video game industryif you are good at writing? I suck with progamming and designing, but i've always found the video game industry interesting.

I would love to design games for a living and I have a few ideas (which sound good to me of course) floating around in my head or written down. But I tried to learn programming and do not have enough interest in it to go all the way. I would rather be like a producer, get the money together come with ideas, you know the boss :P

I read about the designers at Rare and they come up with game play ideas, story line, and coordiante all the departments. They don't know jack about programming or art programs. They're like hands on managers.

Maybe if I become a successful CFO (currently an Accounting major) I can use my trillions of dollars to start a game company.

EDIT: Anyone else's posts taking several minutes to appear?

When I was younger (like kinda a lot younger :)) I thought it would be awesome. And I still think it would be awesome, if you were the complete boss of the project and your ideas and designs were majically put into the game without worrying about coding etc. Otherwise... hmm, maybe not. Although I'm sure there are jobs that don't require too much coding... right? Like level designers and stuff. That could be fun.

edit: ghaa, guess I didn't read the title of the thread closely enough. But yeah, anything having to do with thinking up gameplay ideas, etc, would be very hard but I'd be up to the challenge. Almost every new cool sounding idea would introduce some kind of new problem to solve.