Why I want to be a Game Designer!

Ever since I was a youngster I have had an obsession with video games, starting with Pokemon games on the Gameboy and carrying it everywhere. I was obsessed with leveling my Pokemon to 100 and trying to "Catch em' all". It was also one of the few things I packed the day I 'ran away' from home.

It wasn't until I moved onto home consoles with the original Xbox and the Xbox 360 that I realised just how detailed and expansive games could be. I now own a PC as well as my Xbox 360 and play games like Halo, Borderlands and Minecraft!


Although I sometimes made my own games a child, I never really payed attention to the design side of games, but then I played Halo 3 and my eyes were opened. The story, the graphics, the characters.. they all amazed and blew me away. I explored every level and found all of the Easter eggs in the game. The end level is one of my favourite moments in a game, driving across falling floor plates to get to the ship at the end!

But it wasn't until I watched the making of DVD that came with the limited edition that I thought about game design. Seeing how everything was made and put together fascinated me. The addition of a map editor to the game also intrigued me and I made endless map variants with friends. It was at this point that I realised that this is what I wanted to do with my life, create the thing I love, games!