{"id":1189,"date":"2025-05-10T02:39:36","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T02:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ms22g23\/?page_id=1189"},"modified":"2025-05-15T11:00:44","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T11:00:44","slug":"researching-my-role","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ms22g23\/researching-my-role\/","title":{"rendered":"Researching My Role"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To be aware of what exactly is expected of me this semester I researched the tasks of a mechanics designer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"712\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ms22g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/05\/Untitled_Artwork-89-1-1024x712.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1745\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ms22g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/05\/Untitled_Artwork-89-1-1024x712.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ms22g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/05\/Untitled_Artwork-89-1-300x208.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ms22g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/05\/Untitled_Artwork-89-1-768x534.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ms22g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/05\/Untitled_Artwork-89-1-1536x1067.png 1536w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ms22g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/05\/Untitled_Artwork-89-1-2048x1423.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:45px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the mechanics designer is a sort of a &#8220;bridge&#8221; between the programmers and artists, or all team members for that matter, it did not surprise me that it&#8217;s essential for this role to have well-developed soft skills. Mechanics designer is also expected to have knowledge of gameplay, game engines and UX\/UI (which turned out perfectly in terms of this project as I was also responsible for UI design).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"712\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ms22g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/05\/Untitled_Artwork-90-1024x712.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1748\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ms22g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/05\/Untitled_Artwork-90-1024x712.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ms22g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/05\/Untitled_Artwork-90-300x208.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ms22g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/05\/Untitled_Artwork-90-768x534.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ms22g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/05\/Untitled_Artwork-90-1536x1067.png 1536w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ms22g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/05\/Untitled_Artwork-90-2048x1423.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:88px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Sources<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ScreenSkills (n.d.). <em>Gameplay designer in the games industry<\/em>. ScreenSkills. Available at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.screenskills.com\/job-profiles\/browse\/games\/design\/gameplay-designer\/\">https:\/\/www.screenskills.com\/job-profiles\/browse\/games\/design\/gameplay-designer\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:77px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ms22g23\/ui-research-2\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1190\">UI Research \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To be aware of what exactly is expected of me this semester I researched the tasks of a mechanics designer. As the mechanics designer is a sort of a &#8220;bridge&#8221; between the programmers and artists, or all team members for that matter, it did not surprise me that it&#8217;s essential for this role to have &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ms22g23\/researching-my-role\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Researching My Role&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1189","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ms22g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ms22g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ms22g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ms22g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ms22g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1189"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ms22g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1776,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ms22g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1189\/revisions\/1776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ms22g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}