What is a game designer? Interview with Salim Grant | Behind The Games podcast
12Welcome to Behind The Games podcast! Get more links and info at https://newoverlords.com. This episode, our conversation with Salim Grant, Senior Game Designer, draws on his experience in games design for games like Vanguard, Everquest 2, Neverwinter and ranges from what a game designer is, how they work, and how creating games is evolving. Post your follow-up questions here and we'll try to get some answers. Enjoy!
00:00 Introduction to Behind The Games
01:19 Who is Salim Grant?
03:31 What is a Game Designer?
09:06 What is a day in the life like?
17:27 Key challenges, like remote work
30:25 Inspiration for Salim and game creators
32:51 Creating the Vanguard flying mount quest
34:35 Projects and ideas Salim hopes to work on
38:06 Procedurally generated vs designed scenarios
42:03 Many game options and not finishing games
46:11 Is Elden Ring too hard?
51:38 Salim's advice on not giving up
54:11 Salim's advice on communication skills
58:58 Salim's advice on asking questions
1:00:47 What' Salim does outside work
1:04:45 That's a wrap
Connect to Salim on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/salimgrant/