My earliest exposure to game design was building levels for Duke Nukem 3D inside the Build engine back in elementary school. The first few 'games' I built were actually point and click adventure games in Apple's Hypercard. They weren't particularily deep or challenging, but I remembered the joy of presenting these to friends and watching them play through something I had created.

Games have come a long way from the days of Doom and Mario Brothers. These days they can be more than escapism; they can connect us, share stores, and bring people together from all backgrounds, ethnicities, sexualities and beliefs. They can provide us with entertainment, but they can also make us think, and feel and in some cases better understand not only ourselves but those around us.

I firmly believe that while Designers need to be vision bearers for a project, any member of a development team has the capacity to contribute to the design of a game. Designers should be championing the vision but also encouraging others who are passionate to contribute; afterall, we are all working towards the goal of making a game that is fun, challenging and something we would be proud of putting out.

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