Editing Video game development (section)

==== Designer ====
{{further|Video game design}}
A game designer is a person who designs [[gameplay]], conceiving and designing the rules and structure of a [[game]].{{sfn|Salen|Zimmerman|2003}}{{sfn|Oxland|2004|p=292}}{{sfn|Moore|Novak|2010|p=74}} Development teams usually have a lead designer who coordinates the work of other designers. They are the main visionaries of the game.{{sfn|Oxland|2004|pp=292–296}} One of the roles of a designer is being a writer, often employed part-time to conceive the game's [[narrative]], dialogue, commentary, [[cutscene]] narrative, journals, [[video game packaging]] content, hint system, etc.{{sfn|Bates|2004|p=163}}{{sfn|Brathwaite|Schreiber|2009|p=171}}{{sfn|Moore|Novak|2010|p=94}} In larger projects, there are often separate designers for various parts of the game, such as, [[game mechanics]], [[user interface]], [[Character (arts)|characters]], [[dialogue]], [[graphics]], etc.{{Cn|date=January 2021}}