Heads the programming team, assigning jobs and managing the entire development process.

Attach sound to the action and events within a video game, to set the mood of a scene, or to alert you to something that has happened. For example, magic and weapons usually have sounds cued to their use.

Use a combination of graphic arts and programming skills to give a 2-dimensional platform a 3-dimensional feeling.

Make the game as lifelike as possible by creating code that makes the game react to a player’s moves, as well as code that obeys -- or disobeys in some cases -- certain laws of physics.

Also known as beta game testers, games testers receive a version of a game that is close to its final stages. They must then play the game a number of times, from start to finish, in order to uncover bugs or glitches within the game.

Writes evocative musical scores to video games, including individual themes for each main character.

The group of people a company wants to sell its product and services to. It is the set of customers to whom the company directs its marketing efforts.

They imagine what items will look like, sketch out preliminary designs, develop sketches into forms that go with the game's desired feel, and turn the chosen sketches into 2 or 3D computer graphics.

A large field, drawing from the fields of computer science/programming, creative writing, and graphic design.