Oakley Baker

In todays class we did research on job roles and what each member does to assist in the creation, advertisement, and finalisation of a game, I decided to choose 3D environment design as i believe this is what i want to focus on throughout my time developing games, we also presented to each other our role, where we could recieve questions and answer as correctly as we could with our knowledge on the role. For the presentation we researched 3D environment design where the majority of the data we used came from valve and cgspectrum job descriptions.

3D Environment Artist for valve 

•Which skills or software come up again and again? 

• Modelling 

• Texturing 

• Lighting 

• Art 

• Computer science 

• Design  

•What experience are they asking for — and how much?  

• Understanding in asset optimization 

• Expertise in multiple modelling and texturing softwares 

• Understanding of scene constructing and composition 

• 8 years of experience using Maya, Zbrush, 3D Studio Max, Photoshop; 

• 8 years of experience using the texturing tools Substance Designer, Substance Painter, Substance Alchemist, Houdini, World Creator, Fusion360, and Speed Tree; 

• 8 years of experience using mesh particle system tools, including MASH, Xgen, PET, Cascade, Shuriken, and Visual Effect Graph; and engines, including IDTech, Blender, or Unity; 

• 4 years of experience using Unreal Engine 

• 3 years of experience using Mercury Steam game engine 

All highlighted in green is for a senior 3d environment artist so for entry level it will most certainly be the same skill just at a toned down level 

•Anything listed that you did NOT expect to see?  

• 4 years of experience using Unreal Engine 

•Did the adverts match the picture you had of the role, or change it?  

It matched what I expected 

•  Sources:  

  • Valve looking for Senior 3D Environment Artist (Full-time) – Multiple Positions : r/valve 

  • 3D Environment Artist Careers - Valve Corporation 

Sound designer for valve 

•Which skills or software come up again and again? 

• Ability to synthesize and edit sounds 

• Deep understanding doe sound synthesizers and their softwares 

• Music 

• Sound design 

•What experience are they asking for — and how much?  

There is no minimum experience they are looking for however they do want proficiency in sound design and a good understanding of the softwares you use for sound synthesization and editing 

•Anything listed that you did NOT expect to see?  

No 

•Did the adverts match the picture you had of the role, or change it?  

It matched what I expected 

Sources: Sound Designer Careers - Valve Corporation