This can be a good query. I actually have areas of design the place I am weaker – all people does. I’ve taken steps to enhance these areas – it is all the time price attempting to study and develop in any abilities you care about. As a pure consequence of attempting to enhance, I’ve additionally acknowledged that there are diminishing returns on enchancment efforts as nicely. Thus, I attempt to enhance for 2 associated causes – to higher myself and to seek out my pure limits.
Personally, I discover that I’m restricted within the visible features of design. I am simply not pretty much as good at recognizing and parsing higher or worse visible cues than others. I’ve spent an excellent period of time researching and studying in regards to the fundamentals of visible design so I’ve base competence, however I am no skilled in visible design. Some issues are straightforward to identify like character design issues like murky silhouettes or a scarcity of readability in visuals that assist reinforce sure themes, however I’ve acquired markedly decrease capacity to critique extra nuanced designs – it is tougher for me to inform which is healthier when issues are mid or fairly good.
I am additionally not nice at stage design. I’m competent sufficient that I can create an area that may typically evoke the sentiments I’m attempting to evoke throughout the participant and incentivize the sort of gameplay I’m thinking about seeing, but it surely’s the visible particulars and further bits that I am weaker at. I would be the first to confess I haven’t got the attention for environmental design that my teammates do.
I do encourage any developer to take a essential have a look at her personal skillset, discover the holes, and attempt to enhance in these areas a minimum of a bit. It is good to acknowledge your individual weaknesses and to attempt to enhance them – particularly early on, the place I could make bigger features for much less effort. As soon as I begin seeing these diminishing returns, I higher perceive my pure limitations and might nonetheless communicate with some reassurance and information within the fields I’m not good at. I counsel you attempt the same method.
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