Designer

The Designer certification demonstrates your professional ability in an array of game development tasks including level design, game mechanics, AI, UI, audio, lighting and more.

Prove yourself to employers

It's one thing to tell a prospective employer that you’re good at something. It's another to hand them proof that you have the skills they need.

Increase your earning potential

A certification shows that you have technical skills that are highly valued by games studios looking to fill more senior roles.

Become a listed expert

Everyone who passes a certification exam can choose be listed in our public directory of certified experts (coming soon).

Take tests worldwide

Our expert certification exams are available to take anywhere in the world. Take a test remotely from the comfort of your own home or office.

Sample questions (PDF)

Exam Objectives

The Certified Designer exam encompasses every aspect of game development using CRYENGINE, excluding programming in C++. It includes topics relevant to a broad array of game development tasks: level design, game mechanics, AI, UI design, audio, lighting, build and deployment. There are 50 questions on the exam covering 10 topic areas. You’ll be given 120 minutes to complete the exam. The minimum passing score is 75%.

Relevant Job Titles

Level Designer
VFX
Game Designer
Audio Designer
Animator

Skills Needed

AI
Animation pipeline
Asset management and organization
Game mechanics scripting
Creating cinematics
Creating game builds
Lighting
Particle FX design
Performance optimization
Physics
Sound design

Exam Topics

Topics covered on the Certified Designer exam include:

The Sandbox interface
Animation
Flow Graph
Schematyc
Trackview
Physics
Designer tool
Audio Controls Editor
AI
Database tool
Game Tokens
Environment Editor
Texturing
Particle System
Lighting
Statoscope
Performance optimization
Build system
Multi and single player design
Level Explorer
Layers
Linking and grouping

Coming soon

Certifications are coming soon. For enquiries or to register your interest contact us.

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