digital-games-developer/references/skills.md

Competences — digital games developer

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/9ebaf3f0-0be0-47b7-b2b1-b3b04130fa81).

Essential

• 3D lighting (knowledge)
• 3D texturing (knowledge)
• analyse software specifications (skill/competence)
• apply 3D imaging techniques (skill/competence)
• computer graphics (knowledge)
• computer programming (knowledge)
• debug software (skill/competence)
• develop digital content (skill/competence)
• develop software prototype (skill/competence)
• digital game genres (knowledge)
• execute analytical mathematical calculations (skill/competence)
• ICT debugging tools (knowledge)
• integrated development environment software (knowledge)
• interpret technical texts (skill/competence)
• render 3D images (skill/competence)
• tools for software configuration management (knowledge)
• use software design patterns (skill/competence)
• use software libraries (skill/competence)
• utilise computer-aided software engineering tools (skill/competence)

Optional

• ABAP (knowledge)
• adapt to changes in technological development plans (skill/competence)
• AJAX (knowledge)
• Ansible (knowledge)
• Apache Maven (knowledge)
• APL (knowledge)
• ASP.NET (knowledge)
• Assembly (computer programming) (knowledge)
• assist multimedia operator (skill/competence)
• augmented reality (knowledge)
• C# (knowledge)
• C++ (knowledge)
• COBOL (knowledge)
• Common Lisp (knowledge)
• create flowchart diagram (skill/competence)
• design user interface (skill/competence)
• develop creative ideas (skill/competence)
• develop virtual game engine (skill/competence)
• Eclipse (integrated development environment software) (knowledge)
• Groovy (knowledge)
• Haskell (knowledge)
• integrate system components (skill/competence)
• interactive media (knowledge)
• Internet of Things (knowledge)
• Java (computer programming) (knowledge)
• JavaScript (knowledge)
• Jenkins (tools for software configuration management) (knowledge)
• Joomla (knowledge)
• KDevelop (knowledge)
• Lisp (knowledge)
• MATLAB (knowledge)
• Microsoft Visual C++ (knowledge)
• ML (computer programming) (knowledge)
• Objective-C (knowledge)
• object-oriented modelling (knowledge)
• OpenEdge Advanced Business Language (knowledge)
• Pascal (computer programming) (knowledge)
• Perl (knowledge)
• PHP (knowledge)
• Prolog (computer programming) (knowledge)
• Puppet (tools for software configuration management) (knowledge)
• Python (computer programming) (knowledge)
• R (knowledge)
• Ruby (computer programming) (knowledge)
• Salt (tools for software configuration management) (knowledge)
• SAP R3 (knowledge)
• SAS language (knowledge)
• Scala (knowledge)
• Scratch (computer programming) (knowledge)
• software anomalies (knowledge)
• STAF (knowledge)
• Swift (computer programming) (knowledge)
• trigonometry (knowledge)
• TypeScript (knowledge)
• use automatic programming (skill/competence)
• use concurrent programming (skill/competence)
• use functional programming (skill/competence)
• use logic programming (skill/competence)
• use object-oriented programming (skill/competence)
• VBScript (knowledge)
• Visual Basic (knowledge)
• World Wide Web Consortium standards (knowledge)
• Xcode (knowledge)

Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 15 ads, as of 2026-07-11)

Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.

Hard skills

• debugging — 27 %
• game development — 20 %

Responsibilities

• game development — 20 %