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This paper is to discuss the game industry which is one of the highly developed industry in the digital content industry. Since the ambition of digital content industry in Taiwan is established firmly, the first step to develop digital content industry should be personnel training. This paper is to discuss which domain knowledge should a game designer have, and how to train them to have the professional skill. The result of this paper is to suggest the next education of professionals in game industry in Taiwan. In-depth interviews is the major research way which is taken in this paper, participant observation is another additional way. In summary of game designers’ opinion, the results are as follows: 1.The actual situation and the process of developing games for game designers: many game companies haven’t develop the systemic process for game designing, but they have kept a check on game designing gradually. The problems for actual game designing are as follows: the problem in communicating with different departments, the insufficient professional skill, the changing market trade, and insufficient human resource and capital. 2.The professional skill for game designers in Taiwan: in order as the interviewees’ opinion, they think the domain knowledge for game designers should be programming ability, art ability, proposal writing ability, game analyzing ability, general knowledge and learning ability, language and literature ability, and others. 3.The scheme for personnel training: in Taiwan the courses for game designers should be taken as the following program: designing program, programming program, art program, practical training program, general knowledge program, creativity training program, language and literature program, project management program, communication program, and others. Planning the personnel training courses in private companies should notice the following rules: At first, practical training is the best way to train game designers rapidly. Secondly, explanation for game design process should be taken. Finally, concept for game design is also important.
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