Hi, man if you're "old" then I'm your grandpa I'm 22. I am soon-to-be graduate of Audiovisual and multimedia communications from Colombia.

I'm in a situation very similar to yours, and although I am trained to write stories and I've learned about, narrative, character creation, art history, audiovisual language and film-making, I don't know how to code, and I would love to be something like "gameplay designer" or script writer, and even If I make a portfolio it won't show the skills for that....

I mean, I know how to make entertainment and audiovisual products, but I don't know some things in specific. I.E: I could look for a work as a designer, but I'm not an illustrator and my drawing skills aren't that good. As a writer but I have 4 short-film scripts, but I haven't been able to make the actual films because no time-money...

Hi, I didn't know that about Hideo Kojima, and sadly I find myself in the exact same situation, what I would add to Jungho's statement is that how do you look for a job, as any of the mentioned by Deith

引用自 Deith：

Being an software engineer isn't the only positon in game development. Script writers, level designers, quest designers, game designers or project managers doesn't really need programming skills. There is plenty of things to do, making graphics and writing code isn't the only two things that you do in gamedev.

I am a soon to be graduate in Audiovisual and multimedia communications, and although I know about graphic design I'm not an illustrator, although I know about audiovisual language and photography, I don't like to make films (exactly that's why I wanna make videogames), what I really do is to write script and screenplays, I know about narrative and story-telling and I love to think about gameplay design and mechanics/rules.

So like Jungho said, how do I find a job that I know I can do, how do I show what I know in terms of game design? If everyone wants to see your portfolio (again I'm no illustrator) and I wanna help design the game itself, not just the look of the game... or demand lots of experience within the game industry....

I'm kinda lost in that too... and any answer would be much appreciated..

Hello!
I'm David, I'm 22 (yeah I know kinda old for this forum) I'm from Colombia, currently I'am a last-term student of the Audiovisual and Multimedia Communication undergraduate program at Universidad de La Sabana (Colombia). Due to this I know how to write powerful and moving stories, how to create aesthetic atmospheres. I have conceptual skills in narrative, design and edition of images, sound and video. But on the other hand I don't know any coding, and I'm know looking forward to learn code to both work at a videogame company and start my own developments.

I'd like to work as a game designer, I would like to create the core of the game, I love to think of the huge amount of opportunities for story-telling, creating new gameplay mechanics/rules, involve the audience within the gaming industry.

I focus on the conceptual, because my career instead of giving me a bunch of technical skills, trained me to learn a little of each one of the elements that support the workflow of any audiovisual product; pre-production, production and post-production, on image, sound, video, and animation in 2d and 3d. I could not affirm that I master one of these branches as a specialist, but I believe I have all the interdisciplinary skills to create and control concepts that cover all these branches and/or treat them individually.

I also want to work within the industry, because I, (and you) see in video games more than a hobby or a toy for children and young people, because I think that video games are the most rich cultural and entertainment experience in terms of codes, messages and variety of opportunities to have an impact on the audience. Although video game industry is now one of the most profitable entertainment industries in the world, I am convinced that what we see today is just the beginning.
Within less than 60 years, all the rulers of the world (for example) are going to see and react to video games in the same way of books, music or film, in that future video games will be more accepted than today is the future in which I hope to participate.

So I am here, looking forward to join you and build the future of entertainment together.