Table 1Transition record

3D modellertodigital games developer

A 3D modeller already meets 45% of what the digital games developer role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.

From 3D modeller

45%

Overlap1

To digital games developer

42 Skills carried over

13 Required, not held

66.2 Difficulty2

Career overlap Partial match

45%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

66.2/ 100

Easy adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change Hard

1 Share of the digital games developer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the 3D modeller profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Why

Why this move works

A digital games developer role treats 6 of its required skills as things a 3D modeller already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

3D lighting
3D texturing
apply 3D imaging techniques
computer graphics
computer programming
render 3D images

What stands in the way is 13 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 42 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A digital games developer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a 3D modeller background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held 3D texturing arts and humanities
already held 3D lighting arts and humanities
already held apply 3D imaging techniques working with computers
already held computer graphics information and communication technologies (icts)
already held render 3D images communication, collaboration and creativity
already held augmented reality information and communication technologies (icts)

All 42 carried skills, including the 6 the digital games developer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 40 missing skills fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier

01 working with computers 6 required, 7 supplementary

required, not held analyse software specifications required
required, not held debug software required
required, not held develop software prototype required
required, not held use software libraries required
required, not held utilise computer-aided software engineering tools required
required, not held develop digital content required

optional, not held develop virtual game engine optional
optional, not held integrate system components optional
optional, not held use automatic programming optional
optional, not held use concurrent programming optional
optional, not held use functional programming optional
optional, not held use logic programming optional
optional, not held use object-oriented programming optional

02 information and communication technologies (icts) 3 required, 14 supplementary

required, not held ICT debugging tools required
required, not held integrated development environment software required
required, not held tools for software configuration management required

optional, not held Ansible optional
optional, not held Apache Maven optional
optional, not held Eclipse (integrated development environment software) optional
optional, not held Internet of Things optional
optional, not held Jenkins (tools for software configuration management) optional
optional, not held Joomla optional
optional, not held KDevelop optional
optional, not held Puppet (tools for software configuration management) optional
optional, not held STAF optional
optional, not held Salt (tools for software configuration management) optional
optional, not held Xcode optional
optional, not held object-oriented modelling optional
optional, not held software anomalies optional
optional, not held World Wide Web Consortium standards optional

03 information skills 2 required

required, not held interpret technical texts required
required, not held execute analytical mathematical calculations required

04 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 3 supplementary

required, not held use software design patterns required

optional, not held adapt to changes in technological development plans optional
optional, not held design user interface optional
optional, not held create flowchart diagram optional

05 arts and humanities 1 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held digital game genres required

optional, not held interactive media optional

06 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 supplementary

optional, not held trigonometry optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a digital games developer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 42 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held 3D lighting knowledge
already held 3D texturing knowledge
already held apply 3D imaging techniques skill
already held computer graphics knowledge
already held computer programming knowledge
already held render 3D images skill
already held ABAP knowledge
already held AJAX knowledge
already held APL knowledge
already held ASP.NET knowledge
already held Assembly (computer programming) knowledge
already held C# knowledge
already held C++ knowledge
already held COBOL knowledge
already held Common Lisp knowledge
already held Groovy knowledge
already held Haskell knowledge
already held Java (computer programming) knowledge
already held JavaScript knowledge
already held Lisp knowledge
already held MATLAB knowledge
already held ML (computer programming) knowledge
already held Microsoft Visual C++ knowledge
already held Objective-C knowledge
already held OpenEdge Advanced Business Language knowledge
already held PHP knowledge
already held Pascal (computer programming) knowledge
already held Perl knowledge
already held Prolog (computer programming) knowledge
already held Python (computer programming) knowledge
already held R knowledge
already held Ruby (computer programming) knowledge
already held SAP R3 knowledge
already held SAS language knowledge
already held Scala knowledge
already held Scratch (computer programming) knowledge
already held Swift (computer programming) knowledge
already held TypeScript knowledge
already held VBScript knowledge
already held Visual Basic knowledge
already held augmented reality knowledge
already held develop creative ideas skill

The 1 learning area not shown above

Skill to acquire Tier

07 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 supplementary

optional, not held assist multimedia operator optional

27 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held Ansible optional
optional, not held Apache Maven optional
optional, not held Eclipse (integrated development environment software) optional
optional, not held Internet of Things optional
optional, not held Jenkins (tools for software configuration management) optional
optional, not held Joomla optional
optional, not held KDevelop optional
optional, not held Puppet (tools for software configuration management) optional
optional, not held STAF optional
optional, not held Salt (tools for software configuration management) optional
optional, not held Xcode optional
optional, not held adapt to changes in technological development plans optional
optional, not held assist multimedia operator optional
optional, not held design user interface optional
optional, not held develop virtual game engine optional
optional, not held integrate system components optional
optional, not held object-oriented modelling optional
optional, not held software anomalies optional
optional, not held trigonometry optional
optional, not held use automatic programming optional
optional, not held use concurrent programming optional
optional, not held use functional programming optional
optional, not held use logic programming optional
optional, not held use object-oriented programming optional
optional, not held World Wide Web Consortium standards optional
optional, not held create flowchart diagram optional
optional, not held interactive media optional

30 held skills the digital games developer role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role 3D printing process knowledge
not needed by the target role Agile project management knowledge
not needed by the target role CoffeeScript knowledge
not needed by the target role Erlang knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT project management methodologies knowledge
not needed by the target role Process-based management knowledge
not needed by the target role Smalltalk (computer programming) knowledge
not needed by the target role animate 3D organic forms skill
not needed by the target role apply social media marketing skill
not needed by the target role apply technical communication skills skill
not needed by the target role build business relationships skill
not needed by the target role create 2D painting skill
not needed by the target role create 3D characters skill
not needed by the target role create 3D environments skill
not needed by the target role create 3D texture map skill
not needed by the target role discuss artwork skill
not needed by the target role draw design sketches skill
not needed by the target role emergent technologies knowledge
not needed by the target role geographic information systems knowledge
not needed by the target role holography knowledge
not needed by the target role lean project management knowledge
not needed by the target role maintain an artistic portfolio skill
not needed by the target role migrate existing data skill
not needed by the target role operate 3D computer graphics software skill
not needed by the target role perform ICT troubleshooting skill
not needed by the target role perform data mining skill
not needed by the target role principles of animation knowledge
not needed by the target role select illustration styles skill
not needed by the target role software interaction design knowledge
not needed by the target role use polygonal modelling skill

20 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier

required, not held ICT debugging tools required
required, not held digital game genres required
required, not held integrated development environment software required
required, not held tools for software configuration management required
optional, not held Ansible optional
optional, not held Apache Maven optional
optional, not held Eclipse (integrated development environment software) optional
optional, not held Internet of Things optional
optional, not held Jenkins (tools for software configuration management) optional
optional, not held Joomla optional
optional, not held KDevelop optional
optional, not held Puppet (tools for software configuration management) optional
optional, not held STAF optional
optional, not held Salt (tools for software configuration management) optional
optional, not held Xcode optional
optional, not held object-oriented modelling optional
optional, not held software anomalies optional
optional, not held trigonometry optional
optional, not held World Wide Web Consortium standards optional
optional, not held interactive media optional

Index

Other moves recorded from 3D modeller

Full index of moves from 3D modeller

Note

How this record was compiled

Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.