“So what does a game designer do? Are you an artist? Do you design characters and write the story? Or no, wait, you’re a programmer?”Game design is one of those nebulous terms to people outside the game industry that’s about as clear as the “astrophysicist” job title is to me. It’s also my job, so I find myself explaining what game design means to a lot of people from different backgrounds, some of whom don’t know anything about games.The Door ProblemI like to describe my job in terms of “The Do...