Also called: Puzzle Constructor, Puzzle Game Designer
Creates logic puzzles, crosswords, escape rooms, and puzzle games.
You invent a new kind of logic grid, test it on friends to make sure there's exactly one solution, and sell it to a newspaper, app, or escape room. Some designers work full-time at puzzle game companies.
Very variable; many do it part-time or freelance.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
No formal education, about 0 years after high school. No set path; self-taught skills, often a math or computer science background.
Ways in: Self-taught, 4-year college. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Mathematics, Computer Science, Game Design.
Growing about average. BLS does not project this specialty separately; rating estimated from related occupations.
Medium risk in 5 years, high in 10. AI can generate endless puzzles; designers with original ideas and great playtesting still sell, but competition rises.
Classes: Geometry, Computer science, Art.
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