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NHTV University of Applied Sciences

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NHTV University of Applied Sciences was a Dutch university in Breda, now called Breda University of Applied Sciences, with programs including games. Publishes research and educational reports such as Designing the Designer.

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Cover of Designing the Designer
Whitepaper18 pages

Designing the Designer

"Designing the Designer" examines whether the personality profiles and player preferences of game design and production students and professionals reveal meaningful patterns about who becomes a designer and how those tendencies shape the games they make.

  • Design and production roles fell from 28.3% of game job postings in 2008 to 24.9% in 2009, while design and producer staff on top-selling titles grew from 11.1% for Donkey Kong Country (1994) to 38.9% for Modern Warfare 2 (2009).
  • Compared with a random sample of more than 6,000 MBTI respondents, IGAD students (135 studied between 2008 and 2011) were strongly overrepresented in INTJ, ENTJ, ENFJ, and ISTJ types, with a pronounced Judging bias.
  • No statistically significant link was found between personality type and design coursework performance, so the hypothesis that INTJs make better designers was not supported, though small samples limit firm conclusions.
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NHTV University of Applied SciencesJan 2011