A Game Developer

What is a Game Developer?

• A game developer is a person who creates an entertaining, and interactive video game.

• The job includes modeling art for characters, music, coding, 3D animation, and artificial intelligence.

• Games range from Strategy, to action, to even card games.

WORKING AS A DEVELOPER

• Working as a developer takes long hours. 9 to 10 hours in a day, are spent at a computer and 40 to 50 hours are spent working in a week. Overtime is just common.

• Mostly coding and art work are done in a daily task.

• Responsibilities are to carry out the work that is handed to you.

Salary

• Salary is between $35k and $100k

• If you are a freelancer you may earn less.

• Experienced developers can make over 100k a year.

Training and Education

• Computer programming

• Computer graphics

• 3D animation programs

• These three things may be needed in order to become a game developer. It is required that you have a associates or bachelors degree if joining a company.

Exam

• Companies may test you on your capabilities to do things. Such as basic coding or other tasks.

• It all comes down to personality of the company itself.

• Other than that there's no license required.

How do you start off?

• How to start off is the big question. People usually start off by making small little games, and making portfolios.

• Not usually do people get into big studios.

• A lot of people are recruited to make certain games for consoles, computers, or even apps for phones.

Forecast and Outlook

• This career can be available with anyone who has a work space, internet, computer, knowledge of animation, and coding. Also you have to have the certain tools and or software to do so.

Predicted career growth and Stability

• Part of the economy is getting a job, also paying for the things you want to buy. Games are a big part of every countries economy because, so many people buy them for entertainment purposes.

• The stability of the job is not going to diminish. Gaming has been around for a long time and new technology is being found everyday. Unless we all go extinct or get over ran by robots, than personally I don’t see this industry dying.

Economically.

• You are going to spend about 75% of your income on the software and processing of the game. You will profit if the game is good.

• Though if you don’t have the time, money, or tools to do so, then your out of luck.

Opportunities

• There are a lot of opportunities out there for a game developer.

• Gaming developers can become IT’s, software engineers, and other things dealing with computers.

• Also they can make animations for children's movies.

• They can become these things because they already have the basic knowledge of programming.

Why do I want to become a Game developer?

• Reasons why I want to become a developer is because the satisfaction on peoples faces.

• Games usually have a lot of imagination to them. To put your own thoughts or childish imagination into a game and then play it, is a amazing feeling.

• Also the reason why I want to be a game developer is, because I have a chance to make a amazing interactive game that anyone can play.

Gaming Industry itself

As you can see the Gaming industry has increased from the Atari till now. Gaming industry ranges from 10 – 20 billion dollars in revenue

world wide.

Why does this career fit me?

• Personally: I am very imaginative, I love technology, and I am intelligent.

• Lifestyle: This career fits my lifestyle because I already sit at my computer everyday or console, playing video games since I was 3.

• Disadvantages: being irritated by the coding of the game.

• Advantages: Money, satisfaction of the game, working with people, and working with technology.

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