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Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
How To Start Your Career In Games Development
BGI and National Videogame Museum
This course explored how developers got their start in games development, what entry-level programmers, artists, designers and producers do day to day and how they collaborate. It explored professional skills that could make you easier to hire, what recruiters would like to see in your CV and what could help you stand out from the crowd. You acquired tips on providing evidence that you can do a games job, even if you lack experience, and what games studios are really looking for at interviews
4 weeks, 2 hours per week
Rick Gibson
CEO, The BGI
BGI
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Explain the different roles, duties, processes and working relationships in games development teams
- Evaluate the technical and professional skills used in games development
- Assess and classify your skills and the skills you wish to develop
- Describe key stages and employer expectations for successful games development applications
- Apply strategies to evidence your professional and specialist skills
- Justify experience and skills in a games interview setting, applying strategies to prepare to answer common questions
- Develop a set of questions to ask at games interviews
Syllabus
- How games developers got their start in games development
- What entry-level games programmers, artists, designers and producers do day to day and how they work together
- What are the hidden professional skills that could make you easier to hire
- What recruitment companies would like to see in your CV and what could help you stand out from the crowd
- Tips on providing evidence that you can do a games job, even if you lack experience
- Inside the interview room – what games studios are really looking for at interviews
Issued on 22nd February 2020
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