The Realities of Life in Game Development

Video game studios bring together a number of different creative types, from artists and programmers to the business-minded. Navigating the different personalities you’ll meet is as much of a challenge as the technical work that goes into software development, and these Full Sail University grads and industry professionals will share their day-to-day experiences, as well as the challenges of transitioning to different studios and different roles.

Panel:

Kerry Allen
2006 Game Development graduate; Software Engineer III, EA Tiburon

Will Dull
2005 Game Development graduate; Software Engineer III, EA Tiburon

Rob Coble
Industry Outreach, Game Studies

Grant Shonkwiler
2008 Game Design & Development graduate, Technical Producer, iD Software

Learn more at http://w.fullsail.edu/fsgamedev

10 Comments on “The Realities of Life in Game Development”

  1. Someday i will sit on a stage like and they'll be like:
    "Hey Tom you're pretty fuckin sweet around these parts man what's your secret how do you do it?"

    Me: "Uhgn"

    The crowd sweats in awe and dramatic tension as the words sound through the entire complex

  2. Having the same job as one of "those guys at the back," I appreciate that he was nice enough to do that shout out at the end. I know it can be time crunching when given something needing to be shown last minute, so it is great to be appreciated every once in a while when things go right.

  3. Very nice interview, enjoyed every minute of it. Some day I will be a game Dev sitting up there on that panel, I promise. 

  4. Create, don't consume. Participate, don't spectate. It is easy to play a video game, but it is harder, but more rewarding to make one.

  5. Coming from a socially awkward introvert the man in the black t shirts comment saddens me. So its basically impossible to get into the industry if your social skills aren't up to pare even if your work is good….

  6. I'm about to be in 9th grade and when I get into 11 an 12 grade I will finally be able to do Game development 

  7. Original xcom was just so much more fun than the official new one. 

  8. watched the whole video. very nice experience. just to remain motivated in developing games.

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