1. Game Development Careers
Past, Present, and Future
Jesse Schell (@jesseschell)

19. Game Industry Careers
•Programmer
•Artist
•Designer
•Producer

20. Game Programmer
• Code A LOT
• Code on a team
• Do Game Jams, to learn rapid
prototyping
• Finish things, to learn software
engineering
• Build a portfolio of games and
demos

21. Game Artist
• Focus on classic skills
• Make beautiful things
• Get good at fast sketches
• Learn to collaborate with
programmers
• Build a portfolio

22. Game Designer
• Learn about everything
• Write about games constantly
• Design a lot of games
• Do as many game jams as you can
• Work with artists and
programmers

23. Game Producer
• Learn about project management
• Learn about Agile
• Become a wizard of documents
• Help teams solve problems
• Learn how games are made –
estimate every game you play
• Study post-mortems
• Build a portfolio

31. Thanks!
Slides: jesseschell.com
Twitter: @jesseschell
Email: jesse@schellgames.com