If you’re a small developer and you’re having trouble finding skilled help, you might consider teaming up with a local college or university. Schools are often in search of professionals who can come in as adjunct faculty to teach specialized courses, especially courses that would be popular with students. Game-focused classes are popular because so [More...]
Are you knee deep in a long term project? Thinking only about your next deal, milestone, or effort? What will you do when you reach your next goal? You’ll probably come out of your hole and look around at what the rest of the world has been up to while you were working, Right? Wrong. [More...]
Champlain College seeks Game Design Faculty If you think being a game designer isn’t quite enough of a challenge, you should consider the challenge of bringing up the next generation of game designers at Champlain College in Burlington, Vermont. Students in the studio-style cohort of interdisciplinary majors can tell if the professor is a poseur — [More...]
An easy-to-follow primer on the fundamentals of digital game design. Our friend Briar Lee Mitchell, a professor at the Art Institute Online, has a new book available for pre-order at major bookstores like Amazon and Barnes & Nobles. “The quickly evolving mobile market is spurring digital game creation into the stratosphere, with revenue from games [More...]
A while back, authors of the book, Game Industry Career Guide, provided a look at what the future holds for the game industry. Interesting to see what’s unfolded since then. After completing work on their book, Game Industry Career Guide (part of the Game Development Essentials series, published by Cengage Delmar Learning), Jeannie Novak and [More...]
