The area I am going to research is the programming discipline, mainly as I have some previous experience in the area and it will be good to see what roles are out there.
This post is going to be used to list all the references used within the assignment.
The game programming disciple can be broke down in to a number of specialist roles :
- 3D and Graphics Programmer
- Engine Developer
- Tools Programmer
- Interface (UI) Programmer
- Network and Multi player Programmer
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) Programmer
- Audio Programmer
- Physics Engine Programmer
- Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer
- Game / Game play Programmer
- Web / Front End Programmer
The roles have both common and specific responsibilities and skill sets depending on the role. A great source of information for all the roles are the various game job websites available and also some more general websites were used where specific job adverts could not be found.
The general websites used are listed below:
Gamasutra : The Art and Business of Making Games (2012) Retrieved September 22nd, 2012, from http://www.gamasutra.com
Gamesindustry International (2012) Retrieved September 22nd, 2012, from http://www.gamesindustry.biz/
Game Career Guide (2012) Retrieved September 22nd, 2012, from http://www.gamecareerguide.com/
The Market for Computer & Video Games (2012) Retrieved September 22nd, 2012, from http://www.mcvuk.com/
Develop (2012) Retrieved September 22nd, 2012, from http://www.develop-online.net/
Game Programmer (2012) Retrieved September 22nd, 2012, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_programmer
The specific job adverts used for each role were:
3D and Graphics Programmer
3D Graphics Programmer (2012) Retrieved September 22nd, 2012, from http://www.totallygames.com/jobs/3dgraphics2006.htm
3D Graphics Programmer- iPhone games! (2012) Retrieved September 22nd, 2012, from http://jobs.gamasutra.com/jobs/122157-21341/3D-Graphics-Programmer-iPhone-games--Gameloft-New-York-City-NY-USA
3D Graphics Programmer (2012) Retrieved September 22nd, 2012, from http://www.gamesindustry.biz/jobs/remedy/finland/uk-and-europe/3d-graphics-programmer-id50667
Engine Developer
Engine Programmer (2012) Retrieved September 22nd, 2012, from http://www.gamesindustry.biz/jobs/recruit-3d/uk-and-europe/engine-programmer-id55613
