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	Getting Started - GameCareerGuide.com
		Game industry artist Samuel Crowe addresses what to entry level artists should be aware of once they get a job, such as learning practices and preparing for unexpected changes.
		Game artist Samuel Crowe gives thorough advice on issues to assess when applying for your first game industry job with insight from industry professionals with a combined thirty years of experience.
		Game recruitment veteran Marc Mencher points out: "These days, to get a new job in the game industry, you must have a demo no matter which career track you choose as a focus," and lays out key tips for designer, programmer and artist portfolios.
	www.gamecareerguide.com /getting_started (1067 words)

	An Introduction to Game Programming - DmWiki
		Game programming is an art, and it is a hobby shared by millions of people across the internet.
		Programmers, despite the stereotype are highly creative people - to be good in the field it requires creativity to push machines, try things differently and to dream up new ways of solving problems.
		However, game programmers generally have a passion for games (and their own personal projects would naturally be games).
	www.devmaster.net /wiki/An_Introduction_to_Game_Programming (816 words)

	ArenaNet - Feature Article (Jobs Q&A: Game Programmer) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Game developers frequently are asked questions about how to land a job in the computer entertainment industry.
		Design issues and new game inclusions and features are discussed at meetings, and the programmers divide the workload amongst the team as their schedules allow.
		Programmers should have extensive experience with C and C++ Other languages like Java, Visual Basic, HTML, and ASP may be helpful, but games are still primarily coded in C/C++; make it your top priority to be a wizard in those languages.
	www.arena.net /news/articles/jobs061802.html (1343 words)

	Career Corner Job Posting - Senior/Lead Game Programmer - Generalist
		Most of our Generalists have been Lead Programmers in the past, which is not surprising given that people chosen to Lead a project are typically chosen for the same qualities that we covet in our Generalist programmers.
		We require a minimum of 3 years of video game experience, and it is not unusual for an applicant to have over 10 years of experience.
		Desirable skills/experience for a Generalist Programmers are: strong math skills, collision detection, NPC or enemy behaviors, AI, path-finding, tools, camera control, rendering, special effects, system architecting, good organizational/management skills, physics (general, rigid body, and/or soft body), good communication skills, assembler programming, main character control, animation systems, compression, inverse kinematics, and vehicle physics.
	careers.awn.com /jobdisplay.php3?job_no=9669 (311 words)

	Blizzard Entertainment - Employment Opportunities (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Blizzard is looking for talented and enthusiastic game programmers to join our team in Irvine.
		Help us turn game design concepts into reality and create virtual worlds that gamers will hopefully enjoy for years to come.
		The ideal candidate would be someone who has worked on at least one major video game title and has a wealth of programming skills.
	www.blizzard.com /jobopp/game-programmer.shtml (144 words)

	Game Programmer Jobs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		This is one of the highest paid jobs in the game industry -- both from the entry level and at the top.
		Game Programmers create the "code" which is compiled together to become the video or computer game.
		One example is the programmer behind the Doom and Quake games, John Carmack.
	www.gamedesignjobs.com /game-programmer.htm (231 words)

	So You Want to be a Game Programmer?
		Game programming is one of the most difficult, challenging, and cool forms of programming.
		These days, a typical commercial game might take a million lines of C++ code written by a team of programmers over a period of years with a budget of tens of millions of dollars.
		Game companies are less interested in your resume than in what you have done.
	larc.csci.unt.edu /college.html (1558 words)

	Game programmer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the early days of video games (from the early 1970s to mid-1980s), a game programmer also took on the job of a designer and artist.
		Their skills can be used for computer games as well as games for game consoles such as the PlayStation 3, Wii and the Xbox 360.
		It is rare to "specialize" in more than one platform, but programmers who specialize in portable disciplines such as AI may find their experience is transferrable to several platforms.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Game_programmer (3346 words)

	Become a Computer Game Developer: Do You Have What it Takes?
		As the game programmer, it is good to keep in mind that the more of the other game development roles you can fill, the better.
		If you are a programmer and you need design help, look to an experienced designer with a track record in the type of game you want to develop.
		The preferred languages for game programmers are C and C++.
	www.fastgraph.com /makegames/chapt1.html (1240 words)

	Career Spotlight: Game Programmer - Tech & IT Job Resources from Monster.com
		Game programmers typically specialize in a specific platform -- PCs, consoles, cell phones or online -- and in a particular aspect of game development, such as special effects, artificial intelligence or network performance.
		Formal education in game programming is relatively new and in no way a prerequisite for breaking into the field, but the programs at some institutions, such as Full Sail, are well-known in the industry.
		While game companies thrive on passion and creativity, they also push workers to the point of burnout, as an IGDA white paper notes.
	technology.philly.monster.com /articles/gameprogrammer (642 words)

	DPerry.com: Game Programmer FAQ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The game programmer is an essential part of the game development team, bringing the vision of the artists and designers to life.
		For example, many games are tying artificial intelligence into the sound design by giving the computer controlled characters a sense of "hearing." This requires an Audio Programmer to have a solid knowledge of how sounds work, (interference, travel distance, blocking) how to make it work with the newer 3D sound cards.
		If the game is a racing game, most likely, a company will only need a level designer to design the tracks and the AI Programmer will program the artificial intelligence for the cars.
	www.dperry.com /archives/jobs/descriptions/game_programmer (2623 words)

	Lesson 15 -- GAME PROGRAMMING
		Marc is a frequent contributor to the Game Design BB and has graciously offered his perspective in answer to the frequent request for information from aspiring programmers.
		The position of games programmer is one of the best paid positions within a games company, an entry level programmer can expect to earn between £15-25k/year rising to around £35-65k/year should they eventually obtain a lead programmer position.
		In a typical week a programmer can expect to work around 40 hour week (most likely using flexi-time), however in the two month period before the release of the game you can expect to be working much longer hours, up to around 80-100 hours a week.
	www.sloperama.com /advice/lesson15.html (2214 words)

	How to Break in as a Game Programmer - GameCareerGuide.com
		Game studios have been getting better at paying overtime and not allowing anyone to work 7 days a week but working in the games industry is definitely not your typical 9-5 job.
		Dress is almost always casual and drinking beer at meetings, playing video games, and talking to the studio president about his level 60 undead mage are common.
		As a gameplay programmer I can't begin to tell you how much more exciting it is to test your work as a programmer in the games industry instead of a regular software company.
	www.gamecareerguide.com /features/301/how_to_break_in_as_a_game_.php (468 words)

	Gamasutra - Feature - "So You Want To Be A Game Programmer?"
		To have a successful career in the game industry, you must be able to write or “cut” code that is efficient, fast, and reusable.
		One of the biggest tendencies that programmers have when communicating is to slip into “programmer speak” or jargon.
		Regardless, you should be aware that there does seem to be a lower average salary for programmers in the game industry when compared with business programmers from equal positions of experience and education.
	www.gamasutra.com /features/20060407/mencher_01.shtml (2238 words)

	Game programmer - Quarter To Three Forums
		Lars (game programmer for 17+ years, whoa, he's old!) sez: he, and every game programmer he knows, started with the KandR C book.
		They assume you are already a solid programmer with at least a little experience in the topics that they cover.
		If you are just puttering around making a game in your spare time, memory usage, optimization, streaming assets, and networking are all things he won't need to deal with.
	www.quartertothree.com /game-talk/showthread.php?t=26006 (1951 words)

	Game Programmer Wages - GameDev.Net Discussion Forums
		It is very unlikly that 2 of the really good programmers who make 300k could make the same game in the same amount of time.
		Paid overtime is VERY rare in the games industry - so if the company you choose to work for signs contracts to develop titles in a super short time you might find yourself doing a lot of unpaid overtime that can bump your effective salary down.
		It can take a few years for a game to break even though so you have to faithful to the company (assuming the bonus is royalty based and not capped).
	www.gamedev.net /community/forums/topic.asp?topic_id=178631&whichpage=1& (1029 words)

	Games from Within: So You Want to Be a Game Programmer?
		It's not like you're going to be designing the games (after all, you're applying for a programming position), but it's good to have an idea of what you're aiming for when you're creating a game.
		In my time in the industry, I've only known one programmer who didn't play any games (and he was extremely talented to boot), but he was certainly the exception to the rule.
		As an entry-level programmer, you're going to be thrown in the water and you're going to have to figure out a lot of things by yourself.
	www.gamesfromwithin.com /articles/0501/000066.html (2237 words)

	Am I too old?
		I really wanted to be a professional game programmer, but never really thought that anything I did was good enough.
		However, I feel that my prime years have passed me by in terms of the 'correct' age a game programmer is supposed to be.
		Well, most(good) game programmer are in my experience way way older than that, you certanly shouldn't be to old.
	www.gamesreviews.net /message78688.html (1441 words)

	DirectX Intro -- Game Programmer's Tutorial
		Windows 95 was made with the hope that programmer's wouldn't have to directly access the hardware, instead they would have windows access the hardware for them.
		The game SDK was created so that programmers could access hardware more directly and they could use hardware emulation.
		Games that were made before the game SDK would only work on 60% of the computers!
	www.eastcoastgames.com /directx/intro.html (2206 words)

	Games from Within: Cowboy Coders and the Hero Programmer Culture
		A cowboy coder is a certain type of programmer who prefers to work in isolation, sets his own rules, and usually dives straight into a problem without much thinking or design (hence the “shooting from the hip” expression).
		Look at the track record of canceled, over time and over budget games, and then at how many shipped games that need patches and you can decide for yourself if that's a prevalent attitude in the industry.
		A programmer takes on an impossible task and disappears in his cubicle for a few weeks.
	www.gamesfromwithin.com /articles/0405/000023.html (1424 words)

	Amit’s Game Programming Information
		The result is that the game doesn’t seem balanced: it’s just too obvious that the computer is not playing well, and that the game is brain vs. brawn rather than brain vs. brain.
		It’s commonly believed that objects are too slow for games, but if you use them appropriately and only where they’re a benefit to your design, they should not be a major problem for speed.
		Game design is an art, not a science.
	www-cs-students.stanford.edu /~amitp/gameprog.html (2654 words)

	AGH Museum -- Personal Game Programmer-1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Personal Game Programmer (PGP-1 for short) by Answer Software is the classic-era equivalent of the Game Genie and Pro Action Replay.
		For example, in River Raid, the game could be modified using the PGP-1 so that one could fly over land as well as water.
		Although the Personal Game Programmer was a technical marvel for its time, it sadly never achieved the sales success which Galoob was able to enjoy as the result of the "Great Crash of 1983/84."
	www.atarihq.com /museum/2678/hardware/pgp-1.html (254 words)

	A K Peters, Ltd. - The Game Programmer’s Guide to Torque
		With clear explanations of how to use Torque to create your own games and detailed discussions of the engine’s inner workings, this book is a must read for any programmer interested in making games for fun or profit.
		Any game programmer working with the Torque game engine must have “The Game Programmer’s Guide To Torque”: it teaches everything needed to design your own game, using experiences of game makers and industry veterans well versed in Torque technology.
		A Torque Game engine demo is included on an accompanying cd while step-by-step examples tell how to use it.
	www.akpeters.com /product.asp?ProdCode=2841 (216 words)

	Video Game Design at the GameInstitute.com - Faculty
		The Game Institute faculty is an experienced group of game industry veterans, teachers, programmers, and authors.
		They have worked on hundreds of commercial game titles, sold tens of thousands of best-selling books, and taught computer science, game programming, and related concepts to thousands upon thousands of students from all over the world.
		There she is responsible for producing game content and support materials that are educational and fun.
	www.gameinstitute.com /faculty.php (1840 words)

	Game Designer : video game programmer - game programmer - game programmer jobs - computer game programmer
		There are tons of different jobs in the game industry for a skilled programmer.
		A programmer can work on the game engine; develop the Artificial Intelligence features which are getting more and more complex in today’s games.
		A programmer can also develop tools needed to design games, work on network applications for online gaming and much more.
	www.gamediscovery.com /game-design/video-game-programmer.asp (106 words)

	Cprogramming.com - So you Want to be a Game Programmer?
		First, the bad news: if you want to be a C++ game programmer, you're going to have to learn how to program well.
		Moreover, you'll almost certainly want to write some programs that aren't game related (though you can certainly come up with lots of simple games to write while you learn--program a game of 15, hangman, or battleship to whet your appetite for things to come).
		When you start to design your first real game, you'll need to think both about plot and code, and the more ideas you've already picked up about how to design programs, the easier you will find it to plan out your game.
	www.cprogramming.com /gameprogramming.html (589 words)

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