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Here is a time line of the consoles I've used for playing games I like.  The first console I used were my parents. They were a Nintendo NES and N64.

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Here is a timeline of some of my favorite games. They include everything from the 8 bit version of Super Mario World for NES to Fallout 4 for PlayStation 4.

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I've used smore.com to create a newsletter listing the following careers: video game designer, software developer/computer programmer, and animator or other artist. My choice is video game software developer.

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Three careers in video gaming are: video game designer, software developer/computer programmer, and animator or other artist. My choice is video game software developer.

Video Game Software Developer

Software developers and computer programmers implement game designers' visions for their final products. Developers design software that makes video games work the way the designers want them to. Programmers create the code that converts those designs into instructions video game systems can read.

Job Duties

Are fluent in the popular video game development programming languages, such as Java, C and C++.

Develop the artificial intelligence (AI) that dictates reactions of computer-controlled elements.

Write and fine-tune precise computer code that controls the difficulty level of a video game.

Develop the code that enables multiplayer gameplay over a network, such as Xbox Live.

Test & develop game physics, which controls how objects interact in the video game environment.

Work closely with game artists and designers to accurately incorporate their visions into the game.

Education

For game design programming jobs, the education requirement is typically a bachelor's degree in video game development, computer science, software engineering, mobile application development, game & simulation programming, or a similar programming-focused area of study. Video game programmers should be fluent in the object-oriented programming (OOP) languages commonly used in video game design, such as Java, C and C++.

Job Outlook

Projected growth (2016-2026): Much faster than average (15% or higher) Much faster than average (15% or higher)

Projected job openings (2016-2026) 85,700

Well Known Developers: John Romero

A director, designer, programmer, and developer in the video game industry. He is best known as a co-founder of id Software and designer for many of their games, including Wolfenstein 3D, Dangerous Dave, Doom and Quake. His game designs and development tools, along with new programming techniques created and implemented by id Software's lead programmer John D. Carmack, led to a mass popularization of the first person shooter, or FPS, in the 1990s. He is credited with coining the FPS multiplayer term "deathmatch"

Well Known Developers: Markus Alexej Persson

Also known as Notch or xNotch, is a Swedish video game programmer and designer. Persson is known as the founder of Mojang, the video game company he founded alongside Carl Manneh and Jakob Porser in late 2010. In September 2014, he announced publicly that he would be leaving Mojang after its acquisition by Microsoft. Persson's principal venture for founding Mojang was Minecraft, a first-person sandbox video game that has gained popularity and support since its tech demo in 2009. Since the release of Minecraft, Persson has gained significant notability within the video game industry, having won multiple awards and establishing relations with the industry's figureheads

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10 Things You Need To Know About Video Gaming

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