The year is 2017 and there is no child or teen who hasn’t played an online game, kept an online zoo, defeated dragons, fought the villains as Superman, defied monsters, flown fighter planes, won Wimbledon or the UEFA cup final, climbed mountains, saved the world, fired guns, built magnificent Lego designs, created 3D buildings, or ridden a broomstick as Harry Potter and won many a Quidditch game.
Gaming is huge and not just directed at children. There are many adults who game for fun and relaxation but also for sport. Whether it be on a smartphone, a laptop, computer or television screen, video games and VFX are what everyone is doing. This means it could also be a fantastic career choice, especially for a person who loves and understands gaming and loves the idea of creating new games.
This is exactly what eighteen year old Rajesh Kumar did. He always loved playing games and from a young age dreamed of creating his own. Even before he could talk, he could game. He says he always wondered what went on behind the game and was fascinated at the whole technology of gaming. It was a natural choice for him to study computer programming and computer languages and to go after a career in gaming. He has been creating games since he was a youth and his name may well be on some of the big games you play today.
Game design and development are now offered as degrees, diplomas or certificates. One can do a single course or a combination of many. The more courses, the more skills a game designer will have. Courses can include but not be limited to computer skills, coding, computer science, design, art, artificial intelligence, game engine making, character development, 2D and 3D animation, digital logic, algorithms and computer programming languages such as C++, Java, XML and Python,
It’s a great way to turn passion for something into a sought after skill and what could be a hugely successful career.
Very often we play these games without giving thought to how the characters respond. How do they know when to leap or when to fire a gun? How does the soccer star know when to kick the ball? It is all about coding that is enabled by programming languages which is dealt by game development and game engines. The visual effects (VFX), or the animation, are the visual treats . By studying gaming you will learn how to create such animation playing 2-3 static pictures together within a negligible time gap.
Animation can be studied separately to gaming. Animation is a popular trend in the television and the movie industry, as well as the gaming industry. Think of movies that have been animated. ‘Baahubali ‘ was a huge hit only made possible because of animation. Beauty and the Beast? Harry Potter and the flying broomsticks? The special effects have to come from somewhere. And the movies all go on to become games. Almost everything you see online now has some animation.
If you’re thinking of going into this industry, gaming and / or animation, there is a lot of potential and opportunity for growth. There will always a demand for new games. If you love The Internet of Things, love computers and technology and enjoy gaming yourself, have a look at entering this field. There are courses of offer at NID Gujarat, IIDA Kolkata, VIT and NIIFA Kolkata Universities. There are online courses too. Check it out. Get gaming.
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