Game Development Hero: Create games, get job offers, and find your way in the games industry

Is it possible for a student to have game companies clamoring over them with job offers? Start making their own games in less than a day and team projects in a month? How about learn the skills they need to contact and impress game industry recruiters? The answer is a resounding "yes!" Game Development Hero is the result of years of experience and research, gathered from college game development groups, indie developers, big name publishers and small game studios. It contains interviews with industry insiders from all disciplines and insights into what they did to get where they are. It is full of proven guidelines and tools for making your own games from start to finish. Brice Morrison, game designer and editor of The Game Prodigy, delivers a book that shares: - What you can this week to start becoming a Game Engineer, Artist, or Designer - Interviews with recent graduates who landed at EA, Zynga, Valve, Sony, and more - What game recruiters care about in candidates (and what they don't) - How to avoid the common deadly pitfalls in making your own games - Ways to craft an explosive resume, find contacts, and break into the industry Across 15 packed chapters, Game Development Hero answers the one career-defining question: "How can someone who wants to be a game developer make their dreams come true?" Open up to find out!