The most important thing that you can show any company is a portfolio of some of the work you have previously done. Although not all companies require a portfolio, it is still something I feel people should have, especially if they want to get into gaming. It’s a good way to show the knowledge you actually hold and also for them to have an idea of the skills you possess.
People I know or read about do this by creating a mod for a commercial game or by creating a game using Flash. Even if very few people test out your mod or game it will show that you have the knowledge to create something and have the initiative to start and finish it
Currently my gaming portfolio has the amazing number of 0. Hopefully this will change in the future. GO ME…
A good resource I found when I started an interest in working for the gaming world was a book called Paid to play: an insider's guide to video game careers written by David S. J. Hodgson. It was an interesting read coving jobs such as Game Designer, Publisher, Artist, all the way to the lowly Q&A Tester.
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