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Career Development

Prepare Yourself, ATX Game Makers

ByTheresa PudenzJanuary 15, 2021

Let’s talk about our futures; let’s talk about how we achieve our goals! What are your goals? Perhaps you have a clear intention for your future and are prepared for success? If so, awesome! If not, now is a great time to start. Coordinating decades of my own

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Halloween 2020 Media Jam: Shock & Awwww

ByBryan StrongoliOctober 13, 2020

We are super excited that ATX Game Makers is partnering up with Fantastic Arcade, The Museum of Human Achievement, and Babycastles to present entries to their media jam, as well as entries to our very own October Challenge: SUPERNATURAL! What is the ATX Game Makers Monthly

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October Monthly Challenge!

ByBryan StrongoliOctober 2, 2020

Hello Game Makers! We are excited to announce our first ever Monthly Challenge for October. What is the Monthly Challenge? For an entire month, musicians, designers, writers, and artists of all kinds are encouraged to create and share work based on our set theme. Over

ByDonald HarrisSeptember 25, 2020

This past week the ATX Game Makers community was hosted an amazing panel event on diverse hiring practices. The event featured: Alan Uthoff, CEO of Swordpoint Studios Angie Madison, Global Talent Acquisition Advisor Dennis Mathews, CEO of Revelation Interactive Pat Collins,

Career Development

Asking the Wrong Questions

ByAlan UthoffSeptember 21, 2020

Developer interview questions are becoming increasingly difficult with every passing year, but many interviewers have never stepped back to consider what they are actually learning from these questions. If the answer you get from a question does not further your knowledge

Game Making

My One-Week Game Jam

ByVictoria BrownJuly 20, 2020

Most game jams are open to the public, and the games that are created are often allowed to be used or sold after the event. However, this particular game jam was done as a company event at my workplace. The intent was to inspire us and develop new ideas for

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Diversity & Inclusion Field Guide: ERGs

ByBryan StrongoliJune 15, 2020

Hey y’all! My name is Bryan Strongoli and I’ll be your Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) field guide today as we delve into the exciting and relatively new world of Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)! I’ve been working in the industry for six years doing a variety of

Career Development

Candidacy Prep for Game Developers – Part 1: First Impressions

ByKyle SavoyMay 11, 2020

I am well-practiced in how to make oneself an attractive candidate for video game companies. I’ve been a software developer for 10 years, and I’ve worked for big companies as well as small studios. Right now I work with a medium-sized (30+ people) company called

Career Development

It’s Dangerous to go Alone! – Interview Prep for Video Game Positions

ByLaurie CotsonikaApril 27, 2020

You’ve been invited to an interview. Are you telling yourself: “Hooray! I got an interview!” Or (if you’re me)… “Oh no! I got an interview!” You feel awesome for being one of the chosen ones, but now you’ve become a giant ball of anxiety and

Career Development

I Quit My Job to Learn Game Development Full Time

ByNicolas Lucas Acea-GalloApril 15, 2020

Like most gamemakers, it was love at first sight. I was fascinated by every aspect of video games–from the rectangular grey controller, to the magic box connected, to the glowing screen. How did it all work? To this day, I am still captivated by it. In my teens I tried

Lane-Breaking 3: Fake Safety, Real Safety, and the Courage to Steward

Lane-Breaking Part 2: When One Lens Dominates

Lane-Breaking: A Manifesto on Psychological Safety and Cross-Disciplinary Work in Game Development, Part 1