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The Game Industry Career Guide

Everything you need to know about building a career in games: the roles, the pay, where the industry is heading, and how real people broke in.

  • Game Art, Game Development and Tech Art. What each role does, its specialties and how careers progress.
  • Skills, software and portfolios. Exactly what studios look for in each role, plus job titles and real salary data.
  • How hiring works. From portfolio review and art tests to interviews and first roles.
  • A roadmap and real stories. A step-by-step path in, and how our students got hired at studios like CD Projekt Red and Ubisoft.

No experience neededWritten for anyone curious about a career in games, from total beginners to career changers.

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3 career pathsGame Art, Game Dev, Tech Art
Real dataPay and market numbers, with sources
Real storiesHow our students broke in
Next stepsHow to get started today
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