Share the questions you'd ask if you wanted to join the games industry for $3!

Posted by Boomer in WASD

Landing your first role in the games industry can be tough, and recent developments are hardly encouraging. But more people are playing games than ever, and the industry will recover. If you want to make games for a living, you can - and there's no time like the present to start taking steps towards your goal.

Since its inception, WASD has featured a careers section, where real-live game developers have offered advice to students and jobseekers, and 2024 will be no different (check out the Thursday programme announcement). So if you're going to WASD, let's rehearse what you'd ask, and if not, let's pretend you are! Tell us: what questions would you ask those in the games industry that would help you take the next steps towards joining them?

There's no limit on the number of questions we're looking for, so fire away. The 12 best sets of questions can earn $3 apiece!

Task: Share the questions you would ask game developers if you wanted to get a job in the games industry

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Created at 10:43pm, 4th April, 2024. Page last updated at 2:44pm, 16th May, 2024.
Deadline at 11:00pm, 9th April, 2024.

Submissions (7)

Sturmer4/7/2024

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As AI continues to reshape the IT landscape, it's undeniable that businesses are looking for efficiency and profitability. While there's some resistance to this new reality, AI's potential to enhance productivity is clear.

My question for those in the games industry is this: How soon do you anticipate seeing job descriptions that explicitly require proficiency in operating AI systems?

Makster4/6/2024

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Thanks for putting this thread up Boomer - especially for those that can't make it to WASD such as myself.

I'd love to be there to ask my questions:

How do you balance between marketing and managing gamer's expectations?
Do you think gamers are a different to other consumers of media such as movie goers or music fans? How does that affect the marketing and advertisements?
When developing a game, do you follow popular game play trends such as Battle Royale game modes, post-launch DLC, and season passes or do you rely on a vision first time around
When is it decided a second iteration of the game is to be made (and does it always include DLC?

FrostySomething4/5/2024

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I’d like to know how people become games script writers? It’s such an unusual discipline, having to consider the interactivity of a games. It’s very different to linear narrative media like films and tv. Where would someone start with that type of role?

Dean4/5/2024

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How many times do you have to answer:

"Do you just get to play games all day?" and how many times before it becomes annoying?

On a serious note:

What skills do you think are important to build a good skillset that can be transferred throughout disciplines as you progress your career?

FirestormGamingTeam4/5/2024

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For me, I would only have one question if someone wanted me to work for them based on my YouTube/JA presence.

What would you say makes your game, something that is going to stand out and grow from the rest? We've had games rushed out nonstop in the industry in the past few years which has led to paywalls, blockchain and MCT, what would you say, is the reason you feel your game is going to do better than the rest?