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Gaming, Graphics & Future of Technology
Brian RobbinsPresident/Founder – Riptide Games
[email protected]: @dubane
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Agenda• Background
– Myself– Riptide Games– Video Game Industry
• Careers in Gaming– Location– Salaries– Skills– Experience
• Future– Upcoming Trends– Challenges and Opportunities
• Q&A
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Who am I?
• Graduated University of Denver in 2001– BS, Computer Science w/ minor in
Leadership–MBA
• Lived in Denver, Ottawa and New York• Programmed over 100 games• Do what I love
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About Riptide Games
• Founded in 2007• Indie game developer• Focus on “next-gen mobile”– iPhone, Palm Pre, Android, etc– All the cool toys
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Video Game Industry
• $26.5 Billion global software sales from 3/2007 – 3/2008– 10% per year
Source: Hudson Square ResearchChart:
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2008/01/growth-of-gaming-in-2007-far-
outpaces-movies-music.ars
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Careers in Games
• Over 100,000 game developers in 2005
Source: gameindustrymap.com
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Salaries
• Average salary $79,000• Programming - $85,000• Art - $69,000• Game Designer - $67,000• Producer - $82,000• Audio - $78,000• Q/A - $39,000• Business / Legal - $102,000
Source: Game Developer 8th Annual Salary Survey
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Skills
• Creativity• Math / Programming• Artistic Ability• Organization / Project Management• Creativity
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Experience & Education
• Love of games• Programming or similar creative
endeavor• Hobby projects• Education– Computer Science– Project Management?– Business
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Upcoming Trends
• Huge scale vs. Indie• Democratization of development• Mobile platforms• Social Gaming• Casual Games• New Hardware Interfaces
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Challenges & Opportunities
• Shrinking attention span• Plethora of free content• Global Marketplace• Connected Gamers• Aging Gamers