Marquise Chee-You
1/11/2022
Mrs.Boutilier
Senior Seminar
The career field I am researching is game designing. I am interviewing Tanner, Miss Dionne’s son. He’s in college for game designing,
1/11/2022
Mrs.Boutilier
Senior Seminar
The career field I am researching is game designing. I am interviewing Tanner, Miss Dionne’s son. He’s in college for game designing,
- What made you want to be a videogame designer?
- Tanner said that when he was in his freshman year of high class, his favorite class was computer science and he really enjoyed creating the games
- Tell me about your two different majors?
- He’s taking both computer science and game designing. For both classes there are 7 classes for each major but he’s taking 3 of each
- What is the salary for someone at the entry level?
- Tanner said that the salary for computer science is $80,000 and he doesn’t know about game designing exactly but he knows that it’s pretty low for game designing assume maybe $60,000
- What is the most interesting part of computer game designing?
- Tanner really enjoys working with a team and seeing everything that goes into a game. He likes seeing everyone mix and put together a project.
- What’s the most challenging part?
- Tanner said that the most challenging part is the hours putting in and programming
- What skills are required?
- Tanner told me that you really need the ability to brainstorm and work with others and knowing how to code as well as being able to adapt.
- What’re the education requirements like math?
- Tanner said that the education requirements are not too heavy on math and basic fundamentals.
- Are people a nice environment to be around?
- Definitely. Tanner stated that the game designing class is very diverse with race, religion, age, and gender it’s also welcoming to beginners.
- What college do you go to and how have you grown since you started college?
- Northeastern college and it’s made him to be confident in your own work and yourself. He said looking at your final project makes you feel proud.
- Any advice would you give to someone looking into game designing.
- Game designing is pretty new and to ignore what others tell you about it. He stated that about 90% of people he told that he wanted to be a game designer told him not to. He said to follow your passion