{"id":86416,"date":"2016-02-22T09:06:06","date_gmt":"2016-02-22T07:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=86416"},"modified":"2016-04-07T15:56:50","modified_gmt":"2016-04-07T13:56:50","slug":"cool-careers-in-sas-gaming-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/industry-news\/86416-cool-careers-in-sas-gaming-industry","title":{"rendered":"Cool careers in SA\u2019s gaming industry"},"content":{"rendered":"

When you think about a career in the video game industry, you might immediately think of game developers.<\/p>\n

But there are many more jobs available in this field, with something for just about everyone.<\/p>\n

At rAge Cape Town<\/a> you can find out more.<\/p>\n

Art and design<\/h3>\n

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A stroll down Artists Alley at rAge 2016 will reveal how you can profit from your creativity and love of both art and gaming.<\/p>\n

Many of SA’s talented digital and traditional artists and crafters display and sell their gaming-related artwork at rAge every year.<\/p>\n

There is also a market for creating and selling anime, manga and gaming Cosplay costumes, props and accessories to fans.<\/p>\n

Teach \u2013 or be taught<\/h3>\n

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If you are passionate about computer science and enjoy helping others understand it, you could become a trainer who shapes future game developers and designers.<\/p>\n

The University of Cape Town (UCT) offers a major in Computer Games Development, which is taken in conjunction with a major in computer science.<\/p>\n

The University of Witwatersrand (WITS) in Johannesburg offers two game design courses – a Bachelor of Engineering Science in Digital Art \u2013 BEngSc (Digital Art) and a Bachelor of Arts in Performing and Visual Arts majoring in Game Design \u2013 BA PVA (Game Design).<\/p>\n

If you are looking to specialise in the 3D animation side of things, Learn 3D in Johannesburg and online offers 1-year accredited courses in 3DS Max, Maya, Mudbox, Autodesk Composite, Adobe After-effects, and Unity 3D.<\/p>\n

Game development<\/h3>\n

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The most obvious career in the industry, however, is one where you are actually making video games.<\/p>\n

Locally, home_coded<\/a> showcases\u00a0South Africa\u2019s game development talent and promotes local growth in the industry.<\/p>\n

This initiative was started by NAG in November 2012, and you can meet local devs and\u00a0chat to them about their projects and careers in game development in general at rAge.<\/p>\n

You can also take part in the popular NAG JAM<\/a>, which will see you developing a game within a time limit (72 hours) two weeks before rAge with all winners\u2019 games being displayed on the NAG JAM \/ Intel stand at rAge.<\/p>\n

The 2016 rAge expo, typically hosted only in Johannesburg, comes for the first time to Cape Town from 18-20 March at GrandWest Casino and Entertainment World in Goodwood.<\/p>\n

Visit the official rAge expo<\/a> website for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Check out rAge Cape Town to see why becoming a game developer is not your only option.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":231,"featured_media":86418,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17604],"tags":[21,1699,17306,17308],"class_list":["post-86416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-news","tag-headline","tag-rage","tag-rage-2016","tag-rage-cape-town"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/231"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86416\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}