Critical skills for game developers: An analysis of skills sought by industry

ACM Future Play 2008 International Academic Conference on the Future of Game Design and Technology, Future Play: Research, Play, Share

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 89-96

  McGill, Monika ^a  

^a BRADLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Game concentration; Game curriculum; Game developer; Game Education; Game industry; Required skills; Skills; Software developer

Indexed keywords

GAME CONCENTRATION; GAME CURRICULUM; GAME DEVELOPER; GAME EDUCATION; GAME INDUSTRY; REQUIRED SKILLS; SKILLS; SOFTWARE DEVELOPER;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CURRICULA; RESEARCH; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

GAME THEORY;

EID: 70349331149     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1496984.1497000     Document Type: Conference Paper

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