I did plenty of hiring at my last job and education was never on my list of requirements, it was always portfolio first then interview to see if theyd be a good fit. If youre looking to get hired internationally then a degree becomes more important, but as far as what i looked for in a candidate, it was just about what…
I made an educational game once. Our educators were great folks, but were mostly stuck in their old methods of educating. Very reflective of a classic game development problem of work-in-progress assets causing upper management to freak out and change everything because it doesnt immediately weld perfect results. The…
can people who arent in education but dont want to do any commercial work ever buy educational software? I always assumed they expect education requirements to be fullfilled. Really really frustrating :(
There's also a Game Education Summit happening at SMU June 10th http://www.gameeducationsummit.com/ for educators to talk directly to industry leaders.