This one is for all the gamers. I love playing FIFA in my free time. I have mini tournaments at my home with my friends regularly. While observing my friends compete against each other, it strikes me, wouldn’t it be cool to do this as your career? As it gets paid to play games or to make them! And guess what? IT IS A CAREER!
The past year has seen a boom in the gaming scene. PUBG, Fortnite, FIFA, Online chess, Counter strike, Fortnite, etc., have all seen a tremendous increase in the number of players. Yes, we can get the cause down to the lockdown but the e-gaming scene has been developing all around the world for many years now.
There are 5 major gaming networks in India now as well:
1. ESL India Premiership: For games such as Brawl Stars, Counter Strike, Dota-2, FIFA, League of Legends, Mortal Kombat, etc.
2. NGS Championships: NGS organizes tournaments and is a one-stop platform for all gamers to practise, compete, and win attractive cash prizes. Some of the top games for tournaments are: Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Dota 2, Need for Speed, PUBG, FIFA, and many more.
3. PUBG Mobile India: PUBG Mobile India organizes events and tournaments in India for extremely competitive and pro-PUBG players. The winning teams get massive cash prizes up to 50,00,000.
4. U Cypher: U Cypher is an ESports franchise which has multiple platforms for multi-gaming eSports championships. It organizes tournaments and championship battles for games such as Counter Strike GO, Tekken 7, DOTA 2, etc. with prize money ranging from anywhere between 15 lakh to 251 lakh.
5. Ultimate Battle: It organizes multiplayer mobile, console, and PC video game tournaments online. It also offers amazing cash prizes for games such as PUBG, Call of Duty, FIFA, DOTA 2, CS: GO, and many others.
Apart from this, you could also be a gaming influencer by showcasing your gaming skills in any game you like on the platform Twitch. So as you can see there is a big scope for gamers in India. Looking at the success of the above-mentioned platforms, many new platforms could come up in the near future. Thus the gaming scene isn’t going anywhere.
Let’s go deeper. What about those who don’t just want to play the games but also make them? Well, good question. The idea of a game brings together multiple individuals who help in the development of the game. There are so many elements involved in making a gaming experience meaningful and exciting. Here are a few of the careers involved in the making of the complete game.
1. Video Game Artist: A video gamer artist designer creates the whole outlook of the game right from the beginning to the end. They design the gameplay, the elements of the game like the look of the screen and the characters in the game, and most importantly decide the format of the game; i.e., whether it’s a story or a competitive game. To be a video game artist you could go for a B. Tech. in Software Engineering or Bachelor’s in Computer Applications. You also need a Bachelor’s degree in Animation or a simple diploma in Animation..
2. Animation: The animation professional helps the designer in bringing the initial elements of the game together. You will have to take course on animation from any computer agency near you, or you could take up a proper Bachelor’s in Animation from any university that offers it.
3. Video Game Programmer: After the idea and the design of the game is ready, the programmer develops the game as a whole using coding. The programmer has one of the most important roles in the development of the game. You may have noticed certain glitches while playing a game. These issues normally come down to the programmer. The better the programmer the lower the number of glitches. To be a game programmer you could go for B.Tech. in Software Engineering or a Bachelor’s in Computer Applications.
4. Sound Engineer: Once the video elements are set, the audio elements need to be taken care of. That’s where the sound engineer comes in. The sound engineer is the one who records the voices for the characters in the game and also the sounds for all the actions in the game. Think about it, if you mute the games you play, would you enjoy it? I don’t think I would. All you need to have a career in this field is a Bachelor’s in Sound Engineering and Sound Editing. There are diploma courses in the same as well.
Gaming ranks right up there amongst the new and upcoming careers not only in India but also all over the world. While the career of the gamer might not be that different from that of a sportsman, Le, it may depend on the capability of the gamer, the career of a game creator comes down to your interest in software development, engineering and animation. While choosing either of these options, please understand where your interest areas and your capabilities lie. So what are you waiting for? Get gaming!
Credit : Darryl D’Souza (The Teenager Today)
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