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Is an Online Game Development Education Possible?

Yes! Westwood College is an accredited US institution offering programs to train individuals to become outstanding game developers, game designers, video game designers, software developers, etc. According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, at present there are 3,390 people employed as gaming managers alone in America, and their average annual salary is $74,030. Online schools like Westwood College have been proven to help successfully launch workers into this field.

• creating detailed design documents
• creating the software that results in the video game
• creating creatures and human-like figures and make them move
• creating the backgrounds or settings for games
• creating the surface detail of objects that appear on the screen
• composing music
• locating effects in sound libraries
• recording and editing sounds
• controlling characters through artificial intelligence
• blending animation and sound with the video game program in authentic ways

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• Lead Software Development Engineer
• Software Development Engineer Senior
• Director Bus Development Virtual Worlds Gaming
• Software Development Engineer
• Associate Producer with Game Production Developer
• Director of Product and Business Development
• Associate Producer with Game Production
• Market Development Manager Games
• Software Development Engineer
• Web Development/Online Game

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• Bachelor of Science - Game Design
• Bachelor of Science - Game Development
• Bachelor of Science - Game Art
• Bachelor of Fine Arts in Game Design and Development
• Bachelor of IT - Programming
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• BA in Visual Communications: Game Design
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