Ultimate Gamer: Career Mode: Everything You Need To Be A Gaming Industry Pro

Description

Longlisted for the UKLA Award in the Information Books 3-14+ category! Take your gaming skills beyond the screen in Ultimate Gamer: Career Mode - the ultimate handbook to becoming a top game developer, Twitch streamer or the next eSports pro! Written by Craig Steele - who has led gaming workshops at Resonate and Insomnia - and illustrated by Berat Pekmezci, this book will give you the low-down on the coolest jobs in the gaming industry. Learn how to storyboard, code and test games, just like your favourite devs, or boost your Twitch subs by learning how to go pro. Think you have the skills to compete in eSports tournaments, or do you need some tips on getting good? This book will give you the know-how on making it big in all areas of the gaming industry!

Craig Steele is a specialist in Computing Science education. He is a Project Manager for CoderDojo Scotland, which runs free coding clubs for young people. He also runs hands-on workshops at big gaming events including Resonate and Insomnia, as well as sitting on the judging panel for BAFTA's Young Games Designers Awards. Berat Pekmezci grew up and studied graphic arts in Istanbul. He then worked as an Art Director in advertising agencies for several years before becoming a freelance illustrator. Berat illustrates posters, book covers, and editorial illustrations. Beside that, his true passion is sequential art. Berat lives with his wife and cat in London and, when he is not illustrating, he spends his time reading comic books and collecting football jerseys.