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How To Build a Games Portfolio for 2024

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Created for the Indie Game Academy Pick one and try different roles in games, and they all have
by Willem Delventhal it out. It doesn't Stuck Have you already I have something to offer. Take a look at this great
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a few
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- Engineering - - Game Design - - Visual Arts - - Writing & - Audio - - Product & - Biz & Marketing -
Including all forms Including level, Including both 2D Narrative - Including all forms Management - Including all forms
of software eng and combat, system, and 3D arts such as Including all forms of SFX, composing Including project of business
other similarly tech economy and other character, concept, of writing, copy and and audio support and product development,
focused roles like forms of game environment, dialogue as well as management, publishing,
QA design, as well as modeling, narrative design producing, and marketing and other
animation, VFX and Have you become other people roles
UI/UX business roles
Are you proficient others. Have you practiced proficient with base like HR
in at least 1 of tools including:
Have you practiced these writing types: Are you proficient
these languages: Have you learned DAWs, Recording Have you become
these skills: Story Bibles, World in the following
C#, C++, Python, base skills like: Lore, Character & Editing Software, proficient with base
Ideation, Audio Middleware, skills: Analytics,
JavaScript,
Prototyping, Design Illustration, Visual Profiles, Dialogue
Audio Plugins?
tools including: Market Research,
Java, HLSL/GLSL? Theory, Character Scripts, Decision Ticketing Software,
Writing, Visual CRMs, Email
No Scripting, Data & Environment Trees, Barks? No Collaboration tools, Marketing, Social
Analysis, Game Design, Modeling, No File Sharing, Media Mngmt,
Spend 1-2 Spend 1-2
Yes Engines? Animating, Rigging, Roadmapping, SEO, Budgeting?
months learning Spend 1-2 months making Yes
Texturing? Agile & Scrum?
one plus the No months writing music, sound No
No Yes No
base tech tools samples of and practicing
Spend 1-2 Spend 1-2
the tech tools
months creating Yes Practice for 1-2 Yes above and use Spend 1-2 months Yes
Have you already months plus the tech tools months with the Yes
practice docs Have you already practicing the
built 2-3 demo tech tools above plus
plus tech tools worked on 2-3 tech tools
projects in-engine? Have you already the tech tools
No Have you already worked on 2-3 projects in-engine?
Have you already worked on 2-3 Have you already
projects in-engine? No Have you already
Spend 2-3 built 2-3 practice worked on 2-3
projects in-engine? No worked on 2-3
months building Yes projects in-engine? No Spend 2-3 projects in-engine?
Spend 2-3 projects in-engine?
projects from No months adding Yes No
Spend 2-3 months adding audio to No
here or here
Spend 2-3 months adding Yes narrative to Yes projects from
Try some
months building Yes Try some
visuals to projects from projects from
Have you here or here projects from Yes here or here but Yes
projects from projects from here or here
contributed to 3+ here or here but
here or here here or here quickly move
released games? Have you quickly move
Have you on to...
No contributed to 3+ on to...
Have you Have you contributed to 3+
released games?
Spend 3+ contributed to 3+ contributed to 3+ released games? Have you done
No Have you managed
months doing released games? released games? No biz/marketing for 3+
or at least
team based Yes No No Spend 3+ contributed to 3+
released games?
Spend 3+
jams like this, months doing Yes released games? No
Spend 3+ Spend 3+ months doing
this or these team based
months doing months doing team based Yes No Spend 3+
Yes Yes jams like this, jams like this,
Have you built a team based team based months doing
this or these Spend 3+
portfolio site? jams like this, jams like this, this or these biz/marketing
months as PM Yes
this or these this or these
No
Have you built a
Have you built a etc on team Yes for team based
portfolio site? based jams like jams such
Have you built a Have you built a portfolio site?
Use GitHub, No this, this or as this, this or
HTML or other Yes portfolio site? portfolio site? No these
No No these
to make a Use Wix, Use Portfoliobox, Yes
Have you built
solid site Use Wix, Use Artstation or Wordpress or Yes Wix or other to Have you built
Wordpress, Yes other to make make a site a portfolio site?
other to make a a portfolio site?
No
Have you had 3+ HTML or other an attractive site solid site No
people you trust to make one Have you had 3+ Use Wix,
Have you had 3+ people you trust Use Wix,
review the site? Have you had 3+ Yes Wordpress or Yes
people you trust Wordpress or
Have you had 3+ people you trust review the site? other to make a
No review the site? other to make a
people you trust review the site? No solid site
No No solid site
Get feedback review the site?
Get feedback
(preferably from No Get feedback Get feedback Yes Have you had 3+
Yes (preferably from Yes Have you had 3+
industry pros) (preferably from Yes (preferably from people you trust people you trust
Get feedback industry pros)
and iterate on industry pros) review the site?
(preferably from Yes industry pros) and iterate review the site?
the site and iterate and iterate No
industry pros) No
and iterate on
Get feedback Get feedback
the site
Congratulations. You have made a Game (preferably from Yes (preferably from Yes
Industry Portfolio just in time for the next industry pros) industry pros)
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