School choice.

At first, come the choice of your school. You only been accepted to two school : UDEM and UQAT. If you go to UDEM you will learn few about video game programming and more about programming in general, but it will enlarge the possibilities in front of you. UQAT will give you all the tools to create a video game and release It on the market, from a to z. But bac in video game developing is a niche programme which will limit your choices.

Choice 1 : UQAT.

Choice 2 : UDEM

UQAT.

During your studies you have the chance to participate to multiple GameJams. These are competition where the goal is to develop a video game in a short period of time with a given theme. If you wish to participate on of these competitions choose GameJam and if you prefer to concentrate on school choose No Gamejam.

Choice 1 : GameJam

Choice 2 : No GameJam

UDEM.

During your studies you have the chance to participate to multiple GameJams. These are competition where the goal is to develop a video game in a short period of time with a given theme. If you wish to participate on of these competitions choose GameJam and if you prefer to concentrate on school choose No Gamejam.

Choice 1 : GameJam

Choice 2 : No GameJam

GameJam UQAT.

With a small but strong willing group of your peers you decide to enter multiples GameJams. Maybe, you win maybe you don’t, but what really counts is the experience you have acquired and the small projects you’ve accumulated, and which can be used in your portfolio.

Choice 1 : CareerChoice

Career choice UDEM.

Here’s the time to choose a career, by going to UDEM you can easily have a job as a programmer in a video game studio. You can also decide to change career, maybe you discovered a new way to code which as overwhelmed your passion for video games. You can also continue with the goal you originally set yourself and become a video game designer.

Choice 1 : Programmer.

Choice 2 : Game Designer.

Choice 3 : Change career path.

CareerChoice UQAT.

Here’s the time to choose a career, by going to UQAT a programmer job isn’t in your reach, but you have the advantage of having the best formation possible for becoming a game designer. You did an internship, released a complete video game as part of your program and studied video game history.

Choice 1 : Game Designer.

GameJam UDEM.

With a small but strong willing group of your peers you decide to enter multiples GameJams. You may lack originality, but your studies are slowly making you a professional programmer and with every GamJam you do, the more efficient you become. Maybe, you win maybe you don’t, but what really counts is the experience you have acquired and the small projects you’ve accumulated, and which can be used in your portfolio.

Choice 1 : Career choice

NoGameJam UQAT.

You decide to concentrate on school, and you still make video games during your free time, but without the time restriction and the imposed theme of a GameJam. Your grades are high, and you will soon enter the world of the video games industry.

Choice 1 : CareerChoice

No GameJam UDEM.

You decide to concentrate on school, and you still make video games during your free time, but without the time restriction and the imposed theme of a GameJam. Your grades are high, and you will soon enter the world of the video games industry.

Choice 1 : Career choice

Programmer.

A big choice is in front of you. As a programmer, you are seeks by all video game studios so joining a big studio is a safe choice that could still bring you great success and recognition. Creating your own studio is hard and will take time, but the success might be more satisfying. In both cases, you will have to worry about deadlines, big studios will crush you (real term uses in the video game industry which happens when a studio force his employees to do unpaid overtime), but in your own studio you will have to impose these working conditions on yourself, because the competition is harsh.

Choice 1 : Join a big studio.

Choice 2 : Create your own studio.

Game Designer.

A big choice is in front of you. Creating your own studio is hard and will take time, but the success might be more satisfying. In both cases, you will have to worry about deadlines, big studios will crush you (real term uses in the video game industry which happens when a studio force his employees to do unpaid overtime), but in your own studio you will have to impose these working conditions on yourself, because the competition is harsh. As a designer your creativity is your main tool, working in a big studio won’t give you as much liberty and ways to express your creativity compared to creating your own studio.

Choice 1 : Join a big studio.

Choice 2 : Create your own studio.

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Choice 1 : Join a big studio.

Join a big studio.

Big video games studios exist all around the world, moving in another country is a big life choice. Are you willing to let behind you your family and your friends and go in another country and have more choices of studios? Or do you prefer to stay in your hometown and have fewer choices.

Choice 1 : Stay in Montreal.

Choice 2 : Move to another country.

Create your own studio.

With a group of Cegep’s friends and people you met at your University you decide to start your own studio. The types of game you could make are numerous: RTS (real time strategy), roguelike, FPS (first person shooter), platformer, adventure, RPG (role-playing game), etc. You could even combine different genre or create a new one. Your future is determined by luck, talent, the time you invest and your ideas.

Choice 1 : The end

Stay in Montreal.

Montreal is one of the centers of the video games industry. Even if your choices are fewer in numbers, they are still a lot of possibilities. Ubisoft, EA, Eidos, Amazon Games, Behaviour Interactive, WB Games, Phoenix labs, Square Enix and even more. Will your ideas revolutionize the industry? Will you have a great career by getting promotions after promotions? Only time will tell.

Choice 1 : The end

Move to another country.

Your possibilities are unlimited. Mojang, Epic Games, Riot, Blizzard, Creative Assembly, Capcom, CD Project, Rock Stars, Sid Meier’s and even more. Will you miss your hometown? Will studios from all around the world seek your knowledge? Only time will tell.

Choice 1 : The end

Change career path.

You've graduated from UDEM with a bachelor’s in computer science. You have a valuable degree because programmers are in high demand. Whatever you decide to work in, the important is to have fun.

Choice 1 : The end