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Youth Opportunities w/ Mobile Game Development
The document discusses the evolution and opportunities in mobile game development, highlighting self-taught individuals who have found success in the field. It emphasizes the importance of practical experience over formal education and suggests starting now, especially for those with free time. Additionally, it mentions resources for learning and emphasizes continuous growth and adaptation in technology.
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- 1. @shawng @DHFBaltimore Youth Opportunites w/ Mobile GameDev Shawn Grimes
- 2. @shawng Who Was I? HelpDesk Web Developer Database Admin Network Engineer Windows Server Admin Linux Server Admin Firewall and IDS Admin Security Engineer Security Architect Mobile App Developer Co-Author of 2 (soon to be 3) published books @DHFBaltimore
- 3. A Brief Historyof Mobile Development March 2008 January 2007 June 2007 Apple releases SDK <100 Full Time iPhone is released to allow apps Mobile App Developers on iPhones
- 4. A Brief Historyof Mobile Development 2011 5 colleges offering courses in mobile development February 2012 300,000+ Mobile App Developers So where did all these developers learn?
- 6. @shawng @DHFBaltimore Mobile App Development • Resetthe formal requirement for education • Anyone who could learn it quickly could become successful • More worth was put into what you’ve done instead of where you went to school
- 7. @shawng @DHFBaltimore Start Today You haveno rent, no family to support, and no medical insurance to pay for. You have more free time now than you ever will. You can spend it sleeping and playing video games. Or you can spend it learning to create your own video games.
- 8. @shawng @DHFBaltimore Case Study Colin Francis • GraduatedHS in 2011 • Taught himself iPhone Dev • Used the free Stanford courses in iTunes U
- 9. @shawng @DHFBaltimore Colin Francis • Currently in2nd year of college • 3 published books • Job offer from Microsoft and many more
- 10. @shawng Naveen Sidhu • Age: 19 • Selftaught • Started Pixel Cube Studios • 10 Mobile Games • In 2010, most downloaded free app, over 2 million d/ls @DHFBaltimore
- 11. @shawng @DHFBaltimore Charlie Fish • CEO: Imagesby Kids • App-Whiz.com • 13 years old • 6 iOS apps in the App Store • Self taught, started at 11
- 12. @shawng @DHFBaltimore Santiago Gonzalez • Owner, Hicaduda • 14years old • 12 iOS apps • Has experience with 10 programming languages
- 13. @shawng Bella • 11 years old • Currentlyworking on second mobile game • Started developing mobile games this past summer @DHFBaltimore
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- 15. @shawng 3D Printing • January 2009,Makerbot releases Thing-O-Matic • Jobs created in 5 years? @DHFBaltimore
- 16. @shawng Darius McCoy • 16 yearsold • 3D Printing custom phone cases • Started his own company called Frozen Lava • Learned about 3D printing 6 months ago • Has built 4x 3D printers in 6 months @DHFBaltimore
- 17. @shawng @DHFBaltimore Where Is 3DPrinting Going? • Assistive Technology/Prosthetics • Tools • Customized/Individualized objects • Clothing? • Organs?
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- 20. @shawng @DHFBaltimore “You are neverstagnant. You are either growing and maturing or falling behind.” –Nick Selby
- 21. Learn How ToLearn New Things Don’t be afraid of not knowing something. Be confident that you can learn something when you need to learn it.
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- 23. @shawng @DHFBaltimore Start a portfolio!! Ona job interview, I have never been asked where I went to college or even what degree I have…I am always asked what apps or software I’ve worked on in the past or for samples of code that I’ve written.
- 24. @shawng @DHFBaltimore Time The Path ToSuccess Effort
- 25. @shawng @DHFBaltimore Time The Path ToSuccess Effort
- 26. @shawng @DHFBaltimore Tangible Tips Explore opensource programming GitHub (great place for a developer portfolio to start) Explore Linux (web servers, security and so much more) Raspberry Pi www.StackOverflow.com to help you find answers Practice typing with high accuracy and high speed
- 27. @shawng @DHFBaltimore Getting Started Mobile Tutorials • www.RayWenderlich.com- so many tutorials! Game Artwork • www.VickiWenderlich.com • art packs for games • free to use w/ attribution ! Audio • www.soundjay.com
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- 29. @shawng @DHFBaltimore Corona Resources ! CoronaLabs.com/resources docs.coronalabs.com BurtonsMediaGroup.com (Dr.Brian Burton) PacktPub.com (Michelle Fernandez) http://www.coronalabs.com/products/books forums.coronalabs.com
- 30. @shawng Getting Started Digital HarborFoundation • Mobile Game Dev Course • V2 to be released Jan 2014 • Pre-order now • http://www.digitalharbor.org/ lab/course/mobile-gamedevelopment-v2/ @DHFBaltimore
- 31. @shawng Who am I? • ATechnologist • A Maker • A life-long learner • @shawng @DHFBaltimore