Shortlisted for the UKLA Book Awards 2022 Information Books 3-14
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!
SHORTLISTED FOR THE UKLA BOOK AWARDS 2022 (INFORMATION BOOKS 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 in graphic-novel style 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! "The judges unanimously thought that Ultimate Gamer was hugely popular with their students. It was probably the most picked-up book on the list. My 10-year-old, who is not a reader, grabbed this book off me and read it from cover to cover." --Judge of the UKLA Book Awards 2022 (Information Books category)
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. He is the author of Ultimate Gamer: Career Mode and Coder In Training. 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.
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