Going to Game Republic

Game Republic
Gutsy's Quest was not to the standard we had hoped at hand in, due to a lack of experience in coding. We both met regularly to update the game for the Game Republic event that we were entered into. The animations were updated and the game was scripted from scratch as the previous build was not right. We followed the Unity Lerpz tutorial from the Unity website, this covered a third person game. It took us a week to complete the coding to a satisfactory standard although there were still issues.
The event itself went very well and was a great experience for the both of us. The standard of games at the event were impressive, this was encouraging as there ewre a lot of good ideas in one building. It was inspiring to see what people had thought of and were demonstrating. Unfortunately we did not come away with a rpize but feel that we have still learnt a lot about how to promote yourself effectively, how to approach a company for a job and how to develop our skills in the future.
I learnt that the standard of games I very high and it is a very hard industry to get into these days. Although the range of games is encouraging as not every game needs to have photo realistic graphics with stunning effects to be a great game. Games can be produced at home with small teams of even only two! There are many communities online that are beneficial to join for ideas, feedback and help. Attending these events allows you as an artists to not slip in terms of skill and always be aware that there will be better people than you, you just need to be better, constantly. Easier said than done but practicing my skills over the next 6 months will allow me to refine what I have learnt on my course and pick out the areas I feel will help me progress onto a career in my field of choice.