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Scholz is now working on developing a career development system that is inspired by skill trees in video games. "In many games, there is a visual system where you can see what skills you have gained ...

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This article is part of our Get into Games special, offering students insight on life in the games industry and advice on how to get into the business. You can also find aselection of the best Academy ...

AI image generation is getting better, so much better that it could potentially present an existential threat for some video game developers. Notably, there’s no discrete tie between job loss and AI ...

Scott DeJong receives funding from Fonds de Recherche du Québec and Fulbright Canada. Michael Iantorno receives dissertation funding from the Fonds de Recherche du Québec Société et Culture and ...

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Career as a skill tree Scholz is now working on developing a career development system that is inspired by skill trees in video games. "In many games, there is a visual system where you can see what ...