Norco College released 41 new program pages to help students understand and navigate certificate and degree options. Pages include career options, trailheads, major information, and student/faculty profiles. The program pages have also been added to the A-Z index. This week's program spotlight is on the Game Development program:

Game development is the process of creating a video game. Development is undertaken by a game developer, which may range from a single developer to a global team of developers. In 2020, salaried game developers in the U.S. made an average of $101,644 a year (or $48.87 an hour).

Career Options

Career options for students who get a degree in game development include: game developer, background artist, game programmer, audio engineer, concept artist, character artist/animator, content designer, and computer programmer.
 


   Student Voice

Trevor Tomey

 

Trevor Tomey

Trevor Tomey graduated from La Sierra High School in Riverside in 2010 and enrolled at Norco College later that year. Initially, he wasn't sure what he wanted to study so he took several introductory classes, including computer programming, electrical engineering and video game development.

James Finley taught several classes that Tomey took, including a computer programming class, Advanced C++. He was impressed by how Finley taught the class. “He took what is very much a science and made it fun," Tomey said. "That is very difficult to do.”

He hopes to land a job using Unity 3D to script mobile games. “I just want to get to work and start making games,” said Tomey.

 

 

To view more of the Game Development program page, click here.