GameDev, Avia Simulators and C++

GameDev,Avia simulators &

C++19 Sep 2015 Vladyslav Kurmaz

OBJECTIVES

My goals are …

• To share software development experience

• To highlight strong C++ business domains

VIDEO GAMES

6 years in Video Games3 years in Industrial 3D

video

Platforms

INDUSTRIAL 3D

Architectural visualization and CAD

demo

video

HTML5/WebGL

AVIA SIMULATOR

ANTONOV AN-148

video

NEXT STEPS

Magic ‘numbers’

• 10,000 hours

• GameDev == Entertainment

• Competition = k/(Entry costs)

• Interestingness * Salary == const

• 20% get 80%

• 3% - 2000$/m, 70k$/y

Required skills

• C++(Boost), Objective-C/Swift, C#, Java, DirectX/OpenGL, Unity, Unreal, Lua, Python, …

• Math & Analytic geometry

• Algorithms

• Operating system architecture

• … and much, much more :)

Sources

Companies

Pros & Cons (UA)

• Not the highest salary

• Smaller market of vacancies

• Entry price

• Challenges, Interestingness

• Cutting-edge technologies

THANK YOU