TireurEfficient

Hey ! I'm more oriented towards gameplay programming than CG programming, and I haven't worked in the video games industry yet but it's a long-term goal for me.

Apart from gamejams & students projects I don't have professionnal experience in video games, do you have any advice for a beginner like me who would like to enter in the industry ?

Thanks !

Also, is it better to begin in a AAA company or in smaller / indy companies to get experience ? I often see job offers with a X years of experience in the industry requirement, so I'm not really sure where I should begin yet with my small experience.

If you just want to host the code / project, Git should do the job. If you want to host the binaries, maybe a Google Drive / One Drive ? Good question.

What tips could you give to a "newbie" game programmer like me that has no professionnal experience in game dev, but a few personnal projects (gamejams), to enter the video games industry ?

Thank you for your answers !

I live in Québec City, Canada, and there aren't many game dev events here apart from the Pixel Challenge (big game jam that is organized every year). There are more events in Montreal though, but I can't really take the time to go there, because of my job.

I'll have a look at meetup / eventbrite to see if there are games-related events :)