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We enable games. We offer a variety of development paths, giving you skills to succeed in the game industry from anywhere in the world.

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  • Gameplay Design with AI

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Are GameDev Studies Expensive or Cheap?

Are GameDev Studies Expensive or Cheap?

Keep reading until the end for the “How I didn’t think about this before? “WOW effect!😮” 

First, let’s understand what expensive and cheap mean

 .

If you buy a can of Coke for 1$ and you drink it, you paid a total of 1$.  If you buy a vintage car for $14,000 and sell it for $17,000, suddenly you made a profit of 3,000$! The car is of course more expensive than a can of Coke, but it turns out that you made money on it instead of losing. How does it turn out that way? The answer: Buying and selling a vintage car is an INVESTMENT, while a can of Coke is a waste of money (which you may or may not enjoy, but the money will not return to you). Still think the car is expensive? Definitely. But if you now had $14,000 and there was a car like that for this price, I believe you would consider investing in it.

Why doesn’t everyone with money do it? Because it requires knowledge and proficiency. A person with the right knowledge can turn one dollar into a million dollars. On the other hand, a person without knowledge, can turn a million dollars into 0 dollars (*cough* anyone who wins the Lottery)). Therefore to be honest - knowledge is the thing that is most worth investing in, and the earlier you start - the more time you have to make good use of it!

So far it has been just words, let’s look at the Numbers!!!!

The salary of a game developer in the United States is 6,000$-8,000$ on average, per month (yes, this is not a typo). In about 40 lessons with us you can reach a level where you can work as a game developer. If one lesson costs $140, 40 lessons would cost $5,600. That means within one month of working as Game Developer, you have already returned your investment with a nice addition of several hundreds. :] But, our lessons cost much less than $140. So do your own calculations. Is studying GameDev worth it?? :] ✅

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Are GameDev Studies Expensive or Cheap?

Are GameDev Studies Expensive or Cheap?

Keep reading until the end for the “How I didn’t think about this before? “WOW effect!😮” 

First, let’s understand what expensive and cheap mean

 .

If you buy a can of Coke for 1$ and you drink it, you paid a total of 1$.  If you buy a vintage car for $14,000 and sell it for $17,000, suddenly you made a profit of 3,000$! The car is of course more expensive than a can of Coke, but it turns out that you made money on it instead of losing. How does it turn out that way? The answer: Buying and selling a vintage car is an INVESTMENT, while a can of Coke is a waste of money (which you may or may not enjoy, but the money will not return to you). Still think the car is expensive? Definitely. But if you now had $14,000 and there was a car like that for this price, I believe you would consider investing in it.

Why doesn’t everyone with money do it? Because it requires knowledge and proficiency. A person with the right knowledge can turn one dollar into a million dollars. On the other hand, a person without knowledge, can turn a million dollars into 0 dollars (*cough* anyone who wins the Lottery)). Therefore to be honest - knowledge is the thing that is most worth investing in, and the earlier you start - the more time you have to make good use of it!

So far it has been just words, let’s look at the Numbers!!!!

The salary of a game developer in the United States is 6,000$-8,000$ on average, per month (yes, this is not a typo). In about 40 lessons with us you can reach a level where you can work as a game developer. If one lesson costs $140, 40 lessons would cost $5,600. That means within one month of working as Game Developer, you have already returned your investment with a nice addition of several hundreds. :] But, our lessons cost much less than $140. So do your own calculations. Is studying GameDev worth it?? :] ✅

Want to master this yourself?

Book your trial lesson and pick up the techniques in this article hands-on with an instructor.

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How to upload a game to itch.io
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What do we do besides teaching GameDev?
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