Is it doable to enter the video games business with out prior expertise?

Hello, everybody! It’s very nice to fulfill you all.

My title is Mateus and I’m an indie sport developer. Over the last six years I designed, developed and revealed 4 titles on each trendy platform presently obtainable out there (PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Sequence S/X and Nintendo Swap).

Nonetheless, initially of 2023 I had a small “breakthrough” and I began to need to depart the indie scene and begin working for an AAA firm as a daily worker. Selecting a discipline wasn’t arduous, since I’ve all the time been fascinated with realtime VFX, so I went forward and began to do a little analysis earlier than shopping for programs, digging for sources, and many others.

The issue is that I checked out about 60 AAA studios web sites and about 90% of them had obtainable positions for VFX artists, however actually all of them required 2-5 years of expertise… So my query is: Is it doable to enter the video games business with out prior expertise? I imply, even when I research for months or years and truly turn out to be VFX artist, how am I going to fulfill such a requirement?

I’m most likely lacking one thing right here, so please assist me perceive what’s the present state of the video games business to ensure I’m moving into the correct course. Thanks loads!

Ye, it’s doable. Should you construct robust portfolio (you’ll be able to all the time ask right here if a portfolio you could have is robust or not) and take a look at making use of. Some firms would possibly decline, however some would possibly settle for you regardless that you don’ have expertise

Thanks for the short reply, Manus! So in principle in case you’re adequate you’ll be able to merely skip that have time requirement? Now I’m marvel how good somebody would must be in that case.

By the best way, in case you don’t thoughts me asking: do you’ve any portfolios from different sport VFX artists you personally admire? That might be a fantastic supply of inspiration. Thanks!

Oh, it is determined by whether or not you can find a affiliate or mid vfx place. For Affiliate you principally would wish to only get maintain of timings and dynamics whereas for mid prob additionally extra technical stuff too.

And omg, that’s a extremely powerful query XD there are such a lot of that I’ll have a hassle to even listing simply couple of them.

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Most significantly I might recommend to experiment first with completely different types and see which one you take pleasure in probably the most. Then attempt to make some results and ask individuals right here or in discord for suggestions. Learn how to make them higher. If you’ll have 3-4 very well made and polished results then it’s an incredible begin