The importance of personal projects
I came to America with only 2 bags, a green card in my pocket and a head full of dreams. Building a game as a personal project helped me in my search for a job. I was looking for a job as a game developer so I built a car racing game.
One of the most important aspects of building a game is developing beautiful visuals. Not only good graphics but also compelling aesthetics. I know how to use Gimp but I’m not nearly good enough to produce impressive visuals. So i decided to use ASCII art for the graphics.
I applied for a job at Incredible Technologies. During the job interview I was asked to describe my game and most of the conversation was about the game. I got the job.
Here is a screen shot of the game:
This is how the game looks after a crash:
The game can be played here:
If the game doesn’t run in the browser it can be executed from the command line:
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The above line requires a Java Development Kit to be installed.