Indie game publisher and development platform VoxPop Games announced a new game career readiness program aimed at college students looking to break into the gaming industry.
VoxPop announced a partnership with three colleges and universities so far: Marist College, Bradley University, and Stony Brook University, with more to come throughout the year.
The publisher is looking for students from different majors, and not just those looking to become full-time game developers, such as writers, historians, and other humanities.
Students can use the platform to network and find job opportunities with indie developers to start their game careers. VoxPop’s platform also directly supports the indie game community through game hosting and profit sharing, letting new developers publish their games. It’s a fantastic first-step to getting published on major platforms such as Steam, PlayStation, and Xbox.
A great example is Disaster Golf, a game designed by four graduates from Bradley University. It launched on Steam PC earlier this year.
“Overall there is a major shift away from communications type studies and towards STEM-oriented degrees. Video games need more than just engineers to build them into full products!” said Marc Anthony Rodriguez, COO, VoxPop Games. Rodriguez was a Philosophy major at Stony Brook University (2005). “Video games need artists, animators, localizers, producers and storytellers. Our mission is to go to various non-STEM students and fledgling developers and tell them, ‘Hey! There’s a space here for you here, and we can help you take a hold of it!’”
