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A guide to in-demand roles in film and games
There are many reasons why people pursue a career in film and video games—it’s a ...
CG Spectrum Accredited Courses: Launching New Creative Degrees and Diplomas
CG Spectrum Institute (CGSI) has launched three accredited creative courses for the film ...
How Video Games Are Made : The Game Development Process
ant to know how video games are made? This article walks through the video game ...
My week at the Game Developers Conference (GDC)
The annual Game Developers Conference (GDC) was held last week in San Francisco, boasting ...
CGS Mentor to present at GDC on how Redfall's foliage assets were made
CG Spectrum 3D Modeling Mentor and Senior Environment Artist at Arkane Austin, Ehsan ...
Gerel: Against The Corvus Empire - An Epic Student-Made Pixel Art Game
When Alan Robinson studied the Nuke Compositing Course at CG Spectrum, he not only ...
What is a Video Game Designer & How to Get Started?
If you think playing video games is fun, imagine being the person who gets to design ...
What Skills Do You Need to Be a Game Artist?
Want to become a game artist and help build the visual world of a video game? You will ...
Small vs. large VFX studios — which one should I work for?
The VFX industry has both large and small studios. Each offers emerging artists slightly ...
Interviewing for a job in the video games industry
With almost two decades of experience in the video game industry, Sushama Chakraverty, CG ...
What skills do you need as a video game designer?
What skills do you need as a game designer? Video game industry veteran and CG Spectrum’s ...
Should I work for an AAA or Indie video game studio?
Although all video game studios, regardless of size or classification, will differ from ...
Get 30% off KitBash3D Kits: Exclusive CGS Spectrum offer
To celebrate the launch of our epic Dune-inspired commercial, we have a special offer for ...
What is the difference between game art and game design?
The primary creative roles in game development are that of the artist and the designer. ...
How to Market a Video Game: Tips from Indie Developers
CG Spectrum students were privy to a live, online interview with the Founder and ...
Decision-making in game design: 9 critical factors to consider
As a video game designer, decision-making is a vital skill. Troy Dunniway, award-winning ...
TA Q&A: Meet our game design technical assistants for 2022
Meet our new Game Design Technical Assistants, Alexios Vasilakis and Vincent Velarde. ...
Far Cry 6 Senior AI Programmer takes us behind the code
CG Spectrum Mentor, Bryan Griffiths knows games and has worked on everything from AAA to ...
Elegant coding: Margherita Donnici on the beauty of game programming
CG Spectrum’s newest game programming mentor Margherita Donnici talks about the artistry ...
Slums of Elysium: Game breakdown in Unreal Engine
Chris Farkouh, a veteran live event producer from the UK, has spent the past few months ...
From software design to game design: Loris Casagrandi's career change
A love of gaming was instilled in Loris Casagrandi as a child, but the opportunities to ...
Meet our game dev technical assistants
This month we're featuring our talented Game Development and Design and Unreal Engine ...
Mental health in the VFX and video game industries
The VFX and video games industries are creative, dynamic and fun. However, like any job, ...
CG Spectrum is an Unreal Academic Partner!
We're proud to announce that CG Spectrum is now the first online school to become an ...