Hi peeps,
Gamer tag is Multigun, but I go by Multi for short. Have used said gamer tag since I was 12 years old because I loved making Multigun Corvette’s in the original Homeworld RTS game (not the remastered, the OG). Hence the profile picture.
Let’s see, a bit about me. I like dogs a lot, as many are probably already aware that I would do anything for my pets. I’ve been an avid gamer my whole life, but I got my passion for video games via my grandmother many years ago. My grandmother, Barbara, was amazing at Atari and Nintendo games. She kicked my rear end more times then I can count. She passed away in 2003 (**** cancer), but I think about her everytime I start up a game. I also became a gamer because, like so many others out there, I have physical challenges and pain because of diseases I can’t control. I don’t know where I would be if it weren’t for video games.
Future me hopes to be a game developer. I went to and graduated from college a few years ago and mostly self taught what I learned there about game development (what little that was). The college I went to now has way more game development friendly classes, but when I attended there was just a single 3D modelling class and a single 3D animation class, and they were both taught by an instructor who was 5 years behind the latest basic development trends. Stubborn me still turned every homework assignment I ever received into some sort of game development related material. Post graduation, general life challenges caused me to stray from my goal of reaching my dream job, but Conan Exiles has revitalized those hopes and dreams.
I’ve been modding and bug fixing/testing in Conan Exiles for just over a year now and have put in north of 2,000 hours of doing so (I really wish I could have done more in that time, but such is life and the day job.) As to which area of focus in game development I would like to work in, I can’t say for sure. A lot of things interest me (which is what makes modding so much fun). I think, if I had to choose, I would best fit into the mold of a jack of all trades Content Designer, as I believe it fits my skills and interests best. Though I do find that anything I set out to learn, I’m able to, so who knows what the future holds in that regard.
Big shout out to all the Funcom Conan Exiles team for making the game and choosing to have a UE4 dev kit available. It’s been a lot of fun and I hope for another exciting year of modding and another 2,000 hours.