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The Video Game Developer career is a career in The Sims 3: University Life which is connected to the nerds social group. Sims can choose this career only when they reach level 10 in the Nerd Influence hidden skill. It is split into two branches: Engineer and Game Artist.
Work place: Office Building
How to apply: Directly at work place, reaching at level 10 in Nerd Influence hidden skill.
Performance tones:
- Business as Usual
- Crunch Time
- Browse Web at Work
- Office Party
- Office Meetings
- Suck Up To Boss
- Work Research
Skills: Nerd Influence, Logic, Painting, Writing
Career Levels[edit | edit source]
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| 1 | Game Button Tester | Everyone has to start somewhere, and there's no better way to get in on the ground floor than as a Game Button Tester! |
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| 2 | Assistant Concept Artist | (Sim Name) paid his/her dues and earned a promotion: Assistant Concept Artist! The long hours require energy sustaining drinks, so a discount has been earned at barista bars! |
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Discount in barista bars
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| 3 | Quality Assurance Manager | You can only draw so many downloadable coffee tables before snapping. (Sim Name) craves a shot at leadership, and earned a promotion to Quality Assurance Manager. |
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Engineer Branch[edit | edit source]
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| 4 | Code Monkey | (Sim Name) has been poring through the programming books, and he/she's finally mastered lf-Then statements. Keep building that Logic skill, Code Monkey, and he'll go far! |
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| 5 | Game Programmer | Now that While loops are a cinch, (Sim Name) is ready to be a Game Programmer! Working from home is now an option on the computer and work has given him/her a laptop. |
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Laptop, work from home
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| 6 | Senior Engineer | After programming enough core systems in a video game, nobody else really knows how they work. (Sim Name) made him/herself indispensable - congratulations, Senior Engineer! |
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| 7 | Technical Director | Software engineers earn respect the hard way, which earned (Sim Name) a promotion to Technical Director! As a bonus, he/she'll receive discounts when purchasing electronics. |
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Discounts in buy mode electronic category
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| 8 | Lead Designer | (Sim Name) paid his/her dues, rising through the ranks to Lead Designer. Without a hands-on role, (Sim Name) needs his/her writing and social skills more than ever. |
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| 9 | Executive Producer | (Sim Name) is an Executive Producer: a role where he/she can simply tell underlings, "I want it this way." Any problems that arise are THEIR problems. |
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| 10 | Game Studio Head | A string of excellent Ubercritic scores have elevated (Sim Name) to a Game Studio Head! Remember to keep in touch with the fans by holding video game conventions at the local theater. |
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Video game conventions in theater |
Game Artist Branch[edit | edit source]
| Level | Name | Description | Work Time | Compensation | Performance Factors | Perks (cumulative) | |||||||
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| 4 | Pixel Pusher | Management has its perks, but in Quality Assurance you're not managing people so much as sentient beasts. It's time to pick up a digital pen and paintbrush, Pixel Pusher! |
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| 5 | Character Modeler | Awesome painting skills has lead (Sim Name) to a promotion to Character Modeler! Work has issued (Sim Name) a laptop, and now computers can be used to work from home! |
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| 6 | Senior Animator | "The hands are too big!" "The feet are too small!" All that iteration has finally paid off and (Sim Name) is now a Senior Animator, where he/she'll have more control. |
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| 7 | Art Director | A promotion to Art Director means a lot of control and responsibility, so crack that whip! It's important to keep up with technology, so discounts will be applied to electronics when purchased. |
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| 8 | Lead Designer | (Sim Name) paid his/her dues, rising through the ranks to Lead Designer. Without a hands-on role, (Sim Name) needs his/her writing and social skills more than ever. |
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| 9 | Executive Producer | (Sim Name) is an Executive Producer: a role where he/she can simply tell underlings, "I want it this way." Any problems that arise are THEIR problems. |
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| 10 | Game Studio Head | A string of excellent Ubercritic scores have elevated (Sim Name) to a Game Studio Head! Remember to keep in touch with the fans by holding video game conventions at the local theater. |
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Video game conventions in theater |
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