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Once upon a time, not so long ago, careers in gaming (if you wanted to stay in Australia) were few and far between. Over the last decade, however, things have started to change and there is a growing number of opportunities.
Just ask Felix Strangio, an alumnus of Swinburne University of Technology who has been working in the game design industry for six years now. He’s currently working in Melbourne at game development studio, League of Geeks. We asked him a few questions about what the industry is like in Australia, how it’s changed, and what that means for the future.