#portfolio software

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[askagamedev]

What projects would you recommend for a gameplay programming portfolio, and how do you think one should go about selecting new projects on their own?

Let's establish a baseline first - the purpose of a portfolio is a showcase of your best work to get you hired. Thus, anything that goes into your portfolio is put there with the goal of getting you a job. Does that make sense? I hope it does. With that in mind, here are some skills that teams tend to look for in a gameplay programmer, and some sample work a candidate could use to demonstrate that she knows how to do those things.

Data-Driven Gameplay Systems

Much of the time, gameplay programmers need to build a system that requires minimal further maintenance and updates for designers to create the content. If the designer can use the system to create more content without needing the programmer to rewrite large parts of it, that's the ideal. An example of this would be an equipment system for a normal RPG - imagine a weapon that adds stats and maybe has a proc on hit. A weapon-creation tool might allow a designer to set the weapon's data - name, damage, attack speed, stat bonuses, and procs (e.g. effects that fire on hit, on damage taken, etc.).

3D Math

A lot of gameplay happens in a 3D world, which means that 3D (vector and matrix) math is important to understand where things are and how to get them where we need them to be. An example of this might be a backstab feature in combat, where a player can deal bonus damage to an enemy if the player is behind the enemy. Detect when the player is attacking from behind the enemy, deal some extra damage, and provide some feedback to the player to notify them that they have successfully backstabbed a foe.

Optimization

Getting games to run at 60 fps is certainly not easy. Understanding how to improve performance is very helpful. An example of this would be to have a demo where you show a lot of something, but still keep it performant. A good example is a navigable field of grass that has non-uniform wind blowing across it. Making a field of grass is not that difficult, but getting said field of grass to perform at a high frame rate with a lot of grass in it is.

Remember, the purpose of the portfolio is to showcase the skills a candidate has to help her get a job. If a candidate has things to show (and, more importantly, talk about), it helps persuade the hiring managers that she can do the kind of gameplay engineering work that they need done. A candidate won't need all of these in a portfolio before applying - these kind of examples are helpful to have if she doesn't already have work experience in those areas. If she has work experience in those fields already, they should be on her resume and we hiring managers should be aware of them. If she does not have that kind of experience, then she should have something in her portfolio to demonstrate her skills.

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To all my comic fans, enjoyers, appreciators if you will:

Who are some comic artists that you really like? As in, their visual style. And why?

I’m mostly looking for Marvel/DC, focusing on line art/proportions. I wanna study some people and try out things they do, so if anyone has someone in mind you really like, bring em on :D

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Signal boosting

websites:

Animation World Network

Animation Backgrounds

Animation Magazine

Animation & CGI

Animator Island

Anime News Network

Cartoon Brew

Character Design References

On Animation

Reference! Reference! (free database for animation)

11 Second Club (monthly character animation competition)

tumblr blogs:

animationart

animationforce

animationtidbits

aspiretoanimate

calartscharacteranimation

disney-moments-sketches (Allen Ostergar’s blog, animator at Walt Disney)

drawingforsuckas

fuckyeahconceptart

storyboardresources

theanimationarchive

theartofanimation

wannabeanimator

resources/tips:

Animation schools: 1 / 2 (Top 50 USA) / 3 (Top 100 international)

Which animation school is right for you? (Ringling vs. CalArts)

Don’t want to/ can’t afford art school? you’ve got other options.

Animation Mentor: The online animation school

Art school exercises!!

51 Great Animation exercises

20 things you can expect as a traditional (2D) animation student that they never tell you

A Survivor’s Guide to Life Inside an Animation Studio

Animation basics: The art of timing and spacing

Animation Notes From Ollie Johnston

Animated chart of the basic principles of animation

10 Second tip: Always Anticipate

book: Animation: Learn How to Draw Animated Cartoons by Preston Blair

book: A System for Planning and Timing Animation by Glen Keane

book: Timing for animation by Harold Whitaker and John Halas

book: Gesture Drawing for animation by Walt Stanchfield

Basic 3D Animation Terminology

Digital pencil test!!

Keys to Emotion in Animation

Lessons from Disney’s Zootopia

Model Sheets central

The importance of Acting in Animation by Segio Pablos

Printable exposure/dope sheet

Phoneme Chart

Recommended reading for animation students and enthusiasts

The 5 Types of Animation

The Know-How of Cartooning 

The Unofficial Truth about The Animation Industry

Why Disney Sends Its Animators To Life Drawing Classes

Walk/Run Cycles reference

What is Pixar looking for in Animators? (scroll down)

Portfolio Advice for The Disney Animation Internship

What is Rigging?

3D Rigging Terminology

3D Modeling Terminology

tutorials:

Animation for Beginners: Where do I start

Animation Physics (Video tutorials on physics for animation artists)

Animation tutorial part. 1 AKA “the secret of animation”

Appealing Poses in Animation

Background & Movement in TV

Blinking tips

Breakdown tutorial (middle frame between to keys)

Drawing & Composition for visual storytelling

Drawing for Animation

Drawing a Likeness

Animation fundamentals + tutorials

Filmmaking: Composition and Framing

Getting Shape Change

How to animate using photoshop

How to animate Characters in Perspective

How to Animate Head Turns

How to Draw Gesture

OpeenToonz tutorials masterpost

Overlapping Action and Drag

Portfolio tips / Making A Successful Portfolio

Lyp Sync tutorial

Line of action

Basics of good cartooning 1-12 by Sherm Cohen

Squash & Stretch tutorial

Squash and Stretch 2

Storyboarding tutorials by Sherm Cohen

The Illusion of Life: 12 Principles of Animation

Tilt, Flow & Rhythm

Underlying Structure When Animating Expressions

TVPaint tutorial: Uploading and Coloring Scanned Animation

supplies (traditional animation):

10 Essential Art Supplies for the Traditional Animator

How to Use a Light Table for Animation

Making a Simple Animation Lightbox

Peg bars, Animation Disk & Desk

softwares:

free

Blender (3D creation suite. It supports the entirety of the 3D pipeline: modeling, rigging, animation,etc)

Emofuri (animate using .psd files)

Google Sketchup (

Live2D ( animation/drawing software

OpenToonz (Studio Ghibli’s open source animation software)

Pencil2D (create traditional hand-drawn animation (cartoon) using both bitmap and vector graphics)

Renderman (Pixar’s free 3D rendering software)

Sculptris (Free digital sculpting tool by the makers of Zbrush

SculptGL (Online modelling program)

Synfig (2d animation using a vector and bitmap artwork)

paid

Zbrush (digital sculpting sw by Pixologic)

Mudbox (digital sculpting sw by Autodesk)

Cinema 4D (digital sculpting sw by Maxon)

TVPaint  (2d animation)

animation studios:

Aardman (Bristol, UK)

Blue Sky Studios (Greenwich, USA)

Dreamworks (Glendale, USA)

Fox Animation (USA)

Imagination Studios/CN (Burbank, USA)

Industrial Light & Magic (San Francisco, USA)

Laika (Hillsboro, USA)

Luma Pictures (USA / Melbourne, Australia)

Nickelodeon Animation (Burbank, USA)

Pixar (Emeryville, CA)

Rise FX (Berlin, Germany)

Studio Ghibli (Tokyo, Japan)

Sony Picture Imageworks (Vancouver, Canada)

Sony Pictures Animation (Culver City, CA)

Walt Disney Animation (Burbank, CA)

Weta Digital (Wellington, New Zealand)

inspiration: worth watching short films

Coda by and maps and plans

Contre Temps by the Contre Temps Team

Duet by Glen Keane

DOG ENVY by Olivia Huynh

Fallin Floyd by  il Luster

French Roast

Gravity by Ailin Liu

In Between by Gobelins

Jinxy Jenkins and Lucky Lou by Michael Bidinger and Michelle Kwon

My Big Brother by Jason Rayner

Night Light by Qing Han

Nephtali by Glen Keane

Nocturne by Kari Casady

Historia de un Oso by Gabriel Osorio

Home Sweet Home  by home sweet home the film

One Bright Dot by  Clément Morin

Stickboy by Giant Ant

SOAR by Alyce Tzue

Tsunami by The Animation Workshop

Thought of You by Ryan Woodward

Vagabond by  The Animation Workshop

5 Gobelins Shorts That Pay Tribute To Women Animation Pioneers

[jbird-the-manwich]

before it gets bad I'm just gonna tell y'all certain rich people have literally only recently noticed Open Source software availability compromises the bottom line of their proprietary investments so if you see little chickadees on this website talking about the dangers of Open Source software all of a sudden it's cuz they accidentally sipped some koolaid mixed up by the far right yacht people to fuck with peoples software sovereignty and right to repair, modify, and redistribute robust codebases that become a problem when 30% of your portfolio is in, oh, say, adobe or openai.

This is your unfriendly neighborhood computer fucker telling you not to fall for it and to demand your right to digital sovereignty rather than trusting companies to make correct choices about what to do with the parts of your life they would very much like to have in the cloud to continue improving their products.

[resourcemanagement]

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[dank-memer-to-the-extreme-r]

Here’s a tip I heard from PirateSoftware, a famous game dev/streamer: usually personal projects can count as some form of experience and give you an advantage. If you want to get into a programming job, program some projects and add them to your resume. If you’re an artist, make an art portfolio with your process, time estimates for pieces, and the pieces themselves. If you want to be a designer, do the same but with mock branding projects. Apply this to your chosen field and see if this helps. Bonus points if the projects are relevant to what the employer wants (like a mock design for a transport company if you’re applying to be a designer at one).

Also, bonus tip: if you wanna make money from being an indie dev or freelance artist, get any job that pays okay and do your passion on the side until it can be your full-time job. Don’t make yourself destitute for your passion.

ENTRY LEVEL MEANS NO EXPERIENCE. IT MEANS NO PORTFOLIO OF RELEVANT SAMPLES. ENTRY LEVEL IS ENTRY LEVEL

[olivergisttv]

Building an Online Portfolio for Tech Jobs

In 2025, having a digital resume isn’t just optional—it’s expected. If you’re aiming to land a high-paying role in tech, an online portfolio is your secret weapon. Whether you’re a developer, designer, data scientist, or product manager, a strong portfolio can make the difference between getting ghosted and getting hired. Let’s build yours. 🚀 Why Every Tech Professional Needs a Portfolio Imagine…

[gardensheers]

Finished my last midterm for my degree today... feeling dread. Can't get an entry level data scientist position 💔 became a math and statistics machine in the last 4 years but my downfall was only receiving basic training on SQL

[weflowtips]

Use “Client-First Naming Convention” for Scalable CSS Structure

If you're aiming to build large, scalable Webflow projects—especially for clients—adopting the Client-First naming system by Finsweet can make your development workflow much more organized and future-proof.

🔍 Why it’s Powerful:

Keeps class names semantic and predictable (section_home, padding-global, text-size-large)

Makes collaboration with other devs/designers easier

Improves maintainability in large projects

Speeds up onboarding for teams and clients alike

🛠️ Key Concepts:

Use section-[page] for page-specific sections

Reusable classes like padding-section, margin-bottom, text-center

Use double dashes -- for variations (e.g., button--primary, button--secondary)

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[pmotool]

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